Taipei Times
Date: Nov 08, 2018
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Starting next month, broadcast media can only air commercials featuring alcoholic
A man pours beer from a can into a glass in Taichung on Oct. 1.
Warning: Excessive consumption of alcohol can damage your health
Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Taipei Times
beverages between 9pm and 6am, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
The policy would apply to radio stations and channels on both terrestrial TV stations and cable TV systems, NCC spokesperson Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) said, adding that it would not differentiate between commercials for beer, wine, spirits or medicinal wine.
Although television channels currently air commercials for alcoholic beverages between 9pm and 6am, radio stations can broadcast this type of commercial between 9am and 5pm on school days, only needing to switch to between 9:30pm and 6am on weekends, national holidays, and during winter and summer vacations.
“The time slots stipulated are different for radio stations than for television channels, and the commission decided that all broadcast media should follow the same rule, broadcasting commercials for alcoholic beverages during identical time slots,” he said.
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