Television didn't do the same for Taiwanese pop, however, because of the government's heavy-handed suppression of the Taiwanese language. Children were punished or fined when caught speaking Taiwanese at school, and Taiwanese songs were seen as low-class entertainment. The younger generation's command of Taiwanese plummeted, and Taiwanese pop gradually faded in importance.
此外，因為國語政策的強力推行，小學生在學校講台語，會被體罰或罰錢，台語歌也被視為一種不入流的表演，加上年輕一輩的台語造詣越來越差，台語歌慢慢退出了流行歌壇。