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"HLCD" redirects here. For the station that formerly owned the 89.1mHz frequency and the station that was forced merged to KBS, see Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation.

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"HLKC-FM" redirects here. For the AM radio station, see KBS Radio 3.

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"HLKC-FM" redirects here. For the television station, see KBS2.
HLKC-FM
2fm logo 2012.jpg
Cool FM Logo (English Text) 2012~present
City of license Seoul
Broadcast area Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Chuncheon, Wonju, Hongcheon, Hoengseong, Cheorwon, Cheonan, Asan, Yesan, Hongseong, Dangjin, Seosan, Taean, South Korea (with nationwide popularization propagation broadcast.)
Branding KBS Cool FM
Slogan Youth Channel Emotional Channel, Popular Music 89.1
Frequency FM: 89.1 MHz
FM: 90.9 MHz
FM: 97.7MHz
First air date 1965~1980 (as TBC)
1980~Present (as KBS 2FM)
Format K-pop, Hot AC, News
Language(s) Korean
Power 10,000 watts (Seoul)
ERP 350,000 watts
Class A, B, C, D, E
Callsign meaning HL
KBS Cool FM
Former callsigns HLCD-FM (FM Radio 1965~1980)
HLCA-AM (AM Radio Repeater 1965~2003)
Former frequencies AM 639 kHz (Repeater until 2003)
Owner KBS
Sister stations KBS Radio 1,
KBS Radio 2,
KBS Radio 3,
KBS Classic FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.kbs.co.kr/radio/coolfm

KBS Cool FM (Hangul : KBS 쿨FM)(also known as KBS 2FM Hangul : KBS 제2FM방송) is a music radio station of the Korean Broadcasting System, equivalent to BBC Radio 1, DWLS, Y.E.S. 93.3FM CNR 3 - Music Radio and NHK-FM. It plays mostly K-pop, Pop music.[1] The station's popular shows are Gayo Plaza, Volume Up and Kiss the Radio. The station can be heard and seen nationwide via internet viewable radio streaming it can be accessed via this link.

Cool FM Studios.

History

TBC Radio Era

  • 1965-06-26 : Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation (Hangul: 동양 방송 공사) (Former body of JTBC.) was launched.
  • 1965-06-27 : Radio Seoul Broadcasting (Hangul: 라디오 서울 방송) HLCD 89.1 MHz Started broadcasting.
  • 1966 : Renamed as TBC-FM. 639 kHz AM Repeater launched.
  • 1970 : TBC-FM Started South Korea's First Stereo FM Broadcast.
  • 1980-12-01 : TBC-FM forced merged into KBS Radio by the special law of Chun Doo-hwan, president of military authorities.

KBS 2FM Era

  • 1980-12-25 : Relaunched as KBS 2FM (Korean : KBS 제2FM) aired Oldies and Trot. Callsign changed to HLKC-FM.
  • 1988-12-24 : KBS 2FM(Frequency: 89.1Mhz) Started Partial 24-hour Broadcast (Monday~Friday 24-hours Saturday~Sunday 18-hours).
  • 1990-05-30 : Transmission power increased (TPO:1 kW ERP:173.5 kW → TPO:10 kW ERP:350 kW)
  • 1994-10-01 : 24-hour Broadcast started.

KBS Cool FM Era

  • 2003-10-10 : Renamed as KBS Cool FM/KBS 2FM (Korean : KBS 쿨FM/KBS 제2FM) aired KPop Music.
  • 2005-03-03 : KBS Cool FM Opened its studio to the public along with KBS Radio 2.
  • 2006 : Started visual radio (BORA) broadcasts on the internet.
  • 2010-03-02 : KBS Moved Cool FM's radio transmitter from Mount Namsan to Mount Gwanaksan.
  • 2013 : KBS 2FM Celebrated its 33th anniversary. As part of the anniversary celebration all KBS 2FM programs (excluding Kiss The Radio) are made available nationwide via KBS MUSIC on DMB TV Channel 12B-2 also Visual radio (BORA) broadcasts became accessible by both registered and non-registered KBS website users via Fstream.

Funding

KBS 2FM along with KBS Radio 3 accepts commercial advertisements unlike KBS Radio 1, KBS Radio 2, KBS 1FM, KBS Hanminjeok Radio and KBS World Radio which is due to the fact that KBS Radio 1, KBS Radio 2, KBS 1FM, KBS Hanminjeok Radio and KBS World Radio is prohibited to air commercial advertisements upon the enactment of the revised Broadcasting Act in 2002.

