云南旅游广播·香格里拉之声

This Yunnan tourism radio station anchors itself in Shangri-La - a real place in northwestern China's mountains - and carries that geography into its programming. The station exists partly to serve tourists and partly to broadcast to the region itself, which creates an interesting tension. Music selection reflects both the mountain landscape and contemporary China. You get instrumental pieces that evoke Yunnan's natural character alongside current pop hits. That blend shouldn't work but it does because the station doesn't pretend the two audiences are the same. The Mandarin-language programmin…