Lin Heng-tao relates that "wealthy households had their own sets, while the poor heard the news from loudspeakers in public places." (In fact, one such set-up for public broadcasting still stands in Taipei's New Park.)
「富有的人自家擁有收音機，窮苦的人則從公眾的廣播塔聽消息」，林衡道說，這類的「放送塔」，如今台北新公園還保留一座。