Amid the growing voices of opposition widespread attacks on the government's monopoly of radio broadcasting were heard. After much discussion about broadcast policies, the government began in 1993 to turn over radio bands that were originally reserved for military use, and nearly 120 new mid- and low-range local stations were granted licenses.
民國七十七年解除戒嚴，窄門豁然而開，反對勢力發起「反對廣電媒體壟斷」運動，在檢討廣電政策的聲浪中，八十二年，政府開始逐步釋出許多軍方原有頻道，拿到籌設許可的地區性中功率與小功率電台，將近一百二十家。