Romance on the radio with love hour

Love has long been in the air in China, but now it's on the air, too.

The Love Hour on Radio Beijing's 774 AM is the country's first bilingual call-in program dealing with all things amorous and is, perhaps, also the country's first live phone-in show with a foreign co-host.

The program, which airs on Mondays at 8 pm, tackles affairs of the heart, such as mixed marriages, online dating and irksome in-laws. Troubled lovers dial up the show's hotline to put their romantic riddles to the two heart-smart hostesses, one of whom is Chinese, while the other's British.