Kyung-In Broadcasting
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Kyung-In Broadcasting (경인방송) is a South Korean radio station (formerly also a television station) covering the metropolitan area of Incheon, adjacent to Seoul.
History
iTV started television broadcasting at noon on 11 October 1997 as iTV Incheon Broadcasting (iTV 인천방송). It was the largest of the private broadcasters other than SBS at the time. Before the first broadcast, the building at Hagik-dong was formally inaugurated.[1] The launch of iTV was during the second tranche of private local broadcasters, which included the expansion of the SBS network.[2]
Although iTV was an independent television station, it was the first channel to air a video journalist program (Real TV) which aired at the 8:30pm slot. The program employed twenty producers.[3]
On 1 November 2000, iTV was renamed Kyung-In Broadcasting and moved from UHF channel 21 to VHF channel 4.[4]
iTV's television station suffered from poor management, prompting the government not to renew the license.[5] forcing on 21 December 2004 to shut down on 31 December, the date of expiry of the license.[6] It became the first media outlet in Korea to shut down in 24 years, when several outlets, the most important being the Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation, shut down due to a media rationing plan under Chun Doo-hwan.[7]
Radio broadcasts restarted in March 2005, the following year, it signed a co-operation agreement with Qingdao Television.[8]
On November 19, 2013, iFM and OBS Gyeongin TV signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen pratical co-operation between the two stations.[9] A new memorandum of understanding was signed between the two on January 30, 2018 in order to use the Korean name Kyung-in Broadcasting.[10]
Following the closure of Gyeonggi Broadcasting, iFM applied for a license to operate in KFM's former coverage area in November 2021.[11]
References
- ^ 인천방송(ITV) 개국
- ^ 인천방송 오늘 개국
- ^ <방송> 인천방송 VJ프로그램 일일편성 시도
- ^ 이한동 국무총리 iTV 경인방송 채널4 광역화 기념 리셉션 참석
- ^ Nippon News Agency (23 December 2004). 京仁放送、年末でテレビ放送中断 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ 韓国，放送中止に追い込まれた地上波民放iTV. 放送研究と調査. Tokyo: NHK. February 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ iTV, 방송 중단 앞두고 고별방송 추진
- ^ 경인방송, 중국 칭다오방송과 우호협력 체결
- ^ OBS·iFM, 업무 제휴 체결 "경인지역 방송 위상 새롭게 정립할 것"
- ^ OBS·iFM, 30일 MOU체결…'경인방송' 상호 공동 사용
- ^ 경기지역 신규 라디오방송사업자 선정 절차 돌입...11월 12일까지 접수