 Originally, was to begin airing in 1998 on Tongas Oceania  Broadcasting Network (TV7), but new OBN management refused to air  the program, contrary to a prior agreement between former OBN  manager Ray Wick and Tonga Broadcasting Commission general manager  Tavake Fusimalohi. As a rebuttal, Fusimalohi made plans to open a  new TV station, Television Tonga, which began broadcast on July 4th,  2000. TV Tonga News was on the air soon after. In early 2001, rival  TV station OBN cancelled its nightly OBN Tonga News program, after  eight months of head