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Guess the radio in China

Every signal in this game is a real station broadcasting from somewhere in China. You hear it — you don’t see which — and drop a pin on the map where you think the transmitter is. The closer you land, the higher you score. 5 stations, all from China, by ear.

How the China game works

Press Play China and a mystery station begins — drawn at random from 15 real, located China broadcasters. Nothing on the map is labelled; your only clues are what you can hear. When you have a hunch about the cityit’s coming from, tap the globe and lock in your guess. A radar line snaps to the true transmitter and you score by the real great-circle distance — pinning the right city is worth the most. Do it 5 times for a grade you can beat, then share a spoiler-free result or take on another country.

Every station streams straight from its own servers — LiveEarthViewer hosts no audio — and if one won’t play, the game quietly retunes you to another station from China. All scoring is real distance math on each station’s real coordinates; no made-up numbers.

China radio, by the numbers

IN THIS GAME15located, community-voted stations
PLAYABLE IN A BROWSER1,332all China streams you can hear here
LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY2,131total China listings

The game only uses stations that carry real coordinates (so a pin can be scored) and enough listener votes to be a good bet to still be on air. Counts from the radio-browser community directory; snapshot baked 2026-07-06.

What China’s dial sounds like

Of the China stations in this game, the strongest leans are News & Talk (3), World Music (1) and Classical (1)— the rest carry no genre we can honestly assign. Genre tags are the community’s own, folded into a few families at bake time; an unlabelled station is the normal, honest state, not a gap. It’s still a useful ear-clue: if a China signal is heavy on news & talk, that fits the pattern.

Stations you might hear

The most-voted Chinabroadcasters in the pool — the kind of signal you’re listening for. Knowing the big names won’t hand you the answer (you’re pinning where a station transmits, not naming it), but it tells you what China’s airwaves are made of.

  • 广东珠江经济台1,805 votes
  • CRI环球资迅广播News & Talk · 1,591 votes
  • 广东音乐之声1,240 votes
  • 广东新闻广播News & Talk · 1,189 votes
  • 羊城交通电台975 votes
  • 江苏经典流行音乐广播346 votes

See & play every Chinastation — the full directory →

Field guide: how to tell where a station is from — by ear →

Why every country sounds different on the radio →

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