According to Taiwan media reports, the 26-year-old Zhongtian News station was officially removed from the cable TV after midnight on the 11th. Wang Zhong Group Chairman Cai Yanming and 475 Zhongtian News Channel employees said goodbye to Zhongtian News Channel and announced their entry into new media.
Cai Yanming emphasized that Zhongtian News people don’t have to be sad if they don’t do anything wrong. They are rebirth to move to the new media and become the fourth authority overseeing the station. Finally, they bid farewell to station 52 in the Wangwang social song "Getting Together". After zero o'clock on the 12th, 52 TV screens once showed black pictures but there was sound, and some showed "the channel does not exist".
Zhongtian News Channel has been carrying out a 42-hour non-stop live broadcast since 6 a.m. on the 10th, anchors Lu Xiufang, Jian Zhihao, Xu Fu, and host Dai Ligang. Despite the drizzle outdoors, 475 employees of the Zhongtian News Channel and nearly 400 people gathered in the Zhongtian Building to watch the live broadcast and shouted "Come on Zhongtian"; at one time more than 100,000 netizens watched the live broadcast.
Zhongtian News also called on supporters to follow the YouTube channel, looking forward to completing 2 million subscriptions before the end of the year. Currently, the Zhongtian TV YouTube channel has accumulated 1.83 million subscriptions.
At 10 pm on the 11th, Wangzhong Group Chairman Cai Yanming appeared and sat side by side with the anchor reporter, shouting "I am proud, and I am honored." At the last hour, Cai Yanming reported to Zhongtian News. The staff shouted, emphasizing that they are proud of Zhongtian News, "The reason why the Zhongtian News Channel was shut down is because you have achieved the real fourth right."
