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| Native name | 廣東流行音樂 |
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| Cultural origins | 1970sHong Kong |
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Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre ofpop music sung inCantonese.[1] Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption.[2] The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hong Kong popular music from the middle of the decade.[1] Cantopop then reached its height of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s before slowly declining in the 2000s and shrinking in the 2010s. The term "Cantopop" itself was coined in 1978 after "Cantorock", a term first used in 1974.[3][4][5] In the 1980s, Cantopop peaked with a fanbase and concerts all over the world, especially inMacau,Mainland China,Taiwan,Singapore,Malaysia,South Korea, andJapan. This was even more obvious with the influx of songs fromHong Kong movies during the time.[4][5]
BesidesWestern pop music, Cantopop is also influenced by other international genres, includingjazz,rock and roll,R&B,disco,electronic,ballad and others. Cantopop songs are almost invariably performed inCantonese. Boasting a multi-national fanbase, the genre has gained popularity in countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Additionally, it has found following in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the provinces ofGuangdong andGuangxi in southeastern mainland China. Hong Kong remains as the significant hub of the genre.[6]
Western-influenced music first came to China in the 1920s, specifically through Shanghai.[7] Artists likeZhou Xuan (周璇) acted in films and recorded popular songs.
After the People's Republic of China was founded by theChinese Communist Party in 1949, the newgovernment quickly denounced pop music—particularly Western pop—as decadent.[7] Beginning in the1950s, massive waves of immigrants fled Shanghai to destinations likeNorth Point in Hong Kong.[8] As a result, many first generation Cantopop artists and composers hail from Shanghai.[7]
By the 1960s, Cantonese music in Hong Kong was still limited largely to traditionalCantonese opera and comic renditions ofwestern music.Tang Kee-chan, Cheng Kuan-min (鄭君綿), and Tam Ping-man (譚炳文) were among the earliest artists releasing Cantonese records.
The generation at the time preferred British and American exports.Western culture was at the time equated with education and sophistication,[9] andElvis Presley,Johnny Mathis andThe Beatles were popular.[7]
Conversely, those who preferred Cantonese music were considered old-fashioned or uneducated.Cheng Kum-cheung [zh] and Chan Chai-chung (陳齊頌) were two popular Cantonese singers who specifically targeted the younger generation.Connie Chan Po-chu is generally considered to be Hong Kong's firstteen idol, mostly due to her career longevity.Josephine Siao is also another artist of the era.
Local bands mimicked British and American bands. Two types of local Cantonese music appeared in the market nearly concurrently in 1973: one type cashed in on the popularity ofTVB'sdrama series based on the more traditional lyrical styles. The other was more western style music largely fromPolydor Hong Kong (寶麗多唱片). Notable singers from the era includeLiza Wang andPaula Tsui. At the same time, television was fast becoming a household must-have that offered free entertainment to the public. For example,The Fatal Irony (啼笑因緣) andGames Gamblers Play (鬼馬雙星) took the local music scene by storm as soon as they were broadcast on the radio and television.[10]
Soap operas were needed to fill TV air time, and popular Cantonese songs became TV theme songs.[7] Around 1971,Sandra Lang, a minor singer who had never sung Cantopop before, was invited to sing a Cantonese TVtheme song "A marriage of Laughter and Tears" (啼笑因緣). This song was a collaboration between songwriters Yip Siu-dak (葉紹德) and the legendaryJoseph Koo. It was ground-breaking and topped local charts.[7] Other groups that profited from TV promotion included theFour Golden Flowers.
Sam Hui is regarded by some to be the earliest Cantopop star. He was the lead singer of the bandLotus formed in the late 1960s, signed to Polydor in 1972. The song that made him famous was the theme song toGames Gamblers Play (鬼馬雙星), also starring Hui.[11]
The star of TV theme tunes wasRoman Tam. Three of the most famous TV soap opera singers wereJenny Tseng,Liza Wang andAdam Cheng.[7]The Wynners andGeorge Lam also amassed a big fan base with their new style. Samuel Hui continued to dominate the charts and won the Centennial Best Sales Award in the first and second IFPI Gold Disc Presentations twice in a row in 1977 and 1978. Polydor becamePolyGram (寶麗金) in 1978.
