Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!daemon Date: Mon, 1 Jan 90 07:09:31 EST Sender: From: chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) Message-ID: <9001011709.AA29052@vlsi.waterloo.edu> Original-To: china-distribution@cs.toronto.edu Subject: Introduction Program Newsgroups: ut.chinese Distribution: ut Sender: list-admin@csri.toronto.edu Approved: nobody@csri.toronto.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ORGANIZATION INTRODUCTIONS Issue 7 * * series Jan. 1, 1990 * * Program * * * * --- /------ / | | |---------| | * * /|-----| /---/ | |----|----| | ---|--- | /\ * * \ | | | / / \ | | | | ___|___ | / \ * * -|--+--|- \ / |\ |----|----| | | \ | / \ * * / | | | / \ | | | ---|--- | / \ * * / |--|--| / | | |---------| / \__ * * * * * * China Net ---------- \/ --------- * * China News Digest ----- CCCS ----- * * China Study Forum --- /\ --- * * Social Culture China * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * No. 9 A Report of Voice of June Fourth Radio Station ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO. 9 A Report of Voice of June Fourth Radio Station 1. A brief introduction to the broadcast project Voice of June Fourth is a radio project run by a group of Chinese students and scholars in the United States. It is affiliated to the Independent Alliance of Chinese Students in the USA. The Committee of Broadcast under the Alliance is the supporting force to Voice of June Fourth headquartered in Chicago. Starting from September 30th, Voice of June Fourth (VJF) has started its broadcast to Mainland China. For three days during the period of the National Day of PRC, VJF broadcasted seven hours a day from 5 pm. to 0 am through 27 different frequencies ranging from medium to short wave. Several world most powerful broadcast towers located in the neighboring countries of China helped VJF rebroadcast its programs. We have received telephone calls from Beijing and Nanjing telling us that they clearly received the shows of VJF. At present, VJF produces a half hour show everyday, six days a week. The time of its broadcast to China is from 9 to 10 pm. Beijing time seven days a week. In the United States, VJF broad- casts in Boston. The time is 1 to 3 pm. every sunday at fm 100. The purpose to broadcast in the United States is to let those who are interested in the broadcast project know the content that reach Mainland China. Therefore they can raise suggestions and support. 2. The work in the headquarter The headquarter is located in Chicago consisting of a studio and an office. The routine includes: 1. To correspond with reporters and article contributors nation wide to collect articles and information. 2. To edit programs. 3. To produce and transmit radio programs. 4. To keep in touch with different pro-democracy organizations. 5. To raise fund for the VJF. 6. To manage the headquarter including labor decision and coordination. 7. To maintain the facilities in the studio. 3. A brief introduction to the programs The programs fall into two categories namely news reporting and commenting and special programs. (1) Current news: News about events happened in China and the world that the Beijing Govern- ment tries to block off. Generally anything about the people's desire for freedom and democracy is annoying to the Beijing rulers and therefore they are not reported by the mass media con- trolled by the Beijing Government. Deng Xiaoping addresses these news as the "big environment of the world and the small environ- ment of China". We believe that Chinese people have special interests in these news and VJF is dedicated to the reporting of them. (2) News commentary: We use commentaries of the Chinese students and scholars in the United States in our programs. These people are out from China only for at most a few years. Their commen- taries on the latest events in the development of democracy in China and the world are relevant and convincing to the Chinese people. The voice from their own relatives about the latest development of democracy in the world makes sense to the Chinese people about the events in other countries that they are not very familiar with. (3) Special programs: We have a series of special programs about cultural and educational issues. They are a cross country comparison and discussion of different cultures and educational systems. The following is a brief description of the features of our special programs. a. Tribune for reform discussion This session is dedicated to the reforms in socialist countries. One of the issues it is going to address is how Deng Xiaoping started his reform and why the reform in China ends up with a major crack down by the Beij- ing Government. All the exciting events in Eastern European countries are discussed in this session. b. The wounds in history This session is about the efforts to and sacrifices for the pro- democracy