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Also known as KBS 1

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.

Key facts

Television channel.name
KBS 1TV
Television channel.logo
KBS 1 logo.svg
Television channel.logo_size
200px
Television channel.picture_format
2160p UHDTV(downscaled to 1080i and 480i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds respectively)
Television channel.network
Korean Broadcasting System
Television channel.owner
Korean Broadcasting System
Television channel.sister_channels
KBS2KBS NEWS 24
Television channel.country
South Korea
Television channel.language
Korean
Television channel.former_names
KBS TV (1961–1980)
Television channel.terr_serv_1
Digital terrestrial television
Television channel.terr_chan_1
Channel 9.1
Television channel.online_serv_1
KBS
Television channel.online_chan_1
Watch live

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Headquarters
Seoul
Official website
tv.kbs.co.kr
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Programming
  • Network
  • See also
  • References
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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.

== 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. 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. 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. It was the only television station in Korea before the start of AFKN TV on September 15, 1957.

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