Dongguan Radio and Television Station

The predecessor organizations were the Dongguan Television Station and the Dongguan People's Broadcasting Station, both subordinate to the Dongguan Municipal Radio and Television Corporation.^[2] On 1 October 1984, Dongguan Television started broadcasting,^[3]: 192 while the radio station followed on 1 January 1985.^[3]: 160 At the time, the radio facilities were located at Xizheng Street on 106,9 MHz. On 18 March 1990, the station started FM stereo broadcasts.^[4] A second radio station opened in 1998, airing music.^[2]

On 1 July 2001, Dongguan Television merged with Dongguan Cable Television, but kept the name of the terrestrial station.^[5] On 18 March 2004, it launched its media brand, Sunshine Network,^[1]: 501 after the merger of the radio and television companies, the Dongguan Sunshine Network portal opened on 28 December 2005, becoming one of the Four Main Media Outlets of Dongguan.^[6] On 23 March 2004, Dongguan Television merged with the People's Broadcasting Station to create a unit subordinate to the Southern Media Group.^[7] That year, the municipal government restructured its managing institutions, with all media activities transferred from the Municipal Radio and Television Corporation to the Municipal Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publishing Corporation.^[8] In 2006, the ratings of its two television channels surpassed those of Hong Kong-based TVB, which was available on local cable, thus becoming the most watched television channel in Dongguan.^{[9]: 530 [10]} In May 2008, both FM stations (music and general service) started broadcasting a 24-horu service.^[11] A third radio station, a music service, launched in July 2013, with the original music station becoming a traffic station.^[12] On 28 September 2011, the company moved to the Dongguan Radio and Television Center.^[13]

On 28 May 2014, prefecture-level cities in the Pearl River Delta such as Foshan, Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Qingyuan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen and Zhongshan implemented a plan to launch their respective television stations on cable in the region, enabling the Dongguan General Channel to be seen in neighboring areas.^[14] On 28 March 2015, the Dongguan Radio and Television Station Media Group was established, with it and the Dongguan Radio and Television Station operating under a single organization with two names.^[7]: 317 In July 2016, the Dongguan Radio and Television Station Media Group combined radio, television and internet resources to create its own multimedia center.^[15] In December 2018, its two television channels started broadcasting high definition simulcasts.^[16] In 2022, the Dongguan Public Channel became the Lifestyle Channel.^[17][18]

On 17 February 2025, some programs from the Dongguan Music Station were transferred to the General Station and the Traffic Station, while the last one has implemented some programs generated with artificial intelligence.^[19]

Dongguan Radio and Television Station owns three radio stations and two television channels.^[20] It also has the official website, the Dongguan Sunshine Network, social media profiles on WeChat, Sina Weibo and Douyin, as well as the Know Dongguan app.^[21] The company controls eleven subsidiaries.^[22]