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Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	South Korea
Availability	National, International
Owner	Government of South Korea
Key people	Jeong Yeon Ju, President
Launch date	1927 (radio); 1961 (television); 1996 (satellite); 1998 (digital); 2005 (DMB)
Website	www.kbs.co.kr

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is South Korea's premier public broadcaster and one of four major Korean television networks. This public broadcasting 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. 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. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ... The government of South Korea is divided into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. ... 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. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean 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. ... Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is one of four 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 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. A television licence (or more correctly broadcast receiver licence, as it usually also pays for public radio) is an official licence required in many countries for all owners of television (and sometimes also radio) receivers. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Logo France télévisions headquarters in Paris France Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. ... NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ...

Channels

Terrestrial television

• KBS1 - news, current affairs, education and culture. Launched 1961 as KBS-TV.
• KBS2 - entertainment and sports. Launched 1964 as TBC-TV.

Satelite television

• KBS Prime - culture and drama. Launched 1996 as KBS satellite 2, renamed(KBS Korea) at 2002.
• KBS Drama - formerly KBS Sky Drama. launched 2002.
• KBS N Sports - formerly KBS Sports/KBS Sky Sports. launched 2002.
• KBS Joy - comedy and quiz show. launched 2006.

Radio

• KBS Radio 1 (AM/FM) - news, current affairs, documentary, culture and drama. launched 1927 as JODK.
• KBS Radio 2 (AM/FM) - entertainment. launched 1961 as KBS second Programme
• KBS Radio 3 (AM) - launched 1964 as RSB(Radio Seoul Broadcasting), renamed as TBC Radio at 1970s, then current name in 1980, and ceased broadcating at 1981, replaced by KBS Radio 2's regional service and Educational FM(now EBS FM), and re-launched 2000, spin-off from KBS Radio 2.
• KBS 1FM (FM) - classical music and folkmusic. launched 1979 as KBS-FM.
• KBS 2FM (FM) - popular music. launched 1966 as TBC-FM.
• KBS social radio (shortwave) - 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.

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List of KBS programs

Dramas

• Daejoyoung (TV Series) (대조영; 2006~)
• Hwang Jin-i (황진이; 2006)
• The Invisible Man (투명인간 최장수; 2006)
• Erexion (이레자이온; 2006)
• Pure In Heart (2006)
• Wedding (2005)
• Sassy Girl Chun Hyang (쾌걸 춘향; 2005)
• Pure 19 (열여덟, 스물아홉; 2005)
• Immortal Yi Soon-shin (불멸의 이순신; 2004)
• Forbidden Love (구미호외전; 2004)
• Full House (풀하우스; 2004)
• Emperor of the Sea (해신; 2004)
• Empress Myeongseong (명성황후; 2001)
• Mina (drama) (미나; 2001)
• Endless Love series:

• Autumn Fairy Tale (가을동화; also known as Autumn In My Heart; 2000)
• Winter Sonata (겨울연가; 2002)
• Summer Scent (여름향기; 2003)
• Spring Waltz (봄의 왈츠; 2006)

• First Love (첫사랑; 1996)
• Papa (파파; 1996)
• Salut D'Amour (사랑의 인사; 1994)

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News and Current Affairs

• KBS News 9 (KBS 9시뉴스. Main news programme)
• KBS News-Guangjang (KBS 뉴스광장. Breakfast programme)
• KBS News network (KBS 뉴스네트워크. Evening programme with some local segments)
• KBS Newsline (KBS 뉴스라인. Midnight programme)
• Midnight Debate-Live (생방송 심야토론. Sunday-night debate programme)
• Media Focus (미디어 포커스. Mediawatch programme)
• Coverage-File 4321 (취재파일 4321. Sunday's In-depth news coverage programme)

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Other

• Teletubbies
• The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War
• Quiz Daehanminguk (means 'Quiz Korea', the nation's biggest quiz show. Top price: 60,000,000 Won.)
• Beauties' Chattering
• Music Bank
• Music Stage
• 1 vs. 100 (1 대 100, Launched on 1 May 2007. 2nd biggest quiz show. Top price: 50,000,000 Won.)

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KBS World

KBS World is the international service of KBS, broadcasting the best of KBS TV 1 & 2 to Koreans abroad. KBS World officially started broadcasting on July 1 2003 and is currently available in North America, Europe, Australia & New Zealand, Japan and Southeast Asia. The station operates on a 24hr schedule with programming ranging from news, sports, dramas, variety shows and children's programs. Image File history File links KBS_World. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...

Foreign Partners

• ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (Philippines)
• GMA Network (Philippines)

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See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

KBS

• List of Korea-related topics
• KBS World Radio
• KBS World Canada
• List of South Korean broadcasting networks

Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... KBS World Radio is the official international broadcasting station of South Korea. ... KBS World Canada is a Canadian category 2 Korean language digital cable television channel with English subtitles and is owned by Seabridge Media Inc. ... Below is a list of South Korean television broadcasting networks: EBS (Educational Broadcasting System) EBS TV EBS FM EBS Plus1 EBS Plus2 KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) KBS TV1 KBS TV2 KBS Radio 1 KBS Radio 2 KBS Radio 3 KBS FM 1 KBS FM 2 KBS Drama KBS Korea KBS...

External links

• KBS Official Site (Korean) (English)
• KBS World