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Korea New Network (KNN) () is the biggest regional
free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
commercial broadcasting station based in Centum City, a high-tech media development complex within Haeundae in
Busan Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...
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. KNN is affiliated with SBS. It was originally founded in April 1994 as Pusan Broadcasting Corporation (PSB) (). It had first begun its demo transmissions upon its establishment in April, and later on September 7 the same year it had begun its test transmissions, and then commenced its official broadcasts on May 14, 1995. As of 2011 its own programs make up to 35 percent of all programs.,
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. Retrieved October 17, 2011.


Stations

* Television **Channel - Ch. 15 (LCN 6-1) **Launched - May 14, 1995 **Affiliated to - SBS **Call Sign - HLDG-DTV * FM radio 1 (KNN Power FM) **Frequency - FM 99.9 MHz (Busan), 102.5 MHz (Changwon), FM 105.5 MHz (Jinju), 96.3 MHz (Gijang, Yangsan, Jeonggwan), 106.7 MHz (Geochang) **Launched - September 9, 1997 (Busan), December 29, 2010 (Changwon), December 23, 2011 (Jinju), September 16, 2013 (Gijang, Yangsan, Jeonggwan), December 23, 2013 (Yangsan), September 23, 2016(Geochang, Hamyang) **Affiliated to - SBS Power FM **Call Sign - HLDG-FM * FM Radio 2 (KNN Love FM) **Frequency - FM 105.7 MHz (Busan), 88.5 MHz (Yangsan), 89.3 MHz (Gijang, Jeonggwan), 90.9 MHz (Changwon), 98.7 MHz (Jinju) **Launched - May 10, 2016 (Busan), May 10, 2017 (Gijang, Jeonggwan, Yangsan), October 30, 2017 (Changwon), March 24, 2018 (Jinju) **Affiliated to - SBS Love FM **Call Sign - HLDG-SFM


History

In 1994, the Kim Young-sam government issued licenses to three private television operators, to provide SBS programming to other cities in South Korea. Pusan Broadcasting was one of them. PSB started broadcasting on May 14, 1995, before the building was completed (such work ended in 1996). The station operated on UHF channel 19. In December 1999 a Gyeongnam (Changwon) branch office opened. The following month, the main shareholder changed from Hanchang to Nexen (from
Yangsan Yangsan (; ) is a city in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea. It borders Ulsan to the northeast, Gijang-gun and Geumjeong District in Busan to the southeast, Gimhae to the southwest, and Miryang to the northwest. City Hall is located in Nam ...
, adjacent to Busan). PSB made history in 1997 by being the first broadcaster outside of Seoul to set up offices in the national capital, producing its ''Entertainment Park'' program from its purpose-built Seoul studios, and sent to Busan using ENG systems. On October 28, 1999, PSB's ''Song Seop's Together 999'' was broadcast on China Radio International as ''Beijing Arirang''. PSB accepted the sale of the program to the Chinese network for a period of one year. On December 11, 2001, Nexen Tire acquired 2,112 million shares in PSB, or 22% of the total shares. The Heung-A Tire company was the second largest shareholder with 8% (768,000 shares). Nexen's total acquisition price was 31.68 billion won. PSB changed to its present name in May 2006. In June 2013, Nexen Tire increased its shares in KNN from 34.24% to 37.91%.


International co-operation

The station signed an agreement with Television Nishinippon Corporation in December 1999. In 2004, it was part of a three-way meeting between TNC, PSB and Dalian Television, all of which were TNC's sister stations.


See also

* SBS (Korea) *
Busan Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...
and Gyeongsangnam-do * Nexen Tire - the biggest shareholder of this broadcaster.Korea New Network Corp Announces Changes in Shareholding Structure
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, June 7, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
Korea New Network Corp.
The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...
, Retrieved March 17, 2015.
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Lotte Giants The Lotte Giants () are a South Korean professional baseball, professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation. From 1982 through 1985, they played at Gudeok Baseball ...
and NC Dinos - KNN Radio provides almost every single
KBO League The KBO League () is a professional baseball league in South Korea. The league comprises ten teams. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most success ...
Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
game of both regional teams. *
Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF; ), formerly the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), held annually in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held fro ...
- KNN is the official sponsor and broadcaster of this festival. *
Busan International Comedy Festival The Busan International Comedy Festival (BICF; ) is an annual comedy festival and cultural event held in Busan, South Korea. Since its establishment in 2013, the festival takes place for four days in late August to early September every year. Th ...
- KNN is the official sponsor and broadcaster of this festival. * Busan Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation *


References


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* {{South Korea television networks Seoul Broadcasting System affiliates Television networks in South Korea Mass media companies of South Korea Television channels in South Korea Television channels and stations established in 1995 Radio stations in South Korea Radio stations established in 1997 Companies listed on KOSDAQ Mass media in Busan Companies based in Busan