China Drive

China Drive is a radio show on China Radio International that generally talks about life in China in the English language. There are two versions of this program which have two sets of hosts depending on which one.

On Air Personalities

Morning Drive Hosts

• Yinan
• Mark N. Rybchuk

Afternoon Drive Hosts

• Xiaohua
• Trevor Metz

Format of the Program

• Business News
• Sports – generally about FIFA soccer ("football")
• Topic of the day
• Movie Review
• Song of the day (one in Chinese and one in English)
• Mr Science (weekly special)

Team of Reporters for China Drive

• Zhang Xiaoyu
• Ting
• Daizy
• Wangjing
• Simeng
• Su Xiaowei – Voices From Other Lands
• Zhoujing
• Jennifer Pak

Former Team Members

• James West - Executive Producer of Hack on Triple J

History

The program was originally called "Real Time Beijing" and was originally hosted by Xiaohua and Trevor Metz. The program format was not that different other than the name change made the focus of the program for all of China rather than just Beijing. As of early 2006, the program was then renamed "China Drive".

Program Distribution

Webcast

http://english.cri.cn/4026/more/4163/more4163.htm

Sometimes the webcast of the morning edition still bears the code "rtb" ("Real Time Beijing"), while the usual code "cd" ("China Drive") is used, depending on who prepares the edit for webcast - often one of the presenters themselves.

In China

• 87.9 MHz FM in Shanghai
• Easy FM on 91.5 MHz FM in Beijing
• 104.7 MHz FM in Guangzhou

In the United States

• WNWR on 1540 kHz AM in Philadelphia
• WUST on 1120 kHz AM in Washington, DC