# Tonga Broadcasting Commission

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**Tonga Broadcasting Commission** (**TBC**; Tongan: *Komisoni Fakamafolalea Tonga*) is the first and largest [broadcasting](/source/Broadcasting) station in [Tonga](/source/Tonga), solely owned by the [government of Tonga](/source/Government_of_Tonga). It operates two [free-to-air](/source/Free-to-air) TV channels ([Television Tonga](/source/Television_Tonga) and [Television Tonga 2](/source/Television_Tonga_2)), one AM commercial radio station ([Radio Tonga](/source/Radio_Tonga)), one FM commercial radio station (Kool 90FM), and a 24-hour [Radio Australia](/source/Radio_Australia) relay station (FM103). TBC relies on profits from its TV & radio advertising sales, and from its retail radio shop outlet located in [Vavaʻu](/source/Vava%CA%BBu). Its retail radio shop in [Nukuʻalofa](/source/Nuku%CA%BBalofa)'s Central Business District was among the numerous businesses destroyed in [the riots](/source/2006_Tonga_riots) of 16 November 2006.

## References

1. ["TONGA: Broadcasting Commission celebrates golden anniverary"](https://pmcarchive.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/tonga-broadcasting-commission-celebrates-golden-anniverary-7521.html). [Pacific Media Centre](/source/Pacific_Media_Centre). 4 July 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2025.

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