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Title – 6041 TONGA: Milestone broadcast engineer retires after 29 years
Date – 27 March 2009
Byline – None
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Tonga Broadcasting Commission, 26/03/09
Copyright – TBC
Status – Unabridged
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*FIRST DEGREE HOLDER IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING IN BROADCASTING RETIRES AFTER
29 YEARS OF SERVICE*
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NUKU’ALOFA (*TBC Online/Pacific Media Watch*): The Tonga Broadcasting
Commission (TBC) has bid farewell to one of its senior staff, the first to
obtain a degree in electrical engineering in broadcasting, Sioeli Maka Tohi.
Maka retires after working for 29 years, starting his employment with the
Tonga Broadcasting Commission in 1980.
He is one of the founders of the first FM station in the kingdom - FM 97.2 -
in 1986.
This is now the popularly known Radio Tonga 2, Cool 90 FM.
He was involved in establishing Television Tonga in 2000.
This initiative is not only to disseminate information through audio only
but visual as well.
Maka is also a signatory to the agreement for establishing Sky Pacific TV in
the kingdom.
Speaking to Radio Tonga News, he says that after retiring he will establish
his own FM station at his residence in Ngele'ia.
He advised staff of the commission, to do their utmost in everything they do
to ensure they have accomplished its vision and mission.
This is to disseminate information to public and to serve them with
information that will promote a peaceful country where they work with a
spirit of solidarity.
Maka has held the position of acting manager of the commission.
and commercial operations departments of TBC.
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