Taipei Broadcasting Station Founded
台北放送局成立
Source: The Birth of the Taipei Broadcasting Station
From: Old Tales from the City — 130th Anniversary of Taipei’s City Wall
Date: August 1, 2014 Author: Zhuang Yongming
Taiwan’s earliest radio broadcast occurred in 1925, during the 30th anniversary celebrations of Japanese colonial rule, when a ten-day “experimental broadcast” was conducted. Following further test transmissions by the Communications Bureau of the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office, the Taipei Broadcasting Station was formally established on December 22, 1928, marking the beginning of Taiwan’s broadcasting industry. By the 1930s, listening to radio broadcasts and playing music discs (records) had become fashionable. During the Greater East Asia War, the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office mobilized radio as a tool of political control, integrating it closely with the escalating Kōminka (Japanization) movement, demanding that Taiwanese people join the “Holy War” and serve the Emperor. After the war, the Nationalist government took over and renamed it the “Broadcasting Corporation of China.” In 1947, news of the February 28 Incident spread rapidly across Taiwan through radio broadcasts. In 1997, the station building was renamed the “228 Memorial Hall.”
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External Links
- Taiwan Broadcasting Association (Wikipedia)
- Taipei Broadcasting Station (228 Memorial Hall) (eTaiwan)
- Never Forget the Past / December 22 — The First Day of Taiwan’s Broadcasting History (China Times)
- Taipei Broadcasting Station Performance Hall (Lin Xiaosheng’s Formosa Research Society)