▁Broadcast s ▁Limited . ▁Unable ▁to ▁comp ete , ▁Com mer cial ▁TV ▁closed ▁down ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁August ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁after ▁only ▁three ▁years ▁of ▁operation . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁was ▁when ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁gained ▁daily ▁news ▁broadcast s . ▁News ▁program mes ▁ranked ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁continu ously ▁for ▁a ▁de cade . ▁Other ▁segments ▁of ▁the ▁ratings ▁included ▁TV ▁dram as , ▁which ▁aver aged ▁ 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 2 0 ▁episodes , ▁usually ▁broadcast ing ▁at ▁ 7 : 0 0   pm . ▁ 6 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁tun ed ▁in ▁regularly ▁covering ▁ 2 ▁to ▁ 3   mill ion ▁view ers ▁night ly . ▁Popular ▁series ▁finales ▁would ▁empty ▁streets ▁and ▁restaur ants . ▁Most ▁series ▁did ▁not ▁contain ▁much ▁if ▁any ▁Chinese ▁traditional ism . ▁The ▁theme ▁songs ▁of ▁these ▁dram as ▁also ▁helped ▁rev ive ▁C anton ese ▁music ▁- ▁indeed ▁the ▁term ▁Cant op op ▁was ▁co ined ▁during ▁this ▁period . ▁ ▁Foreign ▁entertain ment ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁also ▁found ▁itself ▁at ▁a ▁unique ▁ge ographical ▁and ▁cultural ▁cross ro ads . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁western ▁artists ▁like ▁El vis ▁Pres ley ▁and ▁The ▁Beat les ▁were ▁getting ▁expos ure ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁industry . ▁To ys ▁from ▁Japan ▁have ▁arrived ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁via ▁random ▁and ▁incons istent ▁ship ments ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁But ▁the ▁first ▁big ▁waves ▁of ▁Japanese ▁products ▁with ▁stay ing ▁power