This is the International Section of
The Broadcast Archive
Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Hong Kong Broadcasting:
Hong Kong Broadcast History:
The first station in Hong Kong was GOW, Radio Hong Kong (RHK, but now
known as Radio-TV Hong Kong, or RTHK),
which went on in June, 1928. It changed calls to ZBW in February, 1929.
Hong Kong's first advertising-funded radio broadcaster, Hong Kong
Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited, started broadcasting in 1959. A second
commercial service was authorized in 1991. (Metro Broadcast Corporation
Limited).
Hong Kong now has 13 radio channels - seven operated by RTHK,
three by Commercial Radio
and three by Metro
Broadcast.
Regulation:
The current regulatory body is the Hong
Kong Broadcasting Authority, established in September 1987
under the Broadcasting Authority Ordinance.
Thanks are offered to Bob Palitz for his assistance on
this page.
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