RTHK
Hong Kong's public broadcaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Government that directly supported by annual government funding, RTHK's educational, entertainment, and public affairs programmes are broadcast on its eight radio channels and five television channels, as well as commercial television channels.
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Type | Public service broadcasting, radio, television and online broadcasting |
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Country | China |
Availability | Territorial International |
Area | Hong Kong |
Owner | Government of Hong Kong |
Key people | Eddie Cheung Kwok-choi (Director of Broadcasting) |
Launch date | 20 June 1928 (radio) 1954 (gained independence from Government Information Services) 1970 (television) 1994 (online)[1] 12 January 2014 (Digital Terrestrial Television Service) 2 April 2016 (Taking over two analogue channels of Asia Television after their licence expired) |
Former names | GOW (1928–1929) ZBW (1929–1948) Radio Hong Kong (1948–1976) |
Official website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 香港電台 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香港电台 | ||||||||||||||
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