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KBS 2TV is a South Korean free-to-air television channel launched on 1 December 1980 and owned by Korean Broadcasting System. In contrast to KBS1, the channel specializes primarily in entertainment.

History

KBS2 was created as an effect of the Policy for Merger and Abolition of the Press. The Tongyang Broadcasting Company, set up by Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul, had its license revoked and its operations were absorbed into the Korean Broadcasting System. At the time of the decision, TBC was Korea's second largest radio and television company. On November 30, 1980, TBC made its final broadcast and the following day, KBS2 signed on in Seoul and Busan, where TBC had its television stations. Some of TBC's programs were continued under KBS, including the KBS Music Festival, which started in 1965 on TBC. The initial goal was to complement the two KBS networks, with KBS2 being initially dedicated for cultural and educational programming. The channel started color broadcasts on December 22, 1980, alongside MBC.

Initially commercial-free, the two KBS networks reintroduced commercial advertising on March 7, 1981.

At the start of cable television networks in South Korea in the early 90s, KBS2 was included in the must-carry package, which initially excluded the commercial channels MBC and SBS. The channel adopted green as its signature color in 1993.

Ratings soared for the final episode of First Love on April 20, 1997, at a record 65.8%.

Digital terrestrial broadcasts started in 2001, on LCN 7 at a national scale; analog broadcasts ended in 2012.

Its signal was interrupted for a 20-minute period on the evening of October 14, 2006.

KBS2 was granted a subchannel (7-2) in 2015.

Programming

Dramas are a pillar of KBS2's schedule. In the last week of April 2024, out of ten dramas broadcast on linear (terrestrial and subscription) and OTT platforms, only two of KBS2's dramas were among the ten-most watched programs of the genre, with viewing figures lower than the ones produced by TVN and streaming services.

The channel also airs news, variety shows and Music Bank.

Network

Analog network (shut down in 2012):

• Gangneung: channel 6
• Seoul: channel 7
• Busan: channel 7
• Jeju: channel 10
• Jeonju: channel 13
• Pohang: channel 20
• Chuncheon: channel 22
• Andong: channel 23
• Yeosu: channel 24
• Cheongju: channel 24
• Gwangju: channel 25
• Ulsan: channel 27
• Jinju: channel 27
• Mokpo: channel 29
• Chungju: channel 30
• Wonju: channel 31
• Daegu: channel 38
• Daejeon: channel 42
• Changwon: channel 45

Kebit

Kebit (케빗) is the channel's mascot, introduced in the summer of 2016. Kebit represents "KBS's light" and is a space lifeform who descended to Earth.

See also

• KBS1
• KBS News D
• EBS1
• EBS2

References

1. "Channel Info". KBS English. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
2. "Seoul merger plan to revamp news media". The Straits Times. 17 November 1980. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
3. "Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies". Google Books. 1992. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
4. "KBS Song Festival: A History". Snack Fever. 30 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
5. "기존TBC－TV프로 최대한 살려". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean). 27 November 1980.
6. "MBC 컬러TV 방영". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean). 20 December 1980.
7. KBS 7일부터 광고방송 Maeil Kyungje, 6 March 1981，p. 11
8. Joe, Susan Kim (1992). "A Study of the Government Cable Tv Policy in Korea in Comparison with the Government Cable Tv Policy in France". Google Books. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
9. "KBS 색깔은 녹색". Naver News Library (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 25 September 1993.
10. 첫사랑 마지막회 65.8% 최고 신기록 Archived (Date missing) at newslibrary.naver.com (Error: unknown archive URL) Dong-A Ilbo, 22 April 1997, p. 26
11. "디지털TV 방송시대 본격 개막". Naver News (in Korean). Yonhap News. 25 October 2001.
12. "KBS 2TV 20여 분 방송 중단...최악의 방송사고". Naver News (in Korean). YTN. 15 October 2006.
13. 이, 선희 (28 January 2016). "방통위 "다채널방송은 EBS에 국한"". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean).
14. "'Queen of Tears' dominates the K-drama scene for nearly two months". Chosun Ilbo. 30 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
15. 2005 World Radio and Television Handbook, page 651
16. Mi-ri Kim, KBS 2TV, 新캐릭터 '케빗' 공개…재미·소통↑, Naver, 14 July 2016

External links

• KBS2 schedule

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