Radio Taiwan International (RTI; Chinese: 中央廣播電台; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Guǎngbò Diàntái) is the English name and call sign of the Central Broadcasting System (CBS), national broadcaster and international radio service of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. It is a government-owned station that broadcasts in 14 languages around the world via the internet, shortwave and podcasts. It also has Facebook fan pages in five additional languages. The station’s hosts and programs have won many national and global broadcasting awards.
The Central Broadcasting System was founded in 1928 as the voice of the Kuomintang (KMT) government quartered in Nanking on mainland China. During the Second Sino-Japanese War the KMT was forced by Japanese advances to relocate the radio station, along with the capital city, first to Hankou in the central Hubei Province and then to Chungking in south-central China.
After the conclusion of the Second World War, which saw the surrender and withdrawal of Japanese forces, the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party resumed their civil war. The defeated KMT retreated to Taiwan in 1949 and the Central Broadcasting System moved with them.
RTI currently offers audio news and programs about Taiwan in 14 languages. It also has YouTube channels offering video news and programs and can be seen on Twitter and Facebook as well.
After undergoing restructuring during the period 1996–98, CBS broadcast to mainland China and the rest of the world under the call sign Radio Taipei International and the Voice of Asia. Radio Taipei International essentially replaced the international radio services of the Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC), known as the Voice of Free China. Radio Taipei International broadcast to China and to an international audience; by contrast, the Voice of Asia was broadcast to the Asia-Pacific region only and offered a lighter format than RTI. In 2002 the Voice of Asia call sign was dropped to leave Radio Taipei International as the sole broadcasting name for the service. This was in turn changed to Radio Taiwan International, to avoid confusion on the part of listeners, who had trouble associating Taipei with Taiwan.[1]
In addition, via domestic AM radio and shortwave, CBS also broadcast three different "networks" in Chinese (mainly Mandarin and Taiwanese) to the mainland. These networks were the News Network (a news and information-oriented service), the Variety Network (a music and features-oriented service, also known as the Mandarin Programme, Taiwanese Programme, Perspective Program, or the Pop Network Programme), and the Dialect Network (programming aimed at the minorities of China). In time, the Variety Network was renamed the General Network, the News Network became the Mainland Network, and eventually the Mainland, General, and Dialect Network were merged in with Radio Taiwan International. One consequence of this was that CBS could no longer broadcast domestically over AM radio.
Broadcasting details
Radio Taiwan International broadcasts to the following countries and regions:
As of 1 July 2013, RTI terminated its shortwave broadcasts to North and South America due to budget cuts caused by the closure of WYFR, a Christian religious shortwave station which RTI leased airtime from and whose Florida transmitter RTI used to broadcast to the Americas. RTI programming was broadcast on WYFR at 5.95 MHz and 9.61 MHz between 17:00 / 18:00 hrs. Eastern until 03:00 / 04:00. After that point, Family Radio continued to host RTI's audio service to the Chinese community in the New York City area on a digital subchannel of Family Radio's television station, WFME-TV; this would end in October 2013, when the station was revamped into an international ethnic station, WNYJ-TV.
