Channel A Corporation (), known as Channel A (
Hangul
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: 채널A, typeset CHANNEL A), is a nationwide
generalist
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Occupations
* a physician who provides general health care, as opposed to a medical specialist; see also:
** General pract ...
cable TV network and broadcasting company in South Korea. The company's largest shareholder is Dong-A Media Group (DAMG), which consists of 12 affiliate companies including The Dong-a Ilbo. Channel A was launched on 1 December 2011. Channel A's management philosophy is 'Open & Creative' and the company slogan is 'Channel A, A Canvas that Holds Your Dreams.' JaeHo Kim currently serves as the chief executive officer of Channel A.
Channel A is one of four newly launched South Korea nationwide generalist
cable TV networks alongside
JoongAng Ilbo
''The JoongAng'', formally known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'', is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also pub ...
's
JTBC
JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTB ...
,
Chosun Ilbo
''The Chosun Ilbo'' (, ) is a daily newspaper in South Korea and the oldest daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations w ...
's
TV Chosun
TV Chosun ( ko, TV조선; Hanja: 株式會社朝鮮放送; ''Jusikhoesa Joseon Bangsong''; literally "Company Korea Broadcasting"), stylised as TV CHOSUN, is a South Korean pay television network and broadcasting company, owned by the ''Chosun ...
and
Maeil Kyungje
The ''Maeil Business Newspaper'' is South Korea's main daily business newspaper. , it had a circulation of roughly 900,000. The president of the publishing company is Chang Dae-hwan.
The publishing company Maekyung Media Group also hosts the ...
's
MBN in 2011. The four new networks supplement existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like
KBS,
MBC,
SBS, and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990.
History
1963–1980: Dong-A Broadcasting Station (radio)
Dong-A Broadcasting System (DBS, Hangul: 동아방송) was established on April 25, 1963.
DBS' first ever radio drama show and South Korea's first
docudrama, ''Yeomyeong 80 Years'', aired every night (between 22:15 and 22:35). Since broadcasters at the time were only airing melodramas and soap operas, ''Yeomyeong 80 Years'' was a radical debut of a new drama genre in South Korean radio history. It stopped airing in 1964 and during the same year, the show was made into a six-book novel series and received the
Hankook Ilbo
''Hankook Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language daily newspaper in Seoul, South Korea. As of 2017, it had a daily circulation of about 213,200.
It was previously published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, however following an embezzlement scandal i ...
Publishing Award. ''Delightful Livingroom'', DBS' oldest radio show, was a talk show where different guests visited the set ("livingroom") and talk about different topics in humorous, sarcastic, and satirical manner. This show is also considered as South Korea's first
talk show
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on neither TV or radio.
DBS' music programme, ''Top Tune Show'' was the harbinger of radio Disc Jockey genre in South Korea. Other stations' music shows at the time were employing professional announcers as their presenters and the producers of the show would do the audio mixing separately. However, ''Top Tune Show'' first employed an integrated system where a single music-knowledgeable producer do everything from mixing, presenting to adding commentaries. Following ''Top Tune Shows'' popularity, similar music-genre programmes such as 'Dial at 3pm' and 'Dial at 0 hour' debuted. In these programmes, there was a common segment called the 'Request Corner.' In this segment, listeners will call in to request their desired song to be played live and this was possible due to DBS retaining a comparably large music library with more than 2000 world music records.
DBS' ''What do you think?'' is the world's first "town meeting" program which started in 1965. It was a live debate show dealing with different political and economical issues. This show was an extremely radical program considering the oppressive military regime at the time where freedom of press was severely restricted. Furthermore, Hyun-Doo Kang, Seoul National University's honorary professor and former professor of journalism commented, "DBS will be recorded as the most brave station in the history of broadcasting."
In 1966, DBS was able to live broadcast the 37th
Dong-A Marathon
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and this was first time to live broadcast a full marathon race in South Korean radio history. Furthermore, in 1964, DBS was the first broadcaster in South Korea to build a satellite studio in Midopa Department Store in
Myeongdong
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.
In 1976, DBS Monday through Tuesday radio drama ''Pretty Boy'' Got the number one spot with 97.3%, achieving an all-kill against
MBC's ''Nationwide News 8'',
KBS's ''Evening News'' and
TBC's ''FM Latest Inkigayo'' on its
time slot
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. No other radio program has break this record until now. In November 1980, DBS permanently discontinued airing due to the government's mandatory merger decision and was integrated with
Korean Broadcasting System.
On December 25, 1980, Dong-A Broadcasting Station closed due to the mandatory merger to the
Korean Broadcasting System by the military government forces resulting in the launching of KBS Radio Seoul. In 1991, Dong-A Broadcasting Station's Frequency of 792 kHz is transferred to
Seoul Broadcasting System. On January 1, 2000, Construction completion of Dong-A Media Center. On July 22, 2009, Amendment of Media law passed the national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea.
2011–present: Broadcasting of Channel A and DBS
On December 31, 2010,
JTBC
JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTB ...
,
TV Chosun
TV Chosun ( ko, TV조선; Hanja: 株式會社朝鮮放送; ''Jusikhoesa Joseon Bangsong''; literally "Company Korea Broadcasting"), stylised as TV CHOSUN, is a South Korean pay television network and broadcasting company, owned by the ''Chosun ...
,
MBN, and Channel A are selected as "General Cable Television Channel Broadcasters".