movements in the history of China and the world. Many of the tries of the peoples failed under the suppression of the brutal rulers. What conditions the movements faced and how the peoples struggled under these condi- tions in their pursuit for freedom and democracy are discussed. Efforts are exerted to study the lessons from the historical events so that in the movements for democracy to come, the oppo- sition should be able to do better. c. Life of the overseas Chinese students After living in China under the rule of the CCP, the Chinese students find many things in the Western world different and amazing. Some of their experiences in the Western world are pleasant others are not. And their views of the world change with time. What are the con- flicts of different values of different systems? How these con- flicts affect the life of the Chinese students? What are the good things and bad things about the Western world and about China when looked from outside? d. American society Entertaining as well as educational, this program tries to reveal different facets of the American society by introducing various characters and historical events to Chinese people. America is both the heaven and hell. But its major difference to a closed society is that in the United States, powers are checked and balanced. Under the rule of law, the judicial and media systems are functioning independently. There is no trouble free society in the world, but through com- parison, people should be able to tell which system is better, the democratic one or the autocratic one. e. Literature and arts We use short pieces of literature that are relevant to the people's pursuit for democracy and freedom or reflecting the different characteristics of Chinese and Western societies. f. Letters from home This session aims at the promotion of com- munication and emotional relations between Chinese people in and out side of China. Because of the close relationships between the Chinese students and their kin in China, we should be able to accurately capture the changes in the environment in China and the feelings of the Chinese people. We also encourage feed backs on our program from China so that we can improve the quality of our broadcast to Chinese people. What We Need to Do the Next At present, we have six people working full time in the headquarter of Voice of June Fourth Radio Station. Everyone is overloaded with their work. In this case, how to work more effectively and reach higher quality is the consideration of the staff everyday. We need to further systemize and streamline our production of radio shows. Everyone should be better trained in his or her specialty and yet be more versatile to fill up the gaps caused by lack of hands in our organization. We need to enhance our work on public relation. More people should know our program so as to support us with their contribu- tions in money, articles, and advice. The general American pub- lic hardly knows anything about our radio project yet and the same with the public in Hong Kong and Taiwan. We should publish more stories about our project and reach out to contact more peo- ple in our seek of support and participation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix: Broadcast Programs SESSIONS EDITORS TIMES LENGTH WORDS (WEEK) (MINT.) (*100) 1. TODAY'S JINGSHENG 6 6-8 12-16 NEWS 2. NEWS SHANYUAN 2 10-20 20-40 COMT. 3. PRO- DEMO. MOVT. J.S. 2 10 20 4. CHINA IN CHANGE HUIYUN 2 10-20 20-40 5. WOUNDS IN HIST. LAOFAN 2 10-20 20-40 6. UNIV. FOR DEMOC. HUIYUN 2 15-20 30-40 7. LIFE OF CHI. STUD. HUIYUN 2 10-20 20-40 8. AMER. SOC. YU CHENG 1 10 20 9. FEATURES OF CHAR. LAOFAN 1 10 20 10 LITERATURE XINRAN 1 10 20 11 LETTERS FROM HOME HUIYUN 2 10-20 20-40 12 MUSIC J. S. 6 2-4 TOTAL 140-160 280-320 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Forthcoming Introductions: Date + + + +No. 10 Association of Human Right in China Jan. 4, 1990+ +No. 11 Silicon Valley for Democracy in China Jan. 4, 1990+ +No. 12 Association of Overseas Hong Kong Chinese for + + Democracy and Human Rights Jan. 8, 1998+ +No. 13 Introduction of June 4th Bicycle Team Jan. 8, 1990+ +No. 14 An Introduction to << The Outcry>> (Na Han) Jan. 11, 1990+ +No. 15 Introduction to China-Net Jan. 11, 1990+ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + please send your comment about this program to: + + + + Dong Ping Deng (Social Culture China) e-mail: dd1k+@andrew.cmu.edu + + Weihe Guan (China-Net) e-mail: inr@uga + + Hong Lin (China Study Forum) e-mail: linhong@mcmaster + + Gang Xu (China News Digest) e-mail: gxu@kentvm + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ============================================================================= News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) ----------------------- --------------------- NDCadada Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------