But the experience gave new exposure to her talents. Performing opera using only her voice was not Yang's greatest challenge. The only television station at the time, TTV, was also looking to add Taiwanese Opera to its programming. Yang's troupe, Tienma, beat out the competition with a performance of Loyal Yue Fei with her in the lead.
用聲音演戲，還不是楊麗花最艱困的挑戰，當時唯一的電視台──台視──也要增播歌仔戲，楊麗花所屬的天馬歌劇團，以她擔綱主演《精忠岳飛》，打敗了其它競逐者，順利取得每週一次的播出權。