KBS1

{{Infobox television channel

| name = KBS 1TV

| logo = KBS 1 logo.svg

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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1961|12|31|df=y}}

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| picture_format = 2160p UHDTV
(downscaled to 1080i and 480i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds respectively)

| network = Korean Broadcasting System

| owner = Korean Broadcasting System

| sister_channels = KBS2
KBS NEWS 24

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| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

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| former_names = KBS TV (1961–1980)

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| website = {{website|https://drama.kbs.co.kr/|KBS 1TV}}

| terr_serv_1 = Digital terrestrial television

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 9.1

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| online_serv_1 = KBS

| online_chan_1 = [https://onair.kbs.co.kr/index.html?sname=onair&stype=live&ch_code=11&ch_type=globalList Watch live]
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KBS 1TV is a South Korean free-to-air television channel that launched on 31 December 1961 and is owned by Korean Broadcasting System. The channel offers more serious programming than its sister channel KBS2, and airs with no commercials.{{cite news |title=Channel Info |url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/about/channel-info_1tv.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519131645/http://english.kbs.co.kr/about/channel-info_1tv.html |archive-date=19 May 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |newspaper=KBS English}}

History

KBS1 was not the first television channel in South Korea. DBC (Daehan Broadcasting) was established on May 12, 1956 and aired to a limited television audience.http://withs2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-the-K-Drama-Empire-Chapter-2-Mad-Men.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121101230/http://withs2.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-the-K-Drama-Empire-Chapter-2-Mad-Men.pdf |date=21 November 2011 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} The channel was owned by the Korean RCA Distribution Company (KORCAD) and initially took on its name, as well as the call sign HLKZ TV. The station broadcast on the same frequency KBS1 would later operate on in Seoul.{{Cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=southkorea |title=SOUTH KOREA - the Museum of Broadcast Communications |access-date=19 December 2011 |archive-date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513033011/http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=southkorea |url-status=dead }} An audience of hundreds of viewers watched the inaugural broadcast on 32 television sets installed in street corners, 25 in newspaper buildings and on school playgrounds throughout Seoul.{{cite news|title=T.V. IN S KOREA |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/indiandailymail19560514-1.2.22|access-date=6 May 2024|newspaper=Indian Daily Mail|date=14 May 1956}} It was the only television station in Korea before the start of AFKN TV on September 15, 1957.{{cite news|title=Military TV |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19570916-1.2.31|access-date=6 May 2024|newspaper=Straits Times|date=16 September 1957}}

On February 2, 1959, a fire broke out at the DBC facilities, causing the station to go off the air.{{cite news|title=TV STUDIO BURNT |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singstandard19590203-1.2.174.4|access-date=6 May 2024|newspaper=Singapore Standard|date=3 February 1959}}

The government took over the station and KBS TV started in its place on December 31, 1961, though it was initially scheduled for 1962.{{cite news |title=工事(공사)서두는 TV放送局(방송국) |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1961110800329204001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1961-11-08&officeId=00032&pageNo=4&printNo=4887&publishType=00020 |work=Naver News Library |agency=Kyunghyang Shinmun |date=November 8, 1961 |language=ko}} It was determined that KBS TV would broadcast 4 1/2 hours a day, from 6pm to 10:30pm. By 1964, it was broadcasting from 5:30pm to midnight.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting in Korea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8FIAAAAYAAJ |access-date=23 November 2024 |date=1994 |publisher=Nanam Publishing House |isbn=978-89-300-6014-1 }}

In December 1962, it was announced that commercial advertising would be introduced on KBS and on Korean television as a whole from January 1, 1963,[http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1962121700209205001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1962-12-17&officeId=00020&pageNo=5&printNo=12656&publishType=00020 TV프로 좋아지려나] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003622/http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1962121700209205001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1962-12-17&officeId=00020&pageNo=5&printNo=12656&publishType=00020 |date=1 January 2021 }} Dong-A Ilbo，17 December 1962,，p. 5 but KBS refrained from carrying commercial advertising from May 1, 1969, after a decision made three weeks earlier.[http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1969041200209207015&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1969-04-12&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=14615&publishType=00020 KBS텔레비존 광고전폐교육방송] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003632/http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1969041200209207015&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1969-04-12&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=14615&publishType=00020 |date=1 January 2021 }} Dong-A Ilbo，12 April 1969，p. 7 As of February 1976, it also had a UHF relay station in Seoul on channel 55.{{cite book |title=Electronic Catalog(전자 카탈로그) |date=1976 |publisher=Korea Electric Association |url=https://www.kea.kr/elechistory/access/ecatalogt.php?callmode=&catimage=&eclang=ko&um=t&Dir=531&start=285 |language=ko}}

In 1980, after the shutdown of TBC and its integration with KBS, the channel was renamed KBS1. The channel absorbed most of TBC's programs, including its last drama, Daldongne.{{cite news |title=기존TBC－TV프로 최대한 살려 |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/economy/478395 |work=Maeil Business Daily |date=November 27, 1980 |language=ko}} Commercial advertising was reintroduced on its networks on March 7, 1981.[http://dna.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1981030600099211014&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1981-03-06&officeId=00009&pageNo=11&printNo=4615&publishType=00020 KBS 7일부터 광고방송]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Maeil Kyungje, 6 March 1981，p. 11 Commercial breaks were removed on weekdays in 1990, but the ad revenue for the channel, especially for sports broadcasts, increased.{{cite news |title=KBS 광고의존율 73% 한국방송공사 상반기 경영분석 |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1990092600289111005&editNo=4&printCount=1&publishDate=1990-09-26&officeId=00028&pageNo=11&printNo=733&publishType=00010 |work=Naver News Library |agency=The Hankyoreh |date=September 26, 1990 |language=ko}} They were again removed from the channel on October 1, 1994.

Following the introduction of cable television networks in South Korea in the early 90s, KBS1 was included in the must-carry package, which initially excluded the commercial channels MBC and SBS.{{cite web |title=A Study of the Government Cable Tv Policy in Korea in Comparison with the Government Cable Tv Policy in France |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgC0yJMT-BwC |access-date=30 April 2024 |website=Google Books |date=1992 | last1=Joe | first1=Susan Kim }}

KBS1 started digital terrestrial broadcasts on November 5, 2001, with the LCN fixed at 9.[http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=001&aid=0000107925 디지털TV 방송시대 본격 개막] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101003646/http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=001&aid=0000107925 |date=1 January 2021 }} (Yonhap News Agency), 25 October 2001 After government approval, KBS1 started 24-hour broadcasts on October 8, 2012.{{cite news |last1=장 |first1=민호 |title=10월 8일부터 KBS1 24시간 방송 |url=https://dk.breaknews.com/sub_read.html?uid=44919§ion=sc1§ion2=%BB%E7%20%20%C8%B8 |work=Break News |date=September 29, 2012 |language=ko}}

Programming

{{Main|List of programs broadcast by the Korean Broadcasting System}}

The main news programs are KBS News Plaza (morning, inherited from TBC), KBS News 12 and KBS News 9.[https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/program/program.do?bcd=0004 뉴스광장 1부] . KBS. Retrieved 28 June 2024.[https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/program/program.do?bcd=0009 뉴스 12] . KBS. Retrieved 28 June 2024.[https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/program/program.do?bcd=0001 뉴스 9]. KBS. Retrieved 28 June 2024