Jeju Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
The Jeju Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (Korean: 제주문화방송) is MBC's local branch for Jeju Province. It is the oldest commercial media outlet in the island and uses the HLAJ calls.
History
[edit]The station started broadcasting as Namyang Broadcasting on 14 September 1968.[1] TV broadcasts (HLAJ-TV, output 2kW visual and 400W aural) started on 1 August 1970 on VHF channel 11, enabling all of the island of Jeju to receive television signals. For this occasion, the main MBC station in Seoul prepared a special program.[2] The Korean government approved the influx of foreign capital to provide the television station with basic equipment.[1]
In October 1971, NBS was renamed Namyang Munhwa Broadcasting and in January 1984, Jeju Munhwa Broadcasting.[1]
The station moved to its current branch in March 1980 in Yeondong. In October 1981, it started color television broadcasts, ten months after the mainland. A relay station in Seogwipo was set up in December 1983 on channel 11. FM broadcasts started on 14 December 1983.[1] Founder and president (since 1982) Park Tae-hoon died on 1 April 1984 at the age of 70.[3]
Digital broadcasts started in 2005, receiving a T-DMB permit in November 2006.[1]
In 2021, Jeju MBC was one of the fourteen loss-making operations, with the local station losing 1.2 billion won.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "제주문화방송". Digital Jeju Cultural Festival (in Korean).
- ^ "남양TV개국". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean). August 1, 1970.
- ^ "제주MBC 박태훈회장". Maeil Business Daily (in Korean). April 2, 1984.
- ^ 금준경; 박서연 (April 13, 2022). "구조조정에 사옥매각까지… 생존 위협받는 지역언론". Naver News (in Korean).
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- Radio stations established in 1968
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