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KBS
Image:KBS.gif
Korean name
Hangul: 한국방송
Hanja: 韓國放送
Revised Romanization: Han-guk Bangsong
McCune-Reischauer: Han'guk Pangsong

KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) is South Korea's premier public broadcaster and one of four major Korean television networks. Image File history File links KBS.gif Summary KBS Korea Logo Licensing This is a logo of a television station, network, corporation, or other organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... In South Korea, there are a number of national television networks, the three largest of which are KBS, MBC, and SBS. Most of the major television studios are located on Yeouido--an island in middle of the Han River--in Seoul. ...


The state-operated network is best known for nightly newscasts and lavish historical dramas, although private broadcasters such as MBC and SBS have produced popular historical dramas in recent years as well. MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) is one of three major national South Korean television and radio networks. ... SBS (formerly Seoul Broadcasting System) KSE: 034120 is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. ...


KBS offers two terrestrial television and six radio channels:

  • commercial-free KBS1 (news, current affairs, education and culture)
  • KBS2 (entertainment and sports)
  • KBS Radio 1 (Launched 1927, news, current affairs, documentary, culture and drama)
  • KBS Radio 2 (Launched 1961 as KBS second Programme, entertainment),
  • KBS 1FM (Launched 1979, classical music and folkmusic)
  • KBS 2FM(Launched 1966 as TBC-FM, popular music)
  • KBS social radio (Launched 1975 as KBS third Programme)
  • KBS World radio (international sevice [see also RFI, BBC World Service and Radio Canada International]), as well as satellite and international services.

KBS is run by an independent public corporation that receives funds from the national government and collects revenues from mandatory television licence fees--similar to the BBC, France Télévisions and NHK. Radio France Internationale logo Radio France Internationale (RFI) was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France to serve as a broadcast vehicle for French Equatorial Africa. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ... Radio Canada International (RCI) is the international broadcasting service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ... Logo France télévisions headquarters in Paris France Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. ... NHK (日本放送協会, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ...

Contents

List of KBS programs

Dramas

  • Pure In Heart (2006)
  • Sassy Girl Chun-Hyang (쾌걸 춘향; 2005)
  • Pure 19 (열여덟, 스물아홉; 2005)
  • Immortal Yi Soon-shin (불멸의 이순신; 2004)
  • Gumiho (구미호외전; 2004)
  • Full House (풀하우스; 2004)
  • Emperor of the Sea (해신; 2004)
  • Empress Myeongseong (명성황후; 2001)
  • Mina (미나; 2001)
  • Endless Love series:
  • First Love (첫사랑; 1996)
  • Papa (파파; 1996)
  • Salut D'Amour (사랑의 인사; 1994)

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-shin or Immortal Yi Soon-shin (informal US title) is a Korean television show based on the life of Admiral Yi Sun-shin. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hae-Sin (literally Sea God), also known as Emperor of the Sea, is a 51 episode South Korean epic drama aired in 2004 on KBS TV2. ... Empress Myeongseong (Hangul: 명성황후; Hanja: 明成皇后) is a 2001 TV Series produced by Korean TV channel KBS. // Synopsis Spoiler warning: Historical connection Main article: Empress Myeongseong Commercial success Cast Theme song If I Leave Famous quotes See also Empress Myeongseong (Historical figure) The Last Empress (Broadway musical) External links Official website Categories... Mina can refer to: Places Mina, Gabon Mina, Greece Mina, Iloilo, in the Philippines. ... Endless Love was a Korean Drama series produced by KBS stations. ... Autumn Fairy Tale (also known as Autumn in my Heart) is the first installment of the four part Endless Love drama series produced by South Korean TV Network KBS. It was produced in South Korea in 2000. ... Winter Sonata (겨울연가 in Korean, a. ... Summer Scent is a 20-episode South Korean TV drama series made in 2003. ... Spring Waltz is a KBS drama starring Daniel Henney, Seo Do-Yong, Han Hyo-joo and Lee So-yeon. ... First Love (첫사랑) is a 66-episode television drama produced and boradcasted by KBS2 between September 1996 and January 1997. ... The 18-episode KBS drama Papa---Love Forever went into filmed in somewhere between late 1995 and early 1996. ... Salut DAmour, also known as Love Greeting, despite its French name, is a South Korean television series produced by KBS in 1994 and broadcast through KBS channel two from November 1994 to April 1995. ...

Other

  • Teletubbies
  • The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War

Teletubbies is a BBC childrens television series, particularly aimed at babies and preschool toddlers, produced from 1997 to 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. ...

See also

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... KBS World Canada is a Canadian category 2 Korean language digital cable television channel with English subtitles and is owned by Seabridge Media Inc. ...

External links


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