Hit FM is a pop music radio station in
Taiwan
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. It broadcasts in
Taipei
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Taichung, and
Kaohsiung
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. Hit FM is owned by Voice of Taipei Broadcasting (). It is one of the radio stations unde
Hitoradio.com Hit FM is the highest-rated Top Ten radio station in Taiwan.
Features
Fresh Release
The show, "Fresh Release" broadcast
pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop ...
. Hit Fm is one of the
Chinese radio stations that broadcasts songs. Their competitor, Kaohsiung-based
KISS Radio Taiwan, also broadcasts
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop ...
as well as English top 40 songs.
Hit DJ
Each Weekend, two artists (group) introduce music on air. Many Taiwanese/Mandarin Pop Music Artists, such as
Jay Chou
Jay Chou Chieh-lun ( zh, s=周杰伦, t=周杰倫, first=t, p=Zhōu Jiélún; born 18 January 1979) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actor, director, and businessman. Regarded as one of the most influential artists in the Chinese-speaking worl ...
,
Show Lo,
A-Mei,
Jolin Tsai,
S.H.E,
Leehom Wang,
Stefanie Sun,
F.I.R., etc., have done their time as DJs.
Hit FM No.1
Every day, Hit FM introduces the No. 1 song from different music charts throughout the world.
* Monday: U.S.
''Billboard'' Hot 100
* Tuesday: Hito Chinese Pop Charts ()
* Wednesday:
UK Singles Chart
* Thursday: Japan
Oricon
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Charts (オリコン)
* Friday: Global Chinese Board ()
Hit of the Century
Every day, Hit FM retrospects significant
pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop ...
from different era after 1980s. This show broadcasts at 7:15, 11:15, 15:15, 19:15, 00:15. But now this feature has been abolished.
Annual Charts
Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) is a yearly compilation chart since 1998, by Hit Fm of the top 100 singles by online poll, weekly charts, and sales volume (G-Music Charts).
List of Hit Fm stations
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Mandarin-language radio stations
Radio stations in Taiwan