Golden Bell 61》Mark takes the lead in hosting the Golden Bell broadcast! Thank you Zhang Xiaoyan for revealing the private conversation

Mark single-handedly hosted the Golden Bell broadcast. (Provided by Sanli)

[Reporter Lin Xinying/Report from Taipei] The "61st Broadcasting Golden Bell Awards Ceremony" was grandly held at the Taipei Pop Music Center on the evening of the 17th. The ceremony was hosted by veteran broadcaster Mark O. Mark opened the ceremony by thanking Zhang Xiaoyan for her words that moved him when he was confused about the future and made him determined to pursue the road of broadcasting.

Mark single-handedly hosted the Golden Bell broadcast. (Provided by Sanli)

This year, Mark, who has been involved in broadcasting for 25 years, took over the hosting for the first time. Mark opened the show emotionally by saying that radio has been his window to the world since he was a child. He has been involved in the radio since he was 18 years old. As a graduate of the Department of Foreign Affairs of National Chengchi University, he watched his classmates go abroad and become diplomats, earning millions a year, while his monthly income from the radio station was only more than 10,000 yuan. He struggled between dreams and reality, and had disputes with his family for many years. It wasn't until Zhang Xiaoyan said, "As long as you make a choice, just keep going, it will be a good path" that made him firm in his original intention. He thanked the power brought by this sentence, "I realized that it is not which choice is better. The point is 'you chose'. Thank you for choosing to become broadcasters."

TPE48 kicked off the live broadcast at the Golden Bell Awards. (Provided by Sanli)

The opening show "ON AIR Global Connection" earlier turned the Admiralty Stage into a transnational radio station. American DJ Stewart and Indonesian broadcaster Annie Ding interspersed broadcasts in Chinese and native languages, coupled with stage interaction, leading the audience to experience the charm of sound without borders. It was then led by TPE48, the "young girl group of the youth group", and connected with popular hits of Asian pop singers such as SUPER JUNIOR's "SORRY SORRY", Cyndi Wang's "Love You", Jolin Tsai's "The Sun Never Sets", AKB48's "ヘビーローテーション" and other Asian pop singers, evoking cross-generational and cross-cultural music memories.