{"id":6357,"date":"2013-04-26T06:42:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T10:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2013-04-26T18:20:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T22:20:47","slug":"epoch-times-radio-taiwan-international-dismantling-two-transmission-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/epoch-times-radio-taiwan-international-dismantling-two-transmission-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Epoch Times: Radio Taiwan International dismantling two transmission sites?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RadioTaiwanInternationalLogo\"Update:<\/strong> This article, from the Epoch Times<\/em>,\u00a0is somewhat misleading: it appears that RTI is not actually being silenced; rather, they’re merely removing sites that are retired and redundant. See post comments for more info.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Source: Epoch Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Media freedom in Taiwan is again under attack by political forces from mainland China, resulting in a sudden decision by Radio Taiwan International (RTI) to dismantle two of its substations. Among RTI\u2019s customers who will lose their contracts are Sound of Hope Radio and Radio Free Asia, which have played an important role in broadcasting uncensored news to the mainland.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, RTI\u2019s largest customer, Sound of Hope Radio (SOH), received a notice that the Huwei substation in Yunlin County will be dismantled beginning June 1. The eight radio antennas pointing towards China will be removed ahead of schedule, and the broadcasting business will also stop at the end of May.<\/p>\n

Tainan, another RTI substation in Tianma, will also be dismantled in a few months\u2019 time, according to an insider.<\/p>\n

[…]According to insider information, RTI high-level executives visited mainland China at the end of February. Soon after, RTI announced its intention to take down the two substations.<\/p>\n

Following the removal of the substations, RTI will terminate all its rebroadcasting customers and also stop its own shortwave broadcasting, and develop a mobile platform and Internet broadcasting instead, the insider said.<\/p>\n

Zeng (Allen) Yong, President of SOH, told The Epoch Times he had rushed to Taiwan as he was very concerned about RTI\u2019s move to terminate its main customers in the name of consolidating substations and eventually ending shortwave broadcasting into China\u2013a matter of great concern to the Communist Party, which censors media in the mainland.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update: This article, from the Epoch Times,\u00a0is somewhat misleading: it appears that RTI is not actually being silenced; rather, they’re merely removing sites that are retired and redundant. See post comments for more info. (Source: Epoch Times) Media freedom in Taiwan is again under attack by political forces from mainland China, resulting in a sudden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[146,1529,1884,1093,1885,1886,1603],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-china","tag-radio-free-asia","tag-radio-taiwan-international","tag-rfa","tag-rti","tag-sound-of-hope-radio","tag-taiwan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Ex","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15149,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/radio-taiwan-international-seeks-your-memorabilia\/","url_meta":{"origin":6357,"position":0},"title":"Radio Taiwan International seeks your memorabilia","author":"Thomas","date":"October 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), for sharing information about this initiative\u00a0by Radio Taiwan International: Radio Taiwan International began broadcasting in 1928. 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