It was at this time that the termCantopop was first coined. TheBillboard correspondent Hans Ebert, who had earlier coined the termCantorock in 1974, noted a change in its style to something similar to British-Americansoft rock, therefore started to use the term Cantopop instead in 1978.[3]
In 1974, as the theme song ofThe Fatal Irony (啼笑因緣) was very successful, TVB sold to the mainland and other countries and Cantopop reached overseas audiences through drama series.[12]
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During the1980s, Cantopop soared to great heights with artists, producers and record companies working in harmony. Cantopop stars such asAlan Tam,Leslie Cheung,Anita Mui,Sally Yeh,Priscilla Chan,Sandy Lam,Danny Chan,Jacky Cheung,Andy Lau quickly became household names. The industry used Cantopop songs in TV dramas and movies, with some of the biggest soundtracks coming from films such asA Better Tomorrow (英雄本色). Sponsors and record companies became comfortable with the idea of lucrative contracts and million-dollar signings. There were also Japanese songs with Cantonese lyrics.
The "Queen of Mandarin songs"Teresa Teng also crossed over to Cantopop. She achieved commercial success with her original Cantonese Hits under the Polygram Label in the early 1980s.Jenny Tseng was another notable singers, who was born inMacau.
In the 1980s, there came the second wave of "band fever" (the first wave came in the 1960–70s, which was much influenced by the global Beatlemania at that time. Young people thought that forming bands was fashionable. Many new bands emerged at that time, such asSamuel Hui'sLotus,The Wynners, and theTeddy Robin and the Playboys. However, the bands emerged in this first wave were just copying the western music style, mostly covering British and Americanrock songs, and prefer singing in English rather than Cantonese). Different from the first wave in the 60s, the "band fever" in the 80s did not show an obvious relationship with the global culture at the time being, but much related with the marketing strategy of the local record companies and mass media. Many independent bands and music groups were signed by big record companies, and this made a positive impact to the Hong Kong pop music world, as their works were highly original, with strong individuality, and they were all devoted to writing songs in local language, i.e. Cantonese. The subjects of their works were different from the mainstream (which was mostlylove ballads). Politics and social life were popular subjects for the bands in their creation. The "band fever" also brought variety in musical style to the Hong Kong mainstream music world (which was almost monopolised byPop-ballad for a long time). Styles like Rock,Metal,Pop-Rock,Folk,Neo-Romantic, Pop and some experimental styles (e.g. Cantorock) were introduced. Among them,Beyond andTat Ming Pair (達明一派) gave the greatest impact to the Hong Kong music world. Some renowned bands and groups included:Beyond,Raidas,Tat Ming Pair,Tai Chi (太極樂隊),Grasshopper (草蜢),Little Tigers (小虎隊),Paradox (夢劇院),Blue Jeans (藍戰士),Echo,Wind & Cloud (風雲樂隊),Citybeat (城市節拍).
The second wave of "band fever" also brought a group of new music lovers to the Hong Kong mainstream music world. Most of them were the just-grew-up generation, or the music lovers of the westernAvant-garde music, also the Euro-American Rock-band lovers. This contributed to a great change in the population and age distribution of the music listeners from the 70s. Record companies were laying ever more stress on the buying power of these young new customers. The second wave of "band fever" emerged from the mid-1980s (around 1984) and reached its climax in 1986–87. However the "band fever" cannot put for a long time. Along with the death of the legendaryWong Ka Kui, the leader and co-founder ofBeyond, in 1993, and the disband-tide emerged in the early 90s (Tat Ming Pair disbanded in 1990), the "band fever" gradually faded away and totally got down in the early 1990s.[13]
As Cantopop gained large followings in Chinese communities worldwide, Hong Kong entrepreneurs' ingenious use of the then newLaserdisc technology prompted yet another explosion in the market.
