Broadcast Drive (traditional Chinese: 廣播道; simplified Chinese: 广播道; pinyin: Guǎngbō Dào; Cantonese Yale: gwong2 bo3 dou6) is a road in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States military personnel. Here is a partial list of Expressways Tunnels Bridges Roads Avenues Streets Crescents squares and Kowloon Tong ( formerly Kau Lung Tong, is an area in Hong Kong. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The road is notable as having played host to five broadcasting outlets in Hong Kong at one point in the 1970s, and the hill on which the road is located was known as Ng Toi Shan (五台山, lit. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. five-station hill) during that time. The five broadcasters were:
- Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), whose headquarters (Broadcasting House) was inaugurated in 1969
- Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK)
- Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB)
- Rediffusion Television (RTV), later renamed Asia Television Limited (ATV); and
- Commercial Television
The area became known as Four-station Hill (四台山) in 1978 following Commercial Television's collapse. Radio Television Hong Kong ( RTHK) ( is a Public broadcasting organisation in Hong Kong that is operated as an independent department in the government Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Commercial Radio Hong Kong ( CRHK,) aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of the only two commercial Radio broadcasting companies Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. Rediffusion Television ( RTV) (zh-t 麗的電視有限公司 was the first Television station in Hong Kong, established in 1957, making Asia Television Limited ( is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB Commercial Television ( Chinese 佳藝電視 was the third Free-to-air broadcast television station in Hong Kong. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Its studio building was acquired by RTHK for its television unit, and was reopened as Television House in 1986. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
TVB moved its operations to the Clearwater Bay TV City in 1992, and ATV moved to Tai Po in 2007, leaving RTHK and CRHK the only remaining broadcasters on the road. Clear Water Bay ( is a bay on the east Shore of Clear Water Bay Peninsula of Hong Kong located within Clear Water Bay Country Park. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. RTHK has announced plans to move its operations to Tseung Kwan O within the next few years. Tseung Kwan O (also called Junk Bay) is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. The reason for the departure of broadcast stations is partly due to the rising value of the land occupied and stations cashing in the rise in value.
The area is also a well known high end (though gradually aging) residential neighborhood, and is home to those mainly from professional and upper middle class backgrounds. This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the Social group constituted by higher-status members of the Middle class.
Trivia
- Broadcast Drive intersects two other roads with names related to broadcasting: Marconi Road (for Guglielmo Marconi) and Fessenden Road (for Reginald Fessenden). Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system Reginald Aubrey Fessenden ( October 6, 1866 &ndash July 22, 1932) born in East Bolton, Quebec, Canada, was
- Ng Toi Shan is a reference to an existing Wutai Shan in Shanxi province which is a notable setting in Louis Cha's novels. Mount Wutai () also known as Wutai Mountain, located in Shanxi, China, is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. ( Postal map spelling: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China. Louis Cha, GBM, OBE ( born 6 February 1924) known with his pen name Jin Yong ( is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language
- It is also notable for being one of the most popular 'skate spots' for skateboarders in Hong Kong.
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