Accessibility

FM Radio

Transmitter Callsign Frequency Power Transmitter location
Mt. Gwanaksan HLKC-FM FM 89.1 MHz 10 kW Bisan-dong, Dongan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do (Mt. Gwanak)
Seongnam - FM 97.7 MHz 200W Eunhaeng-dong, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do
Baengnyeongdo - FM 90.9 MHz 100W Bukpo-ri, Baengnyeong-myeon, Ongjin-gun, Incheon metropolitan city
  • Only KBS Seoul Station (headquarters) provides 'KBS Cool FM'. So KBS Cool FM is only available in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Chuncheon, Wonju, Hongcheon, Hoengseong, Cheorwon, Cheonan, Asan, Yesan, Hongseong, Dangjin, Seosan, Taean in South Korea. This was due to a controversy. (See Korean Broadcasting System#KBS 2FM Advertisement Scandal)

DMB Radio(U-KBS Music)

KBS 2FM Can be tuned nationwide via DMB audio channel KBS MUSIC (U-KBS).

  • Seoul : CH 12B
  • Chuncheon : CH 13B
  • Daejeon/Cheongju : CH 11B
  • Gwangju/Jeonju: CH 12B/CH 8B/CH 7B
  • Daegu : CH 7B/CH 9B
  • Busan/Ulsan : CH 12B/CH 9B
  • Jeju : CH 13B/CH 8B

Internet

Via Fstream Viewable Radio, via KBS KONG and via KBS Kplayer.[citation needed]

Air Staff

Current

DJ's

  1. Legendary DJ

Staff

  • Kim Yoon-ji (Station Manager)
  • Nam Yoon-do (Programming Director)
  • Choi Bitna (Technical Controller)

News Anchors

KBS Cool FM shares newscasts and anchors with KBS World Radio Korean Service. (Except 10PM Edition Weekday)

  • Lee Su-jeong (7AM News weekday edition)
  • Yoo Ji-ae (7AM News weekend edition)
  • Seo Ji-soo (12NN News weekday edition)
  • Lee Mi-joo (12NN News weekend edition)
  • Kim Ji-yeon (6PM News weekday edition)
  • Park Myeong-eun (6PM News weekend edition)
  • Lee Howon (10PM News weekday edition)
  • Ryu Su-jeong (10PM News weekday edition)
  • Jeong Ye-in (10PM News weekend edition)

Former

Cool FM/2FM era

  1. Legendary DJ

Radio 4/TBC-FM era

Programs

Current Programs

As Of April 2015

Program Time (KST) KBS♬ DMB Channel 12B Viewable Radio (Link) Note
Yoo Ji-Won's Rooftop Radio Show 00:00~02:00 o o
Late Night Radio Theatre 02:00~03:00 o x KBS's Radio Drama
More closer Radio With Go Min-Jung 03:00~04:54 o x Rerun of The DMB Radio Show.
Aired nationwide via DMB at 22:00~00:00 KST
Aegukga, Sign-On Message and Program Schedule 04:54~05:00 x x
Jung Da-eun's Fresh Morning 05:00~06:00 o x
Good Morning Pops 06:00~07:00 o x Aired nationwide via KBS Local FM
Hwang Jung-min's FM Parade 07:00~09:00 o o
Lee Hyun-woo's Music Album 09:00~11:00 o o Part of the original KBS-FM original programing.
Park Myeong-su's Radio Show 11:00~12:00 (Mondays~Saturdays) o o KBS's Comedy Radio Program.
Aired nationwide via KBS 2Radio.
Park Myeong-su's Club 891 11:00~12:00 (Sunday) o o EDM Music Mixtape by Resident DJ Park Myeong-su (G-PARK)
Aired nationwide via KBS 2Radio
Gayo Plaza 12:00~14:00 o o First aired in 1979 as part of KBS-FM original programing but moved to KBS Cool FM in 2003.
the program ended in 2009 to Pave way for Ock Joo-hyun's Music Square until March 2011.
the program returned to KBS Cool FM in March 2011 after Music Square ended under the name Gayo Plaza.
Enjoy Life with Jung Jae-hyung and Moon Hee-joon 14:00~16:00 o o
Cho Woo-Jung's Music Show 16:00~18:00 o o Also known as The 4 O'Clock Music Show
Part of the original KBS-FM original programing.
A Good Day to Love with Lee Gum-hee 18:00~20:00 o x Known for playing Love Songs.
Yoo In-na's Volume Up 20:00~22:00 o o Part of the original KBS-FM original programming.
Popular for its soft music playlist and short radio opera segment headed by Yoo Inna and other contributors.
Super Junior's Kiss The Radio 22:00~00:00 (Mondays ~ Saturdays)
22:00~23:00 (Sundays)		 x o Not aired via DMB (KBS MUSIC/KBS♬).
The reason More Closer Radio airs on the 22:00~00:00 timeslot on KBS MUSIC DMB.
Famous for its comedy format and for playing the latest K-Pop songs.
(similar to CultTwo Show, Kim Chang Ryul's Old School, Park So-hyun's Love Game and Kim Hyung-Soo's Youngstreet on SBS Power FM
and Jun Hyun-moo's Good Morning FM, Songs of hope with Kim Shin-young, 2PM Date with Joo Young Hoon, Afternoon discovery with Kim Hyun-chul and Kang Da-sum's Best friend radio on MBC FM4U.)
Radio Kpop Planet 23:00~00:00 (Sundays) x o Not aired via DMB (KBS MUSIC/KBS♬).
The reason More Closer Radio airs on the 22:00~00:00 timeslot on KBS MUSIC DMB.