On December 1, 2011, Channel A begins broadcasting.
On December 7, 2011, Construction on the Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC) begins.
On March 2, 2012, STORY NETWORKS is established.
In 2012, Channel A broadcasts the Golden Lion Pennant National High School Baseball Championship hosted by
The Dong-a Ilbo
The ''Dong-A Ilbo'' (, literally ''East Asia Daily'') is a newspaper of record in Korea since 1920 with a daily circulation of more than 1.2 million and opinion leaders as its main readers. ''The Dong-A Ilbo'' is the parent company of Dong-A ...
.
On October 17, 2014, Construction completed on the Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC).
On July 1, 2015, Channel A Plus begins broadcasting.
On March 17, 2016, Channel A broadcasts the
Seoul International Marathon
The Seoul International Marathon, also known as the ''Dong-A Ilbo Seoul Marathon or Seoul Marathon'' is an annual marathon race that takes place in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of two annual races over the 42.195 km classic distance in the ...
hosted by
The Dong-a Ilbo
The ''Dong-A Ilbo'' (, literally ''East Asia Daily'') is a newspaper of record in Korea since 1920 with a daily circulation of more than 1.2 million and opinion leaders as its main readers. ''The Dong-A Ilbo'' is the parent company of Dong-A ...
.
On December 26, 2016, Channel A B&C and Channel A Newsvision are established.
On January 26, 2018, The 30,000th edition of the Dong-A Ilbo Directive was published.
On February 20, 2019, the Korea Journalists Association awards Dong-A Ilbo the 'Korea Journalists Award' for reporting on former Minister
Cho Kuk
Cho Kuk (Korean: 조국, born 6 April 1965) is a South Korean jurist and politician. He was the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs from 2017 to 2019 in the Moon Jae-in Cabinet. On 9 September 2019, President Moon Jae-in appoi ...
's personnel verification.
On November 27, 2019, in the Korea Communications Commission's 2018 broadcast evaluation, Channel A was ranked first with the highest score among general programming channels.
On April 1, 2020, Dong-A IIbo celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Channel A TV programmes (2011–present)
Current programmes
Past programmes
Reality & Entertainment
* ''Never Too Late for College''
* ''Dog Papa''
* ''Angry Wife''
* ''The Farmer's Men''
* ''MISAGO''
* ''National Team''
* ''Gentleman''
* ''Top Magic''
* ''Right Now''
* ''24 Hours Observation Camera''
* ''Singderella''
* ''Mystical Tales of the Royals''
* ''Ordinary Millionaire''
* ''The South Meets the North''
* ''Lookalikes''
* ''X-File, The Food Story''
* ''
Heart Signal Season 1''
* ''
Heart Signal Season 2''
Drama
* ''K-Pop Extreme Survival''
* ''Happy And''
* ''Goodbye My Wife''
* ''
Miss Panda and Mr. Hedgehog
''Miss Panda and Mr. Hedgehog'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Lee Donghae of Super Junior and Yoon Seung-ah. Produced by Song Hae-sung's TV production venture Lion Fish, it aired on Channel A from August 18 to October 7, 2 ...
''
* ''Color of Woman''
* ''An Immortal Work''
* ''Heaven's Garden''
* ''Bachelor's Vegetable Store''
* ''
Twelve Nights
''Twelve Nights'' () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Han Seung-yeon and Shin Hyun-soo. It is produced by and aired on Channel A's Fridays at 23:00 KST time slot from October 12 to December 28, 2018.
Synopsis
It tells the stor ...
''
* ''
Lie After Lie''
* ''
Show Window: The Queen's House''
Documentaries
* ''Exodus, Out of North Korea''
* ''Greenland''
''X-File, The Food Story''s Good-Natured Restaurant
Channel A's ''X-File, The Food Story'', which began broadcasting on February 10, 2012, is an investigative crime TV show that deeply delves into the Korean
food system and reports on restaurants' wrongdoings. Moreover, the staff of the show travelled around the country to locate restaurants that provide fresh and delicious food handled properly and safely and bestowed "Good-Natured Restaurant" title to these restaurants. These "Good-Natured Restaurants" became extremely popular and a huge hype.
In 2013, the viewers of the show suggested to the producers to reverify these restaurants and the producers agreed to this suggestion. For more rational and objective results, a new investigation group was formed, which consisted of 15 people with various different occupations such as college student, food columnist, culinary arts professor, and housewives. The investigation group visited each of the restaurants in the "Good-Natured Restaurant" list and went through a thorough inspection processes.
Affiliates
Newspaper affiliations
Kyeongin Ilbo,
Kangwon Ilbo
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* Gangwon Province (historical), the Goryeo, Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese Korean province
* Gangwon Province (South Korea), a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Kore ...
,
Daejeon Ilbo,
Kwangju Ilbo,
Jeonbuk Ilbo,
Maeil Ilbo,
Busan Ilbo,
Kyeongnam News,
Jeju Ilbo
Awards and nominations
See also
*
MBC Standard FM
MBC Standard FM (Hangul: MBC 표준FM) is a Full Service (News, Current affairs, Sports, Entertainment) radio station of the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
Availability Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province
Affiliate Stations
* Chuncheo ...
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SBS TV
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Broadcasting
* SBS Broadcasting Group, Belgium, formerly many countries
* Talpa TV, formerly SBS Broadcasting B.V., Netherlands
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** SBS9, Dutch television channel
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