Tong-Hua inhabited the building for almost ten years, until they were also forced to relocate when the king granted a lifetime lease to TV 7.
OBN started primarily as a Christian station, but later, at the king's request, expanded its programming to include other genres, such as news, sport and general entertainment.
Per a UNESCO survey held at the time, station manager Ray Wick said that an estimated 70% of the schedule was made up of religious content, with a short-term plan to reduce said proportion to 60%.
[1] In 1998, OBN expanded its operations with the upgrade of its studio facilities, the installation of two giant satellite dishes and a new tower, the tallest in Tonga.
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.