HLSQ-FM, also known as ''SBS Power FM'' (), is a
K-pop
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music radio station of the
Seoul Broadcasting System
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. The station is heard nationwide via syndication with local FM stations in Korea via
HLDG-FM in
Busan
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,
HLDE-FM in
Daegu
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,
HLDH-FM in
Gwangju
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,
HLDF-FM in
Daejeon
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,
HLDP-FM in
Ulsan
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,
HLDQ-FM in
Jeonju
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,
HLDR-FM in
Cheongju
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History
Cheongju has been an important prov ...
,
HLCG-FM in
Gangwon,
HLQC-FM in
Jeju and
HLKJ-FM in
Seogwipo
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.
History
* October 1996: Seoul Broadcasting System made plans for an FM radio station to complement HLSQ.
* October 30, 1996: Seoul Broadcasting System started FM test broadcast.
* November 14, 1996: SBS Power FM Launched.
* 2003: SBS Regional FM Network completed.
* 2004: Started South Korea's first internet radio broadcast vi
Gorealra PC application.
* 2005: Began South Korea's first internet visual radio (BORA) broadcast.
* November 9, 2010: SBS Power FM Dongducheon relay station started broadcasting.
* 2012: Topped rating rank for the first half of the year.
* November 14, 2016: The station celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Stations
Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province
Other provinces
* Dongducheon via Dongducheon SBS on FM 100.3MHz
* Gangwon via
HLCG-FM on FM 103.1MHz, FM 105.1MHz, FM 106.1MHz, FM 99.3MHz and FM 88.3MHz
* Daejeon Chungnam Sejong via
HLDF-FM on FM 95.7MHz and FM 96.5MHz
* Cheongju via
HLDR-FM on FM 101.5MHz, FM 97.9MHz and FM 102.7MHz
* Jeonju via
HLDQ-FM on FM 90.1MHz
* Gwangju Jeonnam via
HLDH-FM on FM 101.1MHz and FM 96.7MHz
* Daegu Gyeongbuk via
HLDE-FM on FM 99.3MHz, FM 99.7MHz and FM 106.5MHz
* Busan Gyeongnam via
HLDG-FM on FM 99.9MHz, FM 96.3MHz, FM 102.5MHz, FM 105.5MHz and FM 106.7MHz
* Ulsan via
HLDP-FM on FM 92.3MHz
* Jeju via
HLQC-FM on FM 101.5MHz
* Seogwipo via
HLKJ-FM on FM 98.5MHz
* Hallim via
HLQC-FM on FM 95.9MHz
Programs
*''Cho Jung-shik's Fun Fun Today''^^
*''Kim Young-chul's Power FM''^
*''Kim Chang-wan's Beautiful Morning''^^
*''Jang Ye-won's Cinetown''^^
*''Choi Hwa-jung's Power Time''^
*''Jeong Chan-woo and Kim Tae-gyun's CulTwo Show''^
*''DJ Boom's BoomBoomPower''^^
*''Park So-Hyeon's Love Game''^^
* ''
Wendy
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's Youngstreet''^^
*''Bae Sung-jae's TEN''^^
*''DinDin's Music High''^^
*''Kim Joo-woo's Pops Station''^^
^ Heard nationwide through regional affiliates
^^ Heard through selected regional affiliates
Trivia
* SBS Power FM is South Korea's top-rated FM station. In the latest 2020 first quarter radio survey, SBS Power FM topped the ranking followed by
TBS FM at number 2,
CBS Music FM at number 3,
MBC FM4U
MBC FM4U is a K-pop, Pop music, Classical music and Entertainment station from Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Launched in September 19, 1971 it was South Korea's second FM station, with TBC Radio (Now KBS Cool FM
KBS Cool FM (), also k ...
at number 4,
KBS Radio 2 at number 5 and the sister
Love FM at number 6.
* Devoted SBS Power FM listeners mostly in their 20s to 30s are called Everlasting because the station is the only one to air solely
K-pop
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music (unlike
KBS Cool FM
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and MBC FM4U — the former of which airs mostly trot at some shows whereas the latter also airs foreign music at some timeslots) due to the popularity of the station the fans wants the FM station to last forever.
Logo song
The logo song is the short jargon placed in-between some ads during program broadcasting, and also to start and to end every program.
20th Anniversary Song Project
See also
*
KBS Radio 3
*
SBS Love FM
References
External links
SBS Power FM Live Stream* http://w3.sbs.co.kr/radio/radioFrequency.do
* http://w3.sbs.co.kr/radio/main.do
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071023070757/http://global.sbs.co.kr/English/AboutSBSCo/channel.jsp
* http://w3.sbs.co.kr/schedule/scheduleSub.do?depth02=d2_3&depth03=love&channel=Love
* http://tv.sbs.co.kr/broadplan/pop_fm.html
* http://radio.sbs.co.kr/charge/charge_powerfm.jsp
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Radio stations in South Korea
Radio stations established in 1996