Taiwan Radio (台灣廣播公司), also known as TBC, is a privately operated radio network headquartered at Section 2, Renai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei. According to the company’s about page, it was formally established on May 29, 1973, by consolidating four predecessor stations and four relay transmitters into a single network. The company traces its origins to the Chung Hsing Broadcasting Station (中興廣播電台), founded on November 12, 1956, in Nantou County by Ma Chi-hsien (馬繼先). The three other constituent stations were the People’s Voice Broadcasting Company (民聲廣播公司), established March 15, 1950, in Taipei; the Taiwan Voice Broadcasting Company (台聲廣播公司), established January 15, 1956, in Hsinchu; and the People’s Sky Broadcasting Company (民天廣播公司), established December 5, 1958, in Taichung. Taiwan Radio operates five main broadcasting stations — in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chung Hsing, and associated relay transmitters at Daxi, Guanxi, Songling, and Puli — serving listeners across northern, central, and western Taiwan.