About Us

We are located at the following address:
Kaipongipongi
13 Vaha'akolo Road
Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Phone: 676-25-891; 676-23-539; and, 676-25-600
Fax: 676-25-600
Email: a3v@tongaradio.com
Email: magic@tongaradio.com

Tonga Radio "Magic" 89.1 FM is the best music radio station in the Kingdom of Tonga. Founded in 1996, Tonga
Radio is a family-run radio station, broadcasting on 89.1 FM, with call letters A3V.

The station is owned and operated by Tongans Sam, Phillip and Ron (Loni) Vea, and located at "Kaipongipongi",
Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga.

"Kaipongipongi", means "having a meal in the morning" or "breakfast" in Tongan. The name was bestowed on
the property by the late Queen Salote.

The mastermind behind the music for "Magic" is Loni who made his way to the United States in 1970 and has a
home in Anchorage, Alaska.

Today, Tonga Radio has a team of associates that liven the streets
of Nuku'alofa with the greatest hits from the 50s through today,
and in various genres - Oldies, Country, Islands, Swing, Jazz and
Gospel.

On the Tonga Radio website you can listen to some of the music of
Tonga Radio A3V Magic 89.1 fm. Alternatively, you can listen to
Tonga Radio's Tongan music only station.

Malo,

Sam, Phillip and Loni.

Loni's love for music began with his mother, Fotokalafi
Finau, who was a devoted fan of Elvis Presley. In the early
1960s Loni spent much of his childhood working at the
family-owned cinema, Finau Theater in Nuku'alofa. His
days of taking in tickets at the cinema exposed him to
movies featuring Elvis Presley and popular music by
Chuck Berry, Connie Francis, Fats Domino, Cliff Richard,
Peter Posa and others. Loni's love for music was born. To
attract people to the movies they put a pair of speakers
outside the theater and played an hour of rock and roll
music before the movie started. For years the theme song
for Finau Theater was an Elvis' song "Kiss Me Quick" that
was played every night before the movies began.