Editing Korean Broadcasting System (section)

=== Terrestrial television ===
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|'''[[KBS1]]'''
|[[File:KBS_1_logo.svg|right|160x160px]]
|The flagship channel of KBS. It broadcasts news and current affairs, education, drama, sports, children's programming and culture. It launched in 1961 as HLKA-TV and is solely funded by the license fee, airing commercial-free. It is available nationally on channel 9, broadcasting via [[Digital Terrestrial Television|digital terrestrial television]]. KBS1 also airs public information films and minor entertainment programming.<ref name="Channel Info">{{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}}</ref>
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|'''[[KBS2]]'''
|[[File:KBS_2_logo.svg|right|160x160px]]
|The entertainment channel of KBS. It was launched in 1980 as a replacement for the ''Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation'', which was controversially merged with KBS. It is available on digital channel 7 via digital terrestrial television. KBS2 also airs live sports coverage, children's programming, public information films and limited amounts of news, current affairs and drama programming.<ref name="Channel Info" />
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|'''[[KBS NEWS 24]]'''
|[[File:KBS 24 logo.svg|right|160x160px]]
|The news channel of KBS. It was launched in 2010 as [[webcast]] channel
It was available on digital channel 7 via digital terrestrial television from 2021 to 2023, returning to be a [[Free ad-supported streaming television|FAST]] channel after july 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=230905_차세대방송추진단_발표.pdf |url=https://speakerdeck.com/sunghojeon/230905-casedaebangsongcujindan-balpyo?slide=11 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Speaker Deck |language=en}}</ref>
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|'''KBS UHD'''
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|The Ultra High-Definition channel, using the [[ATSC 3.0]] format. The channel airs music videos, plus re-runs of TV series and various programming.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 March 2014 |title=Broadcasting Tests Begin for Ultra High Definition |url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/about/Latest_at.html?No=8008325 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403151343/http://english.kbs.co.kr/about/Latest_at.html?No=8008325 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2014 |newspaper=KBS English}}</ref>
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KBS1 and KBS2 switched to digital, phasing out analogue services on 31 December 2012. However, both channels reportedly continued to be unofficially broadcast in analogue via UHF, presumably near the [[DMZ]], albeit using the SECAM D/K standard.<ref>{{Citation|script-title=ko:대한민국에 아날로그 지상파 TV 방송이 남아 있다?? (대북 TV 방송 추정)| date=7 August 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cALOowlR38E|language=en|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=12 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112213554/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cALOowlR38E|url-status=live}}</ref>