From KBS 2FM's Rate Card.[2][3][4]
KBS Local FM Stands for local 1FM stations.

Former Programs

Cool FM/2FM/Radio 4 era

  • KBS Morning News 7
  • KBS NewsWide 12
  • KBS News 10 (moved to KBS 2Radio)
  • FM Popular Music with Cha Tae-hyun
  • Women Salon
  • Choi Kang-hee's Night Flight
  • FM Inkigayo (part of the original KBS-FM original programing)
  • Cha Tae-hyun and Ji Hyun-woo's Mr. Radio (part of the original KBS-FM original programing)
  • Late Night Radio Theatre (Primetime radio drama of KBS.)
  • Radio Paradise
  • You Hee-yeol's Radio Heaven (part of the original KBS-FM original programing)
  • Palpitations Radio Show
  • FM Magazine
  • Run 89.1
  • Memories of Golden Songs
  • 89.1 FM Pop dial
  • Golden Pops
  • FM Music Stroll 89.1
  • Bravo, My Life
  • 0:00 FM Studio
  • I love FM
  • Dream ON 89.1
  • Studio 891
  • FM Movie Music
  • Friends 89.1
  • Between the hours of 3 and 5 in the morning
  • Ock Joo-hyun's Music Square
  • Hidden Track
  • 2 O'Clock

TBC-FM era

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Main article: Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation

Trivia

  • It is South Korea's most listened internet radio channel based on data from KBS KONG radio player.
  • Despite being South Korea's No.10 Radio Station 2FM Program Volume Up became the highest-rated radio program in its timeslot across both AM and FM bandwidths in Seoul.[5][6]

Time Check Sponsors

TBC Era

  • LG Electronics : 1970 ~ 1973
  • Maeil Dairies Co., Ltd : 1973 ~ 1975
  • Sony Korea, Inc : 1975 ~ 1976
  • KuKu Homesis : 1976 ~ 1978
  • NH Life Insurance 1978 ~ 1980

KBS 2FM/Cool FM Era

Slogans

  • 대한민국 뉴스, 드라마, 대중음악 라디오 방송국 89.1 메가 사이클 TBC 동양방송 (South Korea's News, Drama, Popular Music Station 89.1 Megacycles TBC Tongyang Broadcasting TBC Era Slogan until 1980)
  • 젊은 채널, 감성 채널 2FM (The Youth channel, The Emotional channel 2FM 2003~2014)
  • 대중음악 89.1 (Popular Music 89.1 1980~1999 2010~2014)
  • Today's Best Music 2FM (2014~Present)

Foreign partners

Partner Country
Triple J, SBS Radio Australia
Hitradio Ö3 Austria
Pure FM, Radio MNM Belgium
Radio Nacional AM Brazil
CBC Radio 3, Virgin Radio Canada
CNR 3, CNR 4 China
Radiónica Colombia
ČRo4 Radio Wave Czech Republic
DR P3 Denmark
YleX Finland
Mouv', Virgin Radio, NRJ France
DRadio Wissen, Energy Germany
RTHK Radio 2 Hong Kong
Rás 2 Iceland
AIR FM Rainbow India
RRI Pro 2 Indonesia
RTÉ 2fm Ireland
Rai Radio 2 Italy
NHK FM Japan
TraXX FM, Hitz FM Malaysia
NPO 3FM, Radio 538 Netherlands
NRK P3 Norway
101.1 Yes FM, DWLS Philippines
Polskie Radio Program IV Poland
RDP Antena 3 Portugal
Russian Radio, NRJ Russia Russia
Y.E.S. 93.3FM, 987FM, XFM 96.3 Singapore
Rádio_FM Slovakia
Val 202 Slovenia
5FM South Africa
Los 40 Principales Spain
SR P3, NRJ Sweden
Radio SRF Virus, Couleur 3, RSI Rete Tre Switzerland
Hit Fm Taiwan Taiwan
Met 107, Virgin Hitz Thailand
Virgin Radio Turkey Turkey
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 6 Music, Capital FM United Kingdom
Z100, KIIS-FM, WKSC-FM United States

Controversies

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Main article: Korean Broadcasting System § Controversies

See also

References

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