Chapter 2 - Ads and the Appeal

Students Turned To ICRT By The Tens Of Thousands Because ICRT Was Fun, Played Western Music, AND the Dj’s Were Native English Speakers. Students Were No Longer Passive And They Began Changing Taiwan Society. Speaking English Was Increasingly Important And ICRT's 100-Percent English Programming With Entertaining Announcers, Attracted 300,000 Taiwanese Students, Every Afternoon And Evening. ICRT Was A Cultural Classroom, Introducing Little Known Musical Styles, Like Jazz, Classical, Country, and R&B, As Well As Western Humor And Chart Topping Pop Music To Taiwan. ABOUT: An audio story of how International Community Radio Taipei covered sensitive political topics at a time when Taiwan was still under martial law. ICRT gave a voice to the opposition party and Dangwai movement, ideas that were banned or poorly covered by most of the pro-government media at the time. Find us at

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