HLSQ-FM, also known as SBS Power FM (), is a

K-pop K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gos ...

music radio station of the

Seoul Broadcasting System 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 (서울방송). Its f ...

. The station is heard nationwide via syndication with local FM stations in Korea via HLDG-FM in

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

, HLDE-FM in

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

, HLDH-FM in

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

, HLDF-FM in

Daejeon Daejeon () is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. Located in the central-west region of South Korea alongside forested hills and the Geum River, the city is known both for its technology and ...

, HLDP-FM in

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

, HLDQ-FM in

Jeonju Jeonju () is the 16th largest city in South Korea and the capital of North Jeolla Province. It is both urban and rural due to the closeness of Wanju County which almost entirely surrounds Jeonju (Wanju County has many residents who work in Jeonju) ...

, HLDR-FM in

Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest List of cities in South Korea, city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the ...

, HLCG-FM in

Gangwon Gangwon or Kangwŏn may refer to: * 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 ...

, HLQC-FM in

Jeju Jeju may refer to: * Jeju Island (Jejudo), an island near South Korea * Jeju Province (formerly transliterated Cheju), a province of South Korea comprising Jejudo **Jeju City, the biggest city on Jejudo **Jeju dog, a dog native to Jejudo ** Jeju l ...

and HLKJ-FM in

Seogwipo Seogwipo () is the second-largest city on Jeju Island, settled on a rocky volcanic coastline in the southern part of Jeju Province, South Korea. In July 2006, Seogwipo's boundaries were expanded to include the entire southern half of Jeju island. ...

History

* October 1996: Seoul Broadcasting System made plans for an FM radio station to complement HLSQ. * October 30, 1996: Seoul Broadcasting System started FM test broadcast. * November 14, 1996: SBS Power FM Launched. * 2003: SBS Regional FM Network completed. * 2004: Started South Korea's first internet radio broadcast vi
Gorealra
PC application. * 2005: Began South Korea's first internet visual radio (BORA) broadcast. * November 9, 2010: SBS Power FM Dongducheon relay station started broadcasting. * 2012: Topped rating rank for the first half of the year. * November 14, 2016: The station celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Stations

Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province

Other provinces

* Dongducheon via Dongducheon SBS on FM 100.3MHz * Gangwon via HLCG-FM on FM 103.1MHz, FM 105.1MHz, FM 106.1MHz, FM 99.3MHz and FM 88.3MHz * Daejeon Chungnam Sejong via HLDF-FM on FM 95.7MHz and FM 96.5MHz * Cheongju via HLDR-FM on FM 101.5MHz, FM 97.9MHz and FM 102.7MHz * Jeonju via HLDQ-FM on FM 90.1MHz * Gwangju Jeonnam via HLDH-FM on FM 101.1MHz and FM 96.7MHz * Daegu Gyeongbuk via HLDE-FM on FM 99.3MHz, FM 99.7MHz and FM 106.5MHz * Busan Gyeongnam via HLDG-FM on FM 99.9MHz, FM 96.3MHz, FM 102.5MHz, FM 105.5MHz and FM 106.7MHz * Ulsan via HLDP-FM on FM 92.3MHz * Jeju via HLQC-FM on FM 101.5MHz * Seogwipo via HLKJ-FM on FM 98.5MHz * Hallim via HLQC-FM on FM 95.9MHz

Programs

*''Cho Jung-shik's Fun Fun Today''^^ *''Kim Young-chul's Power FM''^ *''Kim Chang-wan's Beautiful Morning''^^ *''Jang Ye-won's Cinetown''^^ *''Choi Hwa-jung's Power Time''^ *''Jeong Chan-woo and Kim Tae-gyun's CulTwo Show''^ *''DJ Boom's BoomBoomPower''^^ *''Park So-Hyeon's Love Game''^^ *''Wendy's Youngstreet''^^ *''Bae Sung-jae's TEN''^^ *''DinDin's Music High''^^ *''Kim Joo-woo's Pops Station''^^ ^ Heard nationwide through regional affiliates
^^ Heard through selected regional affiliates

Trivia

* SBS Power FM is South Korea's top-rated FM station. In the latest 2020 first quarter radio survey, SBS Power FM topped the ranking followed by TBS FM at number 2,

CBS Music FM CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

at number 3,

MBC FM4U 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 Korean second FM station with TBC Radio (Now KBS Cool FM) being first and KBS Stereo FM ...

at number 4,

KBS Radio 2 KBS Radio 2 (Hangul: KBS 2 라디오; also known by its nickname Happy FM) 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 ...

at number 5 and the sister Love FM at number 6. * Devoted SBS Power FM listeners mostly in their 20s to 30s are called Everlasting because the station is the only one to air solely

music (unlike

KBS Cool FM KBS Cool FM (Hangul : KBS 쿨FM)(also known as KBS 2FM Hangul : KBS 제2FM방송) is a 24-hour Hot AC music radio station of the Korean Broadcasting System. It plays mostly older K-pop Music from the 90s compared to KBS Happy FM which plays th ...

and MBC FM4U — the former of which airs mostly trot at some shows whereas the latter also airs foreign music at some timeslots) due to the popularity of the station the fans wants the FM station to last forever.

Logo song

The logo song is the short jargon placed in-between some ads during program broadcasting, and also to start and to end every program.

20th Anniversary Song Project

References

External links

SBS Power FM Live Stream
* http://w3.sbs.co.kr/radio/radioFrequency.do * http://w3.sbs.co.kr/radio/main.do * https://web.archive.org/web/20071023070757/http://global.sbs.co.kr/English/AboutSBSCo/channel.jsp * http://w3.sbs.co.kr/schedule/scheduleSub.do?depth02=d2_3&depth03=love&channel=Love * http://tv.sbs.co.kr/broadplan/pop_fm.html * http://radio.sbs.co.kr/charge/charge_powerfm.jsp {{SBS

Power FM Capital South Coast was a regional radio station owned by operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. It broadcast to Hampshire from studios in Segensworth, Fareham. In 2019, Capital South Coast was replaced by Capital So ...

Radio stations in South Korea Radio stations established in 1996