Not ogged in Ta k Contributions Create account Log in Artic e Ta k Read Edit Hiew history Search Wikipedia Korean Broadcasting System From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates : 3,.52538GN 12A.91A3A1GE This article may be expanded with text translated [show ] from the corresponding article in Korean . (September 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Korean Broadcasting System ( KBS ) Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Main page Contents (Hangul : 한국방송공사 ; Hanja : 韓 7eatured content Current e2ents 國放送公社 ; RR : Han-guk Bangsong Random artic e Ionate to Gongsa ; MR : Han'guk Pangsong Kongsa ) is 6ikipedia 6ikipedia store the national public broadcaster of South Korea . It was founded in 1927, and operates Logo used since 2 October 1984 1nteraction radio , television , and online services, being He p one of the biggest South Korean television About 6ikipedia Community porta networks . Recent changes Contact page Contents [ hide ] Too s 1 History 1.1 Beginnings in radio 6hat inks here Re ated changes 1.2 1950s–1960s - Move into Up oad K e television Specia pages Permanent ink 1.3 1970s - Expansion Page information 1.4 1980s - Advertising started after Main building of Korean Broadcasting System 6ikidata item controversial merger Native name 한국방송공사 Cite this page 1.5 1990s - SpinoE of EBS Hanja 韓國放送公社 Print/eCport 2 Structure Revised Han-guk Bangsong Gongsa Create a book 3 CEOs Romanization Iown oad as PI7 Printab e 2ersion 4 Channe s McCune– Han'guk Pangsong Kongsa 4.1 Terrestria te evision Reischauer 1n other projects 4.2 Cab e and sate ite te evision Type Public 6ikimedia Commons 4.3 KBS 6or d Industry Mass media 4.4 Radio Predecessor Kyeongseong Broadcasting Languages Corporation 5 Branding Founded 3 March 1973 (as Public اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ A Programs EspaMo Broadcasting organization) 한국어 , 7oreign partners Founder Japanese Imperial Government Bahasa 1ndonesia 8 Operationa status Headquarters Yeouido , Yeongdeungpo-gu , Seoul , Basa Jawa 8.1 HeadFuarters South Korea Bahasa Me ayu 9 Contro2ersies Area served National PortuguNs Worldwide (via KBS World ) Русский 中文 Key people Yang Sung-dong, President 1 9.1 1980 – 7orced merger of KBS Products Te evision 2A Radio more with private broadcasters 6eb porta s 9.1.1 ConseFuences Owner 1ndependent -pub ic y owned/ Edit inks 9.2 2011 – 6iretapping scanda at Number of 5,294 -As of 1 0anuary 201,/ employees TH icense fee meeting Subsidiaries KBS Media 9.3 2011 – Praising Chini pa KBS Art Hision 9.4 2012 – KBS journa ists strikes KBS Business KBS N and Reset KBS News 9 KBS i -c osed in 2011/ 9.5 2013 – Lee Soon-shin naming E-KBS KBS America scanda KBS 0apan 9.A 2014 – 1st KBS strike against Website Corporation website pro-go2ernment bias of its president 9., 201, – 2nd KBS strike against pro-go2ernment bias of its president 10 See a so 11 References 12 ECterna inks History [ edit ] Beginnings in radio [ edit ] KBS began as Kyeongseong Broadcasting Corporation -0OIK, 경성방송국 , 京城放送局 / and was estab ished by the Go2ernor-Genera of Korea on 1A 7ebruary 192,. This second radio station started using the ca sign HLKA in 194, after the Repub ic of Korea got the ca sign HL of the 1nternationa Te ecommunication Union . After doing a nationa broadcast, the radio was renamed Seou Centra Broadcasting Station in KBS headFuarters in Seou 1948. 1950s–1960s - Move into television [ edit ] Te evision broadcasts in South Korea began on 12 May 195A with the Krst te evision station HLKO-TH. 1t was so d to KBS in 19A1. 1970s - Expansion [ edit ] KBS station status changed from go2ernment to pub ic broadcasting station on 3 March 19,3. Construction of KBS headFuarters in 3eouido started in 19,A. 1n 19,9, KBS radio began broadcasting on the 7M wa2e with the aunch of KBS Stereo -now KBS 17M /. 1980s - Advertising started after controversial merger [ edit ] KBS began accepting ad2ertising in 1980, diEering from the norm of ad2ert-free broadcasting by pub ic broadcasters, after the forced merger of se2era pri2ate broadcasters into KBS by the mi itary go2ernment of 2 Chun Ioo-hwan -see Contro2ersies/. [1] 1990s - Spino6 of EBS [ edit ] 1n 1981, KBS aunched KBS 3TH and Educationa 7M, and on 2, Iecember 1990, the channe s sp it from KBS to form the Educationa Broadcasting System -EBS/. After a revision of the te evision icensing fee system in 1994, KBS1 stopped broadcasting commercia s. Structure [ edit ] KBS is a pub ic corporation - 공사 , 公社 / funded by the South Korean go2ernment and icense