KBS 2TV
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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.
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- KBS 2TV
- Television channel.logo
- KBS 2 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
- KBS1KBS NEWS 24
- Television channel.country
- South Korea
- Television channel.language
- Korean
- Television channel.replaced
- TBC TV (1964–1980)
- Television channel.terr_serv_1
- Digital terrestrial television
- Television channel.terr_chan_1
- Channel 7.1
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- KBS
- Television channel.online_chan_1
- Watch live
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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 30 November 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 22 December 1980, alongside MBC.
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