Influence in Tongan Politics
While originally distancing itself from Tongan politics, OBN seemed to change its stance when it went commercial. With the pro-government TV Tonga's outright refusal to air any program supporting the Human Rights and Democracy Movement during the 2005 civil servants' strike, OBN became an outlet for the voice of the strikers allowing a moral balanced and open freedom of speech unlike the government controlled station. Silenced by government in 2006 in an attempt to control the media in Tonga, the station is due to commence programming again in March, 2009.
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