Hong Kong Reporter

'''Hong Kong Reporter''' ({{zh|t=香港人網}}; formerly known as '''Hong Kong People Reporter''') was an [[Internet radio]] station and [[Internet forum|forum]] based in [[Hong Kong]]. Established in 2008, the station mainly focused on live [[talk radio]] broadcasting although it later expanded into other types of programming. On 22 March 2013, owner [[Stephen Shiu]] announced that broadcasting would cease at the end of that month.<ref name="closedown">{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1197643/pro-democracy-station-pulls-plug|title=Pro-democracy station pulls the plug|newspaper=SCMP|date=23 March 2013|accessdate=23 March 2013}}</ref>

The online broadcaster had begun as People's Station in 2004 after two outspoken pro-democratic talk-show hosts [[Wong Yuk-man]] and [[Albert Cheng (politician)|Albert Cheng]] were fired by [[Commercial Radio Hong Kong]]. It changed its name to Hong Kong Reporter in 2005 and merged with the then chairman of the [[League of Social Democrats]], Wong Yuk-man's internet radio station MyRadio in 2008.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfs8n7MiyQo 香港電台《議事論事》(節錄) - 訪問香港人網創辦人蕭若元]</ref> In 2010, the two groups parted ways.

Hong Kong Reporter was closely affiliated with the democratic party [[League of Social Democrats]] before Wong Yuk-man quit to form [[People Power (Hong Kong)|People Power]]. It was seen as a key platform for young progressive voices and helped to mobilise the supporters of People Power.<ref name="closedown"/> The station's founder, Stephen Shiu, had threatened to take the station offline if at least three People Power candidates were not elected in the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 Legco elections]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Radio rebels|date=30 June 2012|newspaper=The Economist|volume=403|issue=8791|page=48|url=https://www.economist.com/china/2012/06/30/radio-rebels}}</ref> Among the People Power candidates elected was the station's CEO, [[Raymond Chan Chi-chuen]]. The station has also been used to direct protesters in the [[Hong Kong 1 July marches|1 July marches]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fung|first1=Fanny W. Y.|last2=Cheung|first2=Simpson|title=Online radio to rally protest|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/973289/online-radio-rally-protest|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=13 July 2011|location=Hong Kong|page=1}}</ref>

On 22 March 2013, Stephen Shiu said during his ShiuShiu Podcast that the station would not broadcast any new shows from March 31. It would also stop funding political groups, including People Power and its affiliate, the [[Proletariat Political Institute]].<ref name="closedown"/>

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==External links== * [http://www.hkreporter.com/ Hong Kong Reporter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515182057/http://www.hkreporter.com/ |date=2020-05-15 }}

[[Category:Broadcasting in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Internet radio stations]] [[Category:Defunct mass media in Hong Kong]]