fees, but is managed independent y. As part of the Constitution , the president of KBS is chosen by the President of South Korea , after being recommended by its board of directors. Po itica parties in South Korea a so ha2e the right to name members of the KBS board of directors. Because of this system, which gi2es po iticians eEecti2e contro o2er choosing the president of KBS, as we as its board of directors, peop e who are critica of the system cite po itica KBS Coo 7M Radio studios inter2ention in KBS's go2ernance as reason for re2ising the current system of recruiting. Around 3,.8P of KBS' re2enue comes from a mandatory te evision icence fee of 2,200 won , with another 4,.AP coming from commercia advertisement sa es. [2] KBS' internationa output such as KBS 6or d , as we as specia ised services such as KBS Radio 3 for the disab ed, recei2e pub ic funding from the South Korean go2ernment . [ edit ] CEOs KBS regiona broadcasting station in Changwon 7eneration Name Start Retirement Note 1 Hong Kyung-mo 7ebruary 19,3 7ebruary 19,9 2 3 Choi Se-kyung 7ebruary 19,9 0u y 1980 4 Lee 6on-hong 0u y 1980 7ebruary 1985 5 N/A 1 Park Hyun-tae 7ebruary 1985 August 198A 3 0ung Koo-ho August 198A No2ember 1988 8 Seo 3oung-hoon November 1988 March 1990 . Seo Ki-won Apri 1990 March 1993 3 10 Hong Ioo-pyo March 1993 Apri 1998 11 12 Park Kwon-sang 20 Apri 1998 10 March 2003 13 14 Seo Iong-koo 22 March 2003 2 Apri 2003 15 11 0ung 3eon-joo 28 Apri 2003 11 August 2008 Iismissed 13 18 Lee Byung-soon 28 August 2008 23 No2ember 2009 N/A 1. Kim 1n-kyoo 24 No2ember 2009 23 No2ember 2012 20 Ki Hwan-young 23 No2ember 2012 10 0une 2014 Iismissed after strike 21 0o Iae-hyun 28 0u y 2014 23 No2ember 2015 N/A 22 Ko Iae-young 24 No2ember 2015 0anuary 2018 Iismissed after strike 23 3ang Sung-dong A Apri 2018 1ncumbent N/A Channe s [ edit ] Terrestrial television [ edit ] BS1 - KBS' Qagship channe , it broadcasts news and current aEairs, education, sports, and cu ture. 1t aunched in 19A1 as HLKA-TH and is so e y funded by the icense fee, airing commercia -free. 1t is avai ab e nationa y on channe 9, broadcasting via digita terrestria te evision . KBS1 a so airs pub ic information K ms and minor entertainment programming, but the majority of which is on KBS2. [3] BS2 - KBS' entertainment and drama channe , it was aunched in 1980 as a rep acement for the Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation , which was contro2ersia y merged with KBS. 1t is avai ab e on digita channe , via digita terrestria te evision . KBS2 a so airs pub ic information K ms and ess news and current aEairs programming, but the majority of which is on KBS1. [3] BS UHD - The U tra High IeKnition channe . Airs music videos and re-runs of dramas. 1t is on nationa terrestria digita channe AA. [4] KBS1 and KBS2 phased out ana ogue services on 31 Iecember 2012 as part of the switcho2er to digita te evision. Cable and satellite television [ edit ] BS Prime - A cu ture and drama channe , aunched in 1995 as KBS Sate ite 2. 1t was renamed as KBS Korea in 2002, before becoming Prime. BS Drama - former y KBS Sky Irama, aunched in 2002 BS N Sports - former y KBS Sports/KBS Sky Sports, aunched in 2002 BS Joy - a comedy and Fui. show channe that was aunched in 200A BS ids - the chi dren's channe , aunched in 2012 [5] BS , - a channe aimed at a fema e audience, aunched in 2013 [A] BS 2 Picture Media - distribution paid cartoons on ine [3] These siC channe s are carried by cab e and sate ite operators in South Korea. There are 100R cab e 4 operators in South Korea, and Sky ife is the so e sate ite te evision service provider. These channe s are managed and operated by KBS N, a subsidiary company of KBS. BS ,orld [ edit ] Main artic e: KBS 6or d BS ,orld is the internationa te evision and radio service of KBS. 1t oScia y aunched on 1 0u y 2003. 1t is broadcast on a 24-hour schedu e with programs inc uding news, sports, te evision dramas, entertainment, and chi dren's. KBS 6or d te evision is broadcast oca y and around the wor d. As of 0u y 200,, around A5P of its programs are broadcast with Eng ish subtit es, it is avai ab e in 32 countries, and reported y more than 40 mi ion househo ds around the wor d can access KBS 6or d. [citation needed ] 1t has two o2erseas subsidiaries: KBS America and KBS 0apan . KBS 0apan is independent y operated by a KBS subsidiary in 0apan, and most programs are provided with 0apanese subtit es. KBS 6or d te evision is a te evision channe that main y broadcasts programs commissioned for KBS' 2 terrestria networks: KBS1 and KBS2 .