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Korea New Network

Broadcasting company in Busan, South Korea

KNN

Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	South Korea
Availability	Busan and South Gyeongsang Province area
Revenue	₩7.5+ billion
Owner	Nexen Tire (39.32%) Tae Young (6.30%) Sungwoo Hi-Tech (5.55%)
Key people	Lee Oh-sang (CEO)
Launch date	April 1994 (demo broadcast) September 7, 1994 (test broadcast) May 14, 1995 (official broadcast, television) September 9, 1997 (radio) December 31, 2003 (digital television)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Affiliation(s)	SBS Network (both radio and TV)
Official website	www.knn.co.kr

Korea New Network (KNN) (Korean: 케이엔엔 부산경남방송; RR: Ke-i-En-En) is the biggest regional free-to-air commercial broadcasting station based in Centum City, a high-tech media development complex within HaeundaeinBusan, South Korea. KNN is affiliated with SBS. It was originally founded in April 1994 as Pusan Broadcasting Corporation (PSB) (Korean: 부산방송; Hanja: 釜山放送; RR: Busan Bangsong). 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.^[1]

Stations[edit]

HLDG-DTV

Busan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Channels	Digital: 15 Virtual: 6
Branding	KNN TV
Programming
Affiliations	SBS
Ownership
Owner	Korea New Network
History
First air date	May 14, 1995
Technical information
Licensing authority	KCC
Links
Website	http://www.knn.co.kr/

• 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[edit]

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.^[2] PSB started broadcasting on May 14, 1995, before the building was completed (such work ended in 1996). The station operated on UHF channel 19.^[3] In December 1999 a Gyeongnam (Changwon) branch office opened. The following month, the main shareholder changed from Hanchang to Nexen (from Yangsan, adjacent to Busan). PSB changed to its present name in May 2006.^[1]

In June 2013, Nexen Tire increased its shares in KNN from 34.24% to 37.91%.^[4]

International co-operation[edit]

The station signed an agreement with Television Nishinippon Corporation in December^[1] 1999.^[5]: 297 In 2004, it was part of a three-way meeting between TNC, PSB and Dalian Television, all of which were TNC's sister stations.^[5]: 321

See also[edit]

• SBS (Korea)
• Busan and Gyeongsangnam-do
• Centum City
• Nexen Tire - the biggest shareholder of this broadcaster.^[4][6]
• Lotte Giants and NC Dinos - KNN Radio provides almost every single KBO League Baseball game of both regional teams.
• Busan International Film Festival - KNN is the official sponsor and broadcaster of this festival.
• Busan International Comedy Festival - KNN is the official sponsor and broadcaster of this festival.
• Busan MBC [ko]
• KBS Busan Broadcasting Branch Office [ko]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• KNN official website (in Korean)

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