In the1990s in Hong Kong, the "Four Heavenly Kings" (四大天王) —Jacky Cheung,Andy Lau,Leon Lai andAaron Kwok — dominated pop music, and coverage in magazines, TV, advertisements and cinema.[14][15] They had wide audience across different regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Southeast Asia, and even South Korea. The female counterparts in this era wereSammi Cheng,Cass Phang, andKelly Chen.
In 2019, Andy Lau spoke of his desire for a reunion of the Four Heavenly Kings in an interview with the press.[16]
At the turn of the century, Cantonese was still dominant in the domain ofChinese pop.[17] The deaths of superstarsLeslie Cheung andAnita Mui in 2003 rocked the industry. In addition, with the Four Heavenly Kings fading out and the rise of TaiwanMandopopsinger-songwriter superstars likeLeehom Wang,David Tao,Jay Chou andJJ Lin, influence of Cantopop started declining with fans turning to Taiwan Mandopop in the 2000s.
During the period, a transitional phase also took place with many overseas-raised or overseas-educated artists such asNicholas Tse andEason Chan gaining popularity and recognition. In 2006,Time magazine praisedEason Chan's Cantonese albumU87 as one of the "Five Asian Albums Worth Buying".[18] Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer - Gold" award (10 times) and "My Favorite Male Singer" award (9 conservative years) at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation" in HK, Eason Chan also won numerous awards at major music award ceremonies locally and in other regions. He became one of the representative figures of Cantopop in the 2000s. Cantopop was not restricted only to Hong Kong, but became part of a larger music movement.
In 2005, Cantopop began a new upswing. Major companies that drove much of the HK segment included Gold Typhoon Music Entertainment (EMI,Gold Label),Universal Music Group, East Asia Entertainment (東亞娛樂) andAmusic andEmperor Entertainment Group.
The decade was also dubbed a "People's singer" era (親民歌星), as most performers were frequently seen promoting publicly, in contrast with the 1990s when that era's "big-name" singers (大牌歌星) seemed unapproachable.[19][full citation needed]
A number of scandals struck some of stars later in the decade. In 2008, theEdison Chen photo scandal, involvingEdison Chen and Twins singerGillian Chung among others, was the subject of explicit photos uploaded online. The scandal occupied the front pages of the local press for a solid month, and also garnered the attention of international media.[20][21][22] The scandal tarnished the image of the previously "squeaky-clean" Twins, and resulted in their going into hiatus in late June 2008, four months after Gillian was caught up in the scandal.[23] Other events include the street fight betweenGary Chaw andJustin Lo.[24] In 2009,Jill Vidal and her singer boyfriendKelvin Kwan were arrested in Tokyo on 24 February 2009 over allegations ofmarijuanapossession.[25] Kwan was released without charge after 32 days in jail,[26] while Vidal later pleaded guilty in Tokyo court to heroin possession, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, suspended for three years.[27][28][29]
In the 2010s, Cantopop market shrank with fans, particularly the youth, turning toK-pop andMandopop.
As Mandarin became more important as a result of fast growing culturally and economically in China, the influence of Cantonese began to dwindle. Nevertheless, in addition to the 7 million people of Hong Kong and Macau, the genre continues to enjoy popularity among a Cantonese-speaking audience of in excess of 100 million in southern China, plus 10 million Cantonese-speaking diaspora in Canada, Australia and the United States.[30] In 2010, a proposal thatGuangzhou Television station should increase its broadcast in Mandarin led toprotests in Guangzhou.[31] While the authorities relented, this event reflects an attempt at marginalising Cantonese with the ascendency ofMandopop.[32]
In the 2010s, Cantopop industry still had outstanding singers and musicians who achieved success beyond the local market and made a mark in the Chinese music scene.Eason Chan is one of the most popular and influential Cantopop superstars. He captures wide audience across different regions, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Southeast Asia, UK, North America, Australia etc. He successfully held world tours in these regions in the 2010s. He was the first Chinese/HK singer who held solo concerts in London'sO2 Arena and Beijing'sNational Stadium (Bird's Nest).
In the 2010s, there was revival for boy groups and bands in Cantopop with the rise ofC AllStar,RubberBand,Supper Moment,Dear Jane, etc.
