Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
KBS announced in June 2003 that KBS World was set to launch on July 1. The initial aim of the service was to target the Korean diaspora, by reducing the nostalgia of the Koreans for their homeland. 79% of the programming was pre-recorded and the remaining 21% was live, including news and original productions for the network, I Love Korean and KBS World Hanminjok Plaza.
KBS World Radio (Korean: KBS 월드라디오; formerly Radio Korea and Radio Korea International) is the official international broadcasting station of South Korea.Owned by the Korean Broadcasting System, the station broadcasts news and information in 11 languages: Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian, German, French and Spanish.
KBS WORLD Radio KBS World Radio opened in 1953 as South Korea's first English radio station for foreigners residing in Korea under the name of "Voice of Free Korea." [ 5 ] The station broadcasts news and programs in 11 languages, including Korean and English, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian, German, French, and Spanish.
The foreign-language radio broadcast from KBS (before its restructure into a public broadcaster in March 1973) was started as "The Voice of Free Korea" in 1953. It officially became a part of KBS in July 1968. The station was renamed Radio Korea in March 1973, and then Radio Korea International in August 1994.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Voice of Indonesia is its division for overseas broadcasting. There are now also several digital radio stations in Jakarta and Surabaya, based on Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and Hybrid HD-Radio . [citation needed] There are also several Indonesian radio stations that stream live on the internet.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Radio 1 was originally launched as Kyeongseong Broadcasting Corporation (JODK) by the Japanese government in Korea on February 16, 1927, and later adopted the callsign HLKA in 1947 after South Korea got the HL callsign block from the International Telecommunication Union. In 1965 the name was changed to KBS Radio 1.