Sound of Hope

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Sound of Hope (SOH) is a global Chinese-language radio network. It is part of a group of Falun Gong–affiliated media that also includes New Tang Dynasty Television and The Epoch Times. SOH serves Chinese communities around the world with AM/FM radio and shortwave for audiences in China. Programs are mainly in Mandarin and Cantonese. In the United States, SOH also provides network programming to 14 affiliated Chinese-language FM stations.

SOH is headquartered in San Francisco and has two main operations: one for Chinese Americans in the U.S. via AM/FM, and another for audiences in China via shortwave. In the U.S., the network started on KSQQ 96.1 FM and KVTO 1400 AM, and grew to be a large Chinese radio presence in the region. It later added KQEA-LP and KQEB-LP at 96.9 FM as affiliates. The station covers local issues for expatriate Chinese communities, including elections, local policy debates, California droughts, Cupertino city redevelopment, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

China broadcasts reach mainland listeners through more than 100 shortwave stations. Programs are also available online and via mobile apps. SOH also produces YouTube videos, including the channel Jiangfeng Time, which had more than 500,000 subscribers in 2020.

SOH helped launch America Daily with Epoch Times editor John Nania. The network was co-founded by Sean Lin and Allen Zeng and grew from local stations started by Falun Gong practitioners. It is one of several Falun Gong–affiliated media outlets started by practitioners who moved to the West. Much of its early staff were Falun Gong volunteers, and the network began operations in June 2003.

In 2005, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the boards and reporting staff were Falun Gong practitioners.