RTHK
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| Type | Public broadcasting, radio, television and online broadcasting |
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| Country | Hong Kong |
| Availability | Territorial International |
| Owner | Government of Hong Kong |
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Key people
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Roy Tang (Director of Broadcasting) Gordon Leung (Deputy Director of Broadcasting) |
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Launch date
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June 1928 (radio) 2 April 2016 (Launching Analog Television Network) |
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Former names
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GOW (1928–1929) ZBW (1929–1948) Radio Hong Kong (1948–1976) |
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Official website
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http://www.rthk.hk |
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Broadcasting House, the former headquarters of the RTHK
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港電台 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 香港电台 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Diàntái |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Hēung góng dihn tòih |
| IPA | [hɛ́ːuŋ kɔ̌ːŋ tìːn tʰɔ̏ːi] |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 gong2 din6 toi4 |
June 1928 (radio)
1954 (gained independence from Government Information Services)
1976 (television)
2000 (online)
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK; Chinese: 香港電台) is the public broadcasting service of Hong Kong. It currently operates seven radio channels and three television channels, and produces educational, entertainment, and public affairs programmes that are also broadcast on commercial television channels.
Unlike some well-established public broadcasters such as the BBC and NHK, which are primarily funded via a licence fee system, RTHK is directly funded by an annual government allocation, and operates as a department of the government (similar to the CBC) under the Communications Authority.
The Hong Kong Government launched its first radio broadcasting station, known as "GOW", in June 1928. Several name changes occurred over the next few years, and it eventually became known as "Radio Hong Kong" (RHK) (Chinese: 香港廣播電台) in 1948.
In 1949, broadcasting operations were taken over by the Government Information Services (GIS), but by 1954, RHK had managed to establish itself as an independent department. Up until 1966, the radio station was only on-air for three periods during the day; at morning, lunchtime, and evening. This was partly due to many of the presenters being part-time freelancers who had to fit their radio appearances in with their normal daily working schedule.
In 1969, the station's medium wave AM transmitting station was moved from a waterfront site in Hung Hom to the summit of Golden Hill in the New Territories. Although the new transmitters were much more powerful, the mountain-top site proved unsuitable for medium wave transmissions and reception in some areas has remained problematic ever since. In March 1969, RHK moved its headquarters to new purpose-built studios located at Broadcasting House (Chinese: 廣播大廈) in Kowloon Tong.
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