The scope of Mandarin-language broadcasting rarely exceeds language education, international news and mainland domestic news. The rate for the latter is usually less than 30 % of broadcast time. Having only an hour for domestic news can be a colossal headache for the program's production staff.
對華廣播電台節目不外：語言教學、國際新聞，和收聽短波國家的國內新聞，這佔節目比例不到三十％、約一小時的本地新聞卻讓製作人員大傷腦筋。