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International Community Radio Taipei

Radio station in Taiwan

International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT; Chinese: 台北國際社區廣播電台; pinyin: Táiběi Guójì Shèqū Guǎngbō Diàntái) is Taiwan's only English-language radio station and first radio station in Taiwan that caters to foreigners. Prior to 1979, the station served the U.S. military personnel in Taiwan as the Armed Forces Network Taiwan (AFNT). When the United States broke diplomatic ties with the Republic of China in 1979, the American business community, with the help of the ROC government, reorganized the station into ICRT.2 It is headquartered in Xinzhuang District.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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ICRT headquarters at BCC Songjiang Building 20060206
Photo: Ellery, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT; Chinese: 台北國際社區廣播電台; pinyin: Táiběi Guójì Shèqū Guǎngbō Diàntái) is Taiwan's only English-language radio station and first radio station in Taiwan that caters to foreigners. Prior to 1979, the station served the U.S. military personnel in Taiwan as the Armed Forces Network Taiwan (AFNT). When the United States broke diplomatic ties with the Republic of China in 1979, the American business community, with the help of the ROC government, reorganized the station into ICRT.2

The story

Origins

From 1957 to 1979, the station served the US military community in Taiwan as the Armed Forces Network Taiwan (AFNT). After the United States broke diplomatic ties with the Republic of China on Taiwan in 1979, Rear Admiral James B. Linder, last commander of the United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC), informed a letter to the Taiwanese Government Information Office (GIO) pointing out that equipments of the AFNT be transferred to the ROC Government by the US Federal Government without compensation. The new radio station, under the name of ICRT, was reorganized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei and the ROC government.

1990s

The station started to suffer from operating challenges in the 1990s. The ROC government liberalized the radio market, forcing ICRT to face competition from other radio stations. AM576's programming lineup became weaker and lacked DJs to cover the entire twenty-four hours of air time, resulting in an automated jukebox system to replace the DJ. Eventually AM576 only broadcast the BBC World Service and CNN Radio and then went permanently off the air in 1999. News coverage in FM100 was gradually downsized. In 2000, ICRT moved from its original location on Yangmingshan to Taipei City.

From Wikipedia’s article on International Community Radio Taipei, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Acquisitions

  1. 1979Succeeded American Forces Network1

Sources

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