The road sign for Broadcast Drive, with the old ATV building in the background

Commercial Radio's building on Broadcast Drive

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. 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. five-station hill) during that time. The five broadcasters were: Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 1024 pixel, file size: 274 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions Use Photoshop Elements to adjust colors File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 1024 pixel, file size: 274 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions Use Photoshop Elements to adjust colors File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 475 KB) Summary 注意：中文翻译只作参考，英文原文才具有法律效力。 由黃世澤拍攝，並捐出版權，當時拍攝者正擔任香港商業電台的研究員。The photograph is taken by 黃世澤. The photographer releases the copyrights of this photo under GFDL. The photo took in 2004, when the photographer was the researcher of CRHK. Licensing File links The following pages on the English... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 475 KB) Summary 注意：中文翻译只作参考，英文原文才具有法律效力。 由黃世澤拍攝，並捐出版權，當時拍攝者正擔任香港商業電台的研究員。The photograph is taken by 黃世澤. The photographer releases the copyrights of this photo under GFDL. The photo took in 2004, when the photographer was the researcher of CRHK. Licensing File links The following pages on the English... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of 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 bazaars in Hong Kong. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

• 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. Its studio building was acquired by RTHK for its television unit, and was reopened as Television House in 1986. The logo of RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong (abbreviation: RTHK; Chinese: 香港電台; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 din6 toi4, Yale: hÄ“ung góng dihn tòih; Mandarin Pinyin: ) is a broadcasting organisation in Hong Kong that is operated as an independent department in the government under the Broadcasting Authority. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Television Broadcasts Limited (SEHK: 0511), commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. ... Asia Television Limited (ATV) (亞洲電視有限公司) is the first television station in Hong Kong, founded on May 29, 1957. ... Asia Television Limited (ATV) (Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) was Hong Kongs first television station under Rediffusion. ... Commercial broadcasting is the practice of broadcasting for profit. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... 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. RTHK has announced plans to move its operations to Tseung Kwan O within the next few years. 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. Clear Water Bay is an area of Sai Kung District, in Hong Kong. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Junction of Kwong Fuk Road and Wan Tau Street, Tai Po Tai Po (大埔) (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 (大埔舊墟) (originally Tai Po Market or Tai Po Town) and... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Tseung Kwan O (Chinese: 將軍澳, Cantonese Jyutping: zoeng1 gwan1 ou3; Cantonese IPA: ; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiāngjūn Aò; formerly Junk Bay) is a new town in Hong Kong, mainly built on reclaimed land in the northern half of the bay after which it is named. ...

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. High end refers to the best and generally most expensive of a class of goods or services. ... A professional can be either a person in a profession (certain types of skilled work requiring formal training / education) or in sports (a sportsman / sportwoman doing sports for payment). ... Vacations to destinations such as Hawaii, shown above, may be seen as a hallmark of the Upper-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).

• Ng Toi Shan is a reference to an existing Wutai Shan in Shanxi province which is a notable setting in Louis Cha's novels.

• It is also notable for being one of the most popular 'skate spots' for skateboarders in Hong Kong.

Guglielmo Marconi [gue:lmo marko:ni] (25 April 1874 - 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide. ... Reginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-born inventor, best known for his work in early radio. ... Wutai Shan (Mount Wuitai), which means Five Terrace Mountain, is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. ... Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Louis Cha, (born June 6, 1924), known to most by his penname Jinyong or Kam-yung, is one of the most influential Chinese-language novelists. ...

See also

• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

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External links

• Google Maps of Broadcast Drive

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