JSG Best Ten Music Awards Presentation was highly controversial with the ongoingHKRIA royalties case. The case was reportedly solved in early 2012 though. In January 2012, theJSG Awards 2011 was again controversial since one of the biggest awards, Song of the Year, was handed toRaymond Lam with his unpopular song "Chok".
In 2015 and 2018, the Commercial Radio Hong Kong's "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation " handed "My Favorite Male Singer" award toJames Ng andLouis Koo respectively, which were also controversial. Since then, the credibility of the Award has greatly declined.
In 2018,Eason Chan released an album "L.O.V.E." (mainly in Cantonese), which was successful in Taiwan's30th Golden Melody Awards, winning nominations to three major awards: Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Producer of the Year, Album. Ultimately, the album's producer, Carl Wong, won the "Producer of the Year, Album" award. This was the first time in the history of the Golden Melody Awards that a Cantonese album won this award.
Interest in Cantopop was renewed in the early 2020s in part due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, which led to border closures and restriction of travel. In addition to the2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and the passing of theHong Kong national security law in June 2020, the resurgence of Hong Kong pride had led many Cantonese natives to support local music artists.[33] The Cantopop boy groupMirror, which was formed through theViuTV singing competition inGood Night Show - King Maker in 2018, skyrocketed in popularity during this time due to their distinctively local image. Media had described them as a "Mirror phenomenon."[34]
In February 2021, Hong Kong's biggest television broadcaster,TVB, historically lifted its ban on four of Hong Kong's biggest record labels, opening the doors for non-TVB artists to perform on the network. The move was described by local media as "reviving the Cantopop music industry."[35]
In 2023,Eason Chan released a new album titled "Chin Up!", which included a Cantonese song "Homo Sapiens"（人啊人） with lyrics written byChow Yiu-fai [zh]. This song made Chow won Taiwan's34th Golden Melody Awards - the Best Lyricist, marking the first time in the history of the Golden Melody Awards that a Cantonese song was nominated and won the award. This achievement created a historical record for Cantopop.
In 2024, at the age of 79, the renowned Temple Street King,Wan Kwong (尹光）, was voted to the final five of the "My Favorite Male Singer" category at the "Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation," marking a record in the Cantopop industry. This was also the first time in over fifty years after his debut that he transitioned from performing at Temple Street to appearing at a major music awards ceremony. The "Wan Kwong phenomenon" caused a stir online, with fans appraising his continuous efforts in releasing his latest song, "Dear Myself," which incorporated AI elements while others voting for him as a counterbalance to the idol genre because they had been sick of Mirror individual members’ live performances and Mirror fans' behavior in the poll.[36]
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Early Cantopop was developed fromCantonese opera music hybridised with Western pop. The musicians soon gave uptraditional Chinese musical instruments likezheng andErhu fiddle in favour of western style arrangements. Cantopop songs are usually sung by one singer, sometimes with a band, accompanied by piano, synthesizer,drum set and guitars. They are composed underverse-chorus form and are generallymonophonic. Practically all early Cantopop songs feature a descendingbassline.
Cantonese is a pitch sensitivetonal language. The word carries a different meaning when sung in a different relative pitch. Matching Cantonese lyrics to Western music was particularly difficult because the Western musical scale has 12semitones. Through the work of pioneers likeSamuel Hui,James Wong (黃霑) and Jimmy Lo Kwok Tsim (盧國沾), those that followed have more stock phrases for reference. Famous lyricists also includeAlbert Leung (林夕) andWyman Wong (黃偉文).[37]
Tonalconstraints have been blamed for the decline of Cantopop in the late 1990s, for source of creativity being "mined out". Its ramification includes interpretive constraint, where singers have less room for ad-lib change of pitch without sacrificing intelligibility. As a result, pitch change often encountered in western pop music becomes foreign to most of Hong Kong's singers.
