Editing Korean Broadcasting System (section)

===1980s – Advertising ===
KBS began broadcasting advertising in 1980, differing from the norm of public broadcasters, after the forced merger of several private broadcasters into KBS by the military government of [[Chun Doo-hwan]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kim|first=Se-ok|url=http://www.pdjournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=25830|title="Chun Doo-hwan new military department", media integration|work=피디저널(PD저널)|access-date=9 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135942/http://www.pdjournal.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=25830|url-status=live}}</ref> It also bought 65% of the shares of the [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation]] and the [[Kyunghyang Shinmun]].<ref>{{cite news |title=문화방송·경향신문주식65% 방송공사서 인수 |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/economy/479654 |work=[[Maeil Business Daily]] |date=December 11, 1980 |language=ko}}</ref>

During the rule of [[Chun Doo-hwan]], [[Policy for Merger and Abolition of the Press|a new law]] in 1980 forced public broadcasters to merge with KBS. These broadcasters had shown news stories against Chun, leading him to stifle their criticism. These included:
* [[Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation]] (TBC)
* [[Dong-A Broadcasting System]] (DBS)
* [[Seohae Broadcasting Corporation]] (SBC)
* [[Jeonil Broadcasting Corporation]] (VOC)
* [[Hanguk-FM]] (BBC)
[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation]] (MBC) was also affected. MBC was, at first, a federation of 20 loosely affiliated member stations across South Korea. Although they shared programming, each station was privately owned (similar to the UK [[ITV (TV network)|ITV network]] before the passing of the [[Broadcasting Act 1990]]). After the consolidation, however, affiliates were forced to give up a majority of shares to MBC Seoul. MBC Seoul, in turn, was forced to give up 65% of its shares to KBS.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2012 |title=Media Strike in Korea |url=http://askakorean.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-strike-in-korea.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914155257/http://askakorean.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-strike-in-korea.html |archive-date=14 September 2014 |access-date=14 September 2014 |website=Ask a Korean!}}</ref> In 2009, president [[Lee Myung-bak]] said that the law was unconstitutional, and in 2011 TBC and DBS were revived as [[JTBC]] and [[Channel A (TV channel)|Channel A]], respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |last=윤고은 |date=December 1, 2011 |title=종편채널 일제히 방송시작..채널소개 분주 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20111201188800005 |work=연합뉴스}}</ref>