ICRT Prepares to Rock the Station’s Eighth Annual Battle of the Bands
Six of the island’s best emerging local bands will compete this Saturday at International Community Radio Taipei’s eighth annual Battle of the Bands for the chance to be crowned champion by some of the most influential names in the music industry. The event, held at the Taipei New Horizon between 3 and 7 p.m., showcases...Continue reading
Wow! Taiwan: Kinmen Mid-Autumn Mooncake Gambling Festival
Hosted by the Kinmen County government, the Kinmen Mid-Autumn Moon-cake Gambling Festival features gambling for moon-cakes, a dice game with mooncakes as prizes. Don’t miss out on the Mid-Autumn Festival activities and fun in Kinmen from August 9 to September 9! Listen Photo via Event TaiwanContinue reading
ICRT Battle of the Bands Meet the Judges: Swing Wang of Rock’n’Rap
Half way through a Spring Scream performance, in the spur of the moment, Swing Wang – the then young and impressionable lead singer of the band RockBang who wanted so much to be like the overseas bands he idolized so much – threw himself off the stage into the dozen audience members below. Little did...Continue reading
ICRT Battle of the Bands Meet the Judges: Hu Shen of Quarterback
Hu Shen’s (虎神) rock odyssey began as an exercise in teenage pragmatism: seventeen year old Hu Shen needed an in with the girls, and girls, he had heard, were into musicians. “I think a lot of us start out hoping our music will turn us into chick magnets. It rarely works,” the guitarist and bandleader...Continue reading
Wow! Taiwan: Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival
Come take a dip and check out the Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival on August 31st. Swimmers from around Taiwan and abroad gather at Zhaowu wharf to participate in the 3,000 meter course in one of the world’s most famous swimming competitions. Listen Photo via Crystal QuimbyContinue reading
ICRT Cools Down DJs with ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has caught the attention of celebrities worldwide, including Bill Gates, Robert Downey Jr. and Taiwan’s Terry Guo, raising funds and awareness for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. For 48 hours, ICRT asked listeners to donate to the Taiwan Motor Neuron Disease Association and then vote...Continue reading
Behind the Radio: Wow! Taiwan
Here at ICRT we make a lot of our own content. The production team is made up of four awesome people. Well, maybe I’m not that awesome, but the rest are! As some of you know, I’m the English copywriter and that means I write a lot of the English commercials and special programs. As...Continue reading
ICRT Battle of the Bands Meet the Judges: RayKai Chen of 1976
Although fame had come early and easily to RayKai Chen, the lead singer of 1976 does not attribute his success to skill. Nor does he believe it has anything to do with determination or courage. It’s luck, he says. In the more than a decade that he has been in the industry, Chen has witnessed...Continue reading
ICRT Battle of the Bands Meet the Judges: Lin Hui-bin, Wonder Music Executive Manager
Lin Hui-bin, an all-around pop music professional, now holds the position of Executive Manager at Wonder Music, a studio that cultivates and promote independent bands. So far at least three bands have flourished under his tutelage: Won Fu, Tizzy Bac and Totem, an aboriginal group. What are the most important elements that he’d be looking for...Continue reading
Wow! Taiwan: Taiwan Culinary Exhibition
The Taiwan International Culinary Exhibition is Taiwan’s biggest food festival. It runs from August 15th through 18th at the Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1. Listen Continue reading
ICRT Battle of the Bands Meet the Judges: Summer Hsu of Relax-ONE
Summer Hsu, lead singer of Relax-ONE, qualifying judge for ICRT’s Battle of the Bands, a woman who survived a spectacular onstage face-plant in the middle of an international show. “It was my first performance in Japan” she says with a laugh, “I started out stiff and nervous, and as I was dancing, my high heel...Continue reading
ICRT Pays Tribute to Bill Thissen, Former Newscaster and Host of Jazz Flavors
Bill Thissen – a former ICRT newscaster and the host of Jazz Flavors, Taiwan’s longest running radio jazz show – died Saturday at Taipei Veterans General Hospital in the capital. He was 72. Bill worked for ICRT at its various locations for 29 years until his retirement in 2013. For nearly three decades, Bill was...Continue reading
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