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Broadcast Drive (廣播道) 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:


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 . TVB then moved its operations to the Clearwater Bay TV City in 1992 , with RTHK, CRHK and ATV remaining on Broadcast Drive to this day. However, ATV and RTHK have both announced plans to move their operations to Tai Po and Tseung Kwan O respectively within the next few years.

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.


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