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Sound of Hope

Sound of Hope (SOH) is an American nonprofit, international Chinese-language radio network. Along with New Tang Dynasty Television and The Epoch Times, it is part of a network of media organizations established by practitioners of the Falun Gong new religious movement. SOH serves the Chinese diaspora in US, Europe, Australia, Japan and South Korea via AM/FM radio and Chinese people in China via shortwave radio.

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Sound Of Hope
Country
United States
Broadcast area
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Middletown, New York, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)
Ownership
OwnerSound Of Hope Radio Network Inc.
ParentFalun Gong
History
Founded2001 (2001)
by Allen Yong Zeng
Sean Lin
Coverage
StationsKSQQ-FM 96.1
KQEB-LP 96.9
KVTO-AM 1400
WQEG-LP 98.3
Links
Websitewww.soundofhope.org
Sound of Hope
TypeNonprofit
72-1562499
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

Sound of Hope
Traditional Chinese希望之聲
Simplified Chinese希望之声
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīwàng Zhīshēng
Wade–GilesHsi-wang Chi-sheng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHei1mong6 Zi1seng1

Sound of Hope (SOH) is an American nonprofit, international Chinese-language radio network.1 Along with New Tang Dynasty Television and The Epoch Times, it is part of a network of media organizations established by practitioners of the Falun Gong new religious movement.23 SOH serves the Chinese diaspora in US, Europe, Australia, Japan and South Korea via AM/FM radio and Chinese people in China via shortwave radio.

Stations and programs

SOH was founded in Mountain View, California by Falun Gong follower and former software engineer Allen Zeng in 2001.4 and was incorporated as a nonprofit organization on May 6, 2003.51 Zeng founded SOH due to concerns from outsiders producing "distorted stories about the [Falun Gong] movement".4

SOH Network radio programs are primarily in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). The US radio also provides network programming to 14 affiliated Chinese-language FM radios. SOH is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has two main operations. One serves Chinese Americans in the U.S. via AM/FM and the other serves China via shortwave radio.

The US radio started from KSQQ FM 96.1, KVTO AM 1400 during afternoon and evening hours and has grown to be the largest Chinese radio in the region, adding KQEA-LP/KQEB-LP (96.9 FM, two time-shared licenses) as affiliated stations. It provides news and lifestyle talkshows relating to local expatriate Chinese, and covers issues such as elections, local policy debates, California droughts, Cupertino city redevelopment, and the COVID-19 pandemic.soh 1

The China radio broadcasts to mainland China through more than 100 shortwave stations. Programs of SOH can also be listened to via online streaming and mobile apps.soh 2soh 3

SOH also produces YouTube video programs. The YouTube channel “Jiangfeng Time” had more than half a million subscribers as of 2020.soh 4 SOH teamed with Epoch Times editor John Nania to start the right-wing news website America Daily at americadaily.com.3

Relationship to Falun Gong

The Sound of Hope radio network was co-founded by Sean Lin and Allen Zeng.6 The network united local radio stations that had been founded by Falun Gong practitioners. It is one of a number of media outlets, such as The Epoch Times and NTDTV, started by Falun Gong practitioners who emigrated to the West.2

Most of its initial staff were Falun Gong adherents who volunteered their time and services. It was the last of the three media to be established, beginning operations in June 2003, supported by a network of volunteers that continue to maintain the station's programming. In 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the boards, including Allen Zeng and its reporting staffs of 20, were composed of Falun Gong practitioners.4

References

References

  1. "Sound Of Hope Radio Network Inc" – via ProPublica.
  2. Chen, Kathy (15 November 2007). "Chinese Dissidents Take On Beijing Via Media Empire - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  3. Roose, Kevin (24 October 2020). "How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2020. "Ben Smith contributed reporting. Jack Begg contributed research."
  4. Hua, Vanessa (18 December 2005). "Dissident media linked to Falun Gong / Chinese-language print, broadcast outlets in U.S. are making waves". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2006.
  5. https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/GetImageByNum/234093201097093052202206003013093094197251140024
  6. "How Dissidents Are Using Shortwave Radio to Broadcast News Into China". Defense One. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

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