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Libra Radio

Chinese radio station broadcasting in Taiwan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ13643479 ↗
Source-derived summary

Libra Radio (Chinese: 非凡音廣播電台) is a radio station broadcasting from Taiwan(Republic of China, Lienchiang Country Nangan Township. Libra Radio, formerly known as "Matsu Life Radio," was founded in 2004. In October 2008, it officially changed its name to the Libra Radio. Libra Radio is the first privately owned radio station, and also the first agency of broadcasting advertising business and mainland tourists to Taiwan travel business to partner with a radio station in Mainland China (People's Republic of China) through a cooperative agreement.

Introduction

Broadcasting station transmitting frequency:FM98.5 (People's Republic of China)

Chairperson : Ms. Shu-Hua Chu

Launch station : Lienchiang Country Nangan Township.

Headquarters : No.40, Ln. 40, Sec. 2, Shuangshi Rd., North Dist., Taichung City 40455, Taiwan (Republic of China)

Language: Mandarin Chinese, English and Taiwanese dialect (North), supplemented.

Organization

Libra Radio Broadcasting Company

Libra Radio news service:Provide News service between China(People's Republic of China)and Taiwan(Republic of China)

Owned and operated by the Baulin Co., Ltd.: Provide propagation service,commercial advertising agent and commercial trade.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Libra Radio” is chinese radio station broadcasting in Taiwan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Libra, Radio and Chinese, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2004. For this dossier, Libra, Radio and Chinese is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “chinese radio station broadcasting in Taiwan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13643479. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004 and 2008.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Libra Radio”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Libra Radio primary sources, Libra Radio archive and Libra research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Libra Radio”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Libra Radio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.