Radio Taiwan broadcasts daily in Mandarin, Taiwanese (Minnan or Hokkien), Hakka, Cantonese, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Korean. It also has Facebook pages in Burmese, Arabic, Tagalog, Cambodian, and Ukrainian. [3][4]
Programs
Taiwan Insider, its flagship weekly video and audio news magazine program
Taiwan Today, an award-winning audio program on politics and society
Feast Meets West, an award-winning program about food and culture
See also
Media in Taiwan
English language print media published by the Government Information Office
Official website(in Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, and Korean)
Media related to Central Broadcasting System ROC at Wikimedia Commons
January 21, 2023
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Coordinates 25 4 39 98 N 121 31 38 34 E 25 0777722 N 121 5273167 E 25 0777722 121 5273167 Radio Taiwan International RTI Chinese 中央廣播電台 pinyin Zhōngyang Guǎngbo Diantai is the English name and call sign of the Central Broadcasting System CBS national broadcaster and international radio service of the Republic of China commonly known as Taiwan It is a government owned station that broadcasts in 14 languages around the world via the internet shortwave and podcasts It also has Facebook fan pages in five additional languages The station s hosts and programs have won many national and global broadcasting awards Radio Taiwan International中央廣播電台TypeRadio networkCountryRepublic of China Taiwan AvailabilityInternationalOwnerRadio Taiwan InternationalLaunch date1928Former namesCBS Voice of Free China Radio Taipei InternationalOfficial websiteRadio Taiwan InternationalRadio Taiwan InternationalCentral Broadcasting System building in TaipeiTraditional Chinese中央廣播電台Simplified 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Broadcasting System moved with them See also Broadcasting Corporation of ChinaCurrent status EditRTI currently offers audio news and programs about Taiwan in 14 languages It also has YouTube channels offering video news and programs and can be seen on Twitter and Facebook as well After undergoing restructuring during the period 1996 98 CBS broadcast to mainland China and the rest of the world under the call sign Radio Taipei International and the Voice of Asia Radio Taipei International essentially replaced the international radio services of the Broadcasting Corporation of China BCC known as the Voice of Free China Radio Taipei International broadcast to China and to an international audience by contrast the Voice of Asia was broadcast to the Asia Pacific region only and offered a lighter format than RTI In 2002 the Voice of Asia call sign was dropped to leave Radio Taipei International as the sole broadcasting name for the service This was in turn changed to Radio Taiwan International to avoid confusion on the part of listeners who had trouble associating Taipei with Taiwan 1 In addition via domestic AM radio and shortwave CBS also broadcast three different networks in Chinese mainly Mandarin and Taiwanese to the mainland These networks were the News Network a news and information oriented service the Variety Network a music and features oriented service also known as the Mandarin Programme Taiwanese Programme Perspective Program or the Pop Network Programme and the Dialect Network programming aimed at the minorities of China In time the Variety Network was renamed the General Network the News Network became the Mainland Network and eventually the Mainland General and Dialect Network were merged in with Radio Taiwan International One consequence of this was that CBS could no longer broadcast domestically over AM radio Broadcasting details EditRadio Taiwan International broadcasts to the following countries and regions Australia and New Zealand China Europe Indonesia Japan Korea The Philippines South Africa South Asia Southeast AsiaProgramming is carried in Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien English Hokkien Cantonese Hakka Japanese Indonesian Thai Vietnamese Spanish German French and Russian previously also in Arabic Burmese Mongolian and Tibetan 2 As of 1 July 2013 RTI terminated its shortwave broadcasts to North and South America due to budget cuts caused by the closure of WYFR a Christian religious shortwave station which RTI leased airtime from and whose Florida transmitter RTI used to broadcast to the Americas RTI programming was broadcast on WYFR at 5 95 MHz and 9 61 MHz between 17 00 18 00 hrs Eastern until 03 00 04 00 After that point Family Radio continued to host RTI s audio service to the Chinese community in the New York City area on a digital subchannel of Family Radio s television station WFME TV this would end in October 2013 when the station was revamped into an international ethnic station WNYJ TV Radio Taiwan broadcasts daily in Mandarin Taiwanese Minnan or Hokkien Hakka Cantonese English German French Russian Spanish Japanese Vietnamese Thai Indonesian and Korean It also has Facebook pages in Burmese Arabic Tagalog Cambodian and Ukrainian 3 4 Programs EditTaiwan Insider its flagship weekly video and audio news magazine program Taiwan Today an award winning audio program on politics and society Feast Meets West an award winning program about food and cultureSee also EditMedia in Taiwan English language print media published by the Government Information Office Taiwan Review Taiwan Journal Voice of Free ChinaReferences Edit Official Radio Taiwan International RTI Website Archived 2009 02 08 at the Wayback Machine Radio station to target foreign community Taipei Times 2005 02 10 Archived from the original on 2008 12 02 About RTI Radio Taiwan International Retrieved 2022 07 15 A22 Shortwave Frequency List Bi Newsletter 2022External links EditOfficial website in Chinese English French German Indonesian Japanese Russian Spanish Thai Vietnamese and Korean Media related to Central Broadcasting System ROC at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Radio Taiwan International amp oldid 1125854855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