The first type is the poetic lyrics written in literary orclassical Wenyan Chinese (文言). In the past, Cantopop maintained the Cantonese Opera tradition of matching the musical notes withtones of the language. Relatively few Cantopop songs use truly colloquial Cantonese terms, and fewer songs contain lyrics. Songs written in this style are usually reserved for TV shows aboutancient China. Since the 1980s, increasing numbers of singers have departed from this tradition, though some big names like Roman Tam stayed true to traditional techniques.
The second type is less formal. The lyrics written in colloquial Cantonese make up the majority with compositions done in modernwritten Chinese. TV shows filmed under modern contexts will use songs written with these lyrics. Most songs share an over-riding characteristic, in which every last word of a phrase isrhymed.
The following is an example from the song"Impression" (印象) bySamuel Hui. The last word of every phrase ends with '–oeng'.
| Chinese original lyrics | Lyrics Romanized inJyutping |
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Cantopop was born in the 1970s and became a cultural product with the popularity of two popular TVB drama's themes songs in the early 1970s: "Tower Ballad" (鐵塔凌雲, 1972) and "A marriage of Laughter and Tears" (啼笑因緣, 1974).[38] The majority of "hit" Cantopop, however, is not entirely local produced but thecover versions of "hit" foreign melodies. Since the 1970s, covering "hit" external songs mainly from Japan, Korea, Taiwan or other Western countries became a common practice among Hong Kong record companies. At that time, Hong Kong's constantly growing music industry acknowledges simply by using those hits, whose already gained popularity, will be the easiest way to reach success in the market. Cover versions were also widely used as a solution to address the shortage of the local hits due to the lack of local composers. Another reason for the use of cover versions is to minimise the production costs. The practice is also done for business reasons of filling up albums and re-capitalizing on songs with a proven record.[39]
The Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, which is one of the major music awards in Hong Kong since 1979, can reflect the great reliance on Japanese melodies in Cantopop. During the 1980s, 139 out of 477 songs from weekly gold songs chart were cover versions, and 52% of the cover versions were covers of Japanese songs. Numerous legendary songs of Cantopop superstars Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui, for example "Craziness" (1983), "Monica" (1984), "Foggy Love" (1984), "For Your Love Only" (1985), "Evil Girl" (1985), "The Past Love" (1986), "The First Tear" (1986), and "Fired Tango", were cover versions of Japanese hits,[verification needed] showing that covers contributed to the success of superstars to a certain degree.[40]
By definition hybrids are still considered Cantonese songs due to the Cantonese lyrics, though the rights borrowed varies country to country. Songs like "Tomorrow sounds like today" (明日話今天) byJenny Tseng, "Life to seek" (一生何求) byDanny Chan, "Snowing" (飄雪) byPriscilla Chan, and "Can't afford" (負擔不起) byJade Kwan were originally composed outside of Hong Kong. Many critics disapprove of the practice of covering foreign music and consider it lacking in originality, and many albums promoted themselves as "cover-free".
On January 29, 2010, Jacky Cheung released hisPrivate Corner album coining the phrase "Canto-jazz", to describe the concept of the album and the musical style of the songs.[41][42][43][44]
In TheSouth China Morning Post, Rachel Mok described "Canto-jazz" as a "unique fusion of the two music styles" of "light jazz" and canto-pop creating a fresh sound with a uniquely local flavour". She cited Jacky Cheung's Private Corner andKaren Mok's "Somewhere I Belong" among artists who have recorded Cantonese language albums in the new jazz genre coined "canto-jazz".[45]
An educational study traced the development of jazz in Greater China and explored the cross-cultural issues in rearranging a cantopop song for big band or jazz combo arrangement.[46]
Talent is unusually secondary to the success of a Cantopop singer in Hong Kong. Most times, image sells albums, as it is one of the characteristics ofmainstream music similarly mirrored in the United States and Japan. Publicity is vital to an idol's career, as one piece of news could make or break a future. Almost all modern Cantopop stars go into the movie business regardless of their ability to act; however, the reverse may also occur with actors releasing albums and embarking on concerts regardless of singing talent. They immediately expand to the Mandarin market once their fame is established, hence pure Cantopop stars are almost nonexistent. Outside of music sales, their success can also be gauged by their income. For example, according to some reports,Sammi Cheng earnedHK$46M (aroundUS$6M) from advertisement and merchandise endorsements in one month alone.[47] Many artists, however, begin with financial hardships. For example,Yumiko Cheng owed her company thousands of dollars. Others includeElanne Kong crying in public with only HK$58 left.[48]
Cantopop superstars include 70s:Sam Hui,Paula Tsui,Roman Tam,Frances Yip; 80s:Alan Tam,Leslie Cheung,Anita Mui,Beyond; 90s:Jacky Cheung,Leon Lai,Andy Lau,Aaron Kwok,Sammi Cheng,Cass Phang,Kelly Chen; 00s-10s:Eason Chan,Joey Yung,Miriam Yeung,Leo Ku. They successfully held world concert tours, e.g. Jacky in New York 'sMSG, Faye in Tokyo'sNippon Budokan, Eason in London'sO2 Arena andBeijing's National Stadium (Bird's Nest).
