Gangwon Province, officially Gangwon State (강원특별자치도), is a Special Self-Governing Province of South Korea. It is known as the largest and least densely populated subdivision of South Korea. Gangwon is one of the three provinces in South Korea with special self-governing status, the others being Jeju Province and Jeonbuk State. Gangwon is bordered on the east by the Sea of Japan, it borders Gyeonggi Province to the west, North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province to the south, and the Military Demarcation Line to the north, separating it from North Korea. In the 1945 division of Korea, the historical Gangwon Province was divided in half, and remains so to this day.
Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. The broadcaster legally became known as SBS in March 2000, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting System. Its flagship terrestrial television station SBS TV broadcasts as channel 6 for digital and cable.
Kangwon Province is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn Province and its South Korean neighbour Gangwon Province formed a single province that excluded Wŏnsan.
Pyeongchang is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about 180 km (110 mi) east southeast of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and connected by expressways and high-speed passenger railways. Pyeongchang's slogan, "Happy 700 Pyeongchang", is taken from its average elevation of approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft).
The Taegu Broadcasting Corporation is a regional television and radio broadcasting company that is based in Daegu (Taegu), South Korea, and are eventually broadcasting as an affiliate of Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). The station were originally established on August 10, 1994, and had first started its demo emissions, although it were later beginning its test transmissions on October 7, 1994, and then, it had officially commenced its official broadcasts on May 14, 1995. FM broadcasts started in 1997.
The Yeongdong Line is a line of Korail. It connects Yeongju in North Gyeongsang Province with Gangneung in Gangwon Province. From Yeongju, it crosses the Taebaek Mountains and reaches the Sea of Japan at Donghae, thence proceeding north to Gangneung.
Korea New Network (KNN) is the biggest regional free-to-air commercial broadcasting station based in Centum City, a high-tech media development complex within Haeundae in Busan, South Korea. 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.
KBS Classic FM is a South Korean radio network operated by the Korean Broadcasting System. Most of the schedule is assigned to classical music, making it one of the few radio networks in the world that broadcast mainly in its music format.
SBS TV is a South Korean free-to-air television channel operated by Seoul Broadcasting System. The channel was launched on 9 December 1991.
Choi Moon-soon is a South Korean politician who was the governor of Gangwon Province.
KBS Radio 1 is a South Korean news, talk, sports, Drama and cultural radio channel of the Korean Broadcasting System. The network has a 24-hour broadcast dedicated to today's events reflecting Koreans.
MBC Standard FM is a Full Service radio station of the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
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 being first and KBS Stereo FM being third.
KBS Radio 2 is a K-Pop, classical music, and entertainment network of the Korean Broadcasting System. Opened in 1933 on AM Radio, the network began utilising FM Radio frequencies 67 years later for a clearer audio reception.
Jeju International Broadcasting System or JIBS is a radio and TV station that is affiliated with the SBS Network, in Jeju Province, South Korea, and it was originally established on April 10, 1994, though it had started its demo emissions, and then later, it had therefore begun its test transmissions on December 7, 2001, as well as it soon commences its official broadcasts from May 31, 2002.
SBS Love FM is a trot music, K-Pop music and News radio station of the Seoul Broadcasting System. The station is heard nationwide via syndication with only one local FM station in Korea via HLDG-SFM in Busan.
