Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC; ) is the first and largest
broadcasting
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station in
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...
, solely owned by the
government of Tonga. It operates two
free-to-air
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TV channels (
Television Tonga and
Television Tonga 2), one AM commercial radio channel (
Radio Tonga), one FM commercial radio channel (Kool 90FM), and a 24-hour
Radio Australia
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relay channel (FM103). TBC relies on profits from its TV & radio advertising sales, and from its retail radio shop outlet located in
Vava'u. Its retail radio shop in
Nukualofa's Central Business District was among the numerous businesses destroyed in
the riots of 16 November 2006.
Mass media in Tonga
Television stations in Tonga
Radio stations in Tonga
1961 establishments in Tonga
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