PolyGram,EMI,Sony,Warner andBMG were established in Hong Kong since the 1970s. Local record companies such asCrown Records (娛樂唱片), Wing Hang Records (永恆), Manchi Records (文志) andCapital Artists (華星唱片) in the past have become successful local labels. As TV drama themes lost favour in the mid-1980s, market power soon drifted to the multi-national labels. Sales are tracked at the IFPI HK Annual Sales Chart.[49]
| Award | Organiser | Year started | Final year | Origin |
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| Wah Kiu Man Po Gold Camel Award for Top Ten Singers [zh] | Wah Kiu Man Po | 1970 | 1981 | Hong Kong |
| National Lacquer and Paint Products Company (國民漆廠) | ||||
| IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Award [zh] | IFPI (Hong Kong) [zh] | 1977 | 2017 | |
| RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards | RTHK | 1978 | till present | |
| Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards | TVB | 1983 | till present | |
| Ultimate Song Chart Awards [zh] | Commercial Radio Hong Kong | 1988 | till present | |
| Metro Radio Music Awards [zh] | Metro Broadcast Corporation | 1994 | till present | |
| Four Stations Joint Music Awards [zh] | RTHK | 1995 | 2010 | |
| Commercial Radio Hong Kong | ||||
| Metro Broadcast Corporation | ||||
| TVB | ||||
| CASH Golden Sail Music Awards [zh] | Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong | 2001 | till present | |
| KKBOX Hong Kong Music Awards [zh] | KKBOX | 2019 | till present | |
| Chill Club Awards [zh] | ViuTV | 2021 | till present | |
| Hong Kong Gold Songs Award Presentation Ceremony [zh] | RTHK | 2022 | 2022 | |
| TVB |
Arecord chart which includes all genres ofC-pop is theGlobal Chinese Pop Chart.
| Station | Location | Frequencies and Platform |
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| CRHK Radio 2 | Hong Kong | 90.3 FM Available onmy903.com and their other channel 88.1 during non-talk shows happen. |
| RTHK Radio 2 | Hong Kong | 94.8 FM, 95.3 FM, 95.6 FM, 96.0 FM, 96.3 FM, 96.4 FM, 96.9 FM, and Internet live streaming (channel 2) |
| Chinese Radio New York | New York | 1480AM |
| KEST | San Francisco | 1450 AM |
| KMRB | Los Angeles | 1430 AM |
| KVTO | San Francisco | 1400 AM |
| CHMB | Vancouver | 1320 AM |
| Fairchild Radio | Vancouver | 1470 AM, 96.1 FM |
| Fairchild Radio | Toronto | 1430 AM, 88.9 FM |
| Fairchild Radio | Calgary | 94.7 FM |
| Music FM Radio Guangdong | Guangdong | 93.9 FM, 99.3 FM and internet stream media |
| SYN FM | Melbourne | 90.7 FM – Cantopop show as part of Asian Pop Night. |
| 2AC 澳洲華人電台 | Sydney | (proprietary receivers) |
| 2CR | SydneyMelbourne | (proprietary receivers) |
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