KBS Cool FM

HLKC-FM

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 and 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 (Seoul/also on HD Radio.) FM 89.1-2 MHz (U-KBS Music DMB/HD Radio) FM 89.1-3 MHz (KBS Hanminjeok Radio/HD Radio) FM: 90.9 MHz (Incheon Relay) FM: 97.7MHz (Gyeonggi/Chuncheon Relay)
First air date	1965~1980 (as TBC) 1980~Present (as KBS 2FM)
Format	Mostly it plays K-Pop music and Hippop sometimes even trot music.
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	639 KHz (Repeater until 2003)
Owner	KBS
Sister stations	KBS Radio Seoul, KBS Happy FM, KBS Voice of Love FM, KBS Classic FM
Webcast	Listen Live (Unofficial) Watch Live (Official)
Website	www.kbs.co.kr/radio/coolfm

KBS Cool FM (Hangul : KBS 쿨FM Hanja : KBS 泫我FM)(also known as KBS 2FM Hangul : KBS 제2FM방송 Hanja : KBS第2FM放送) (sometimes called as KBS2) is a music radio station of the Korean Broadcasting System, equivalent to BBC Radio 1 and NHK-FM, It plays mostly popular music and Hippop and sometimes trot music.^[1]

Cool FM Studios.

Cool FM logo 2006~2012.

Cool FM logo 2003~2006.

History

• 1965-06-26 : Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation (Hangul: 동양 방송 공사, Hanja: 東洋放送) (Former body of JTBC.) was launched.
• 1965-06-27 : Radio Seoul Broadcasting (Hangul: 라디오 서울 방송, Hanja: 라디오서울放送) HLCD 89.1mHz 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.
• 1980-12-25 : Relaunched as KBS Radio 4 (Korean : KBS 제4라디오) (Nickname : KBS Trot Radio). Callsign changed to HLKC-FM.
• 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.
• 2003-10-10 : Renamed as KBS Cool FM/KBS 2FM (Korean : KBS 쿨FM/KBS 제2FM). 639 kHz AM Repeater chased transmission.
• 2005-03-03 : KBS Cool FM Opened its studio to the public along with KBS Radio 1 and KBS Radio 3.
• 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 47th 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.

Accessibility

FM Radio

• 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 and Taean in South Korea and at night (19:00~05:00 KST) even Pyongyang and Kaesong in North Korea. This was due to a controversy. (See Korean Broadcasting System#KBS 2FM Advertisement Scandal)
• The 89.1mHz FM frequency is formerly jammed by North Korea via Pyongyang Broadcasting Station's 50kW 89.2mHz frequency but after the north switched to Digital Radio jamming has been stopped.

DMB TV

KBS 2FM Can be tuned nationwide via DMB TV sub audio channel KBS MUSIC (U-KBS). To tune in set the DMB receiver to KBS 2DMB (the DMB version of KBS2).

• 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 KBS KONG Official PC App or Unofficial Web Version and via Fstream Viewable Radio.

Air Staff

Current

DJ's

• Jang Yoon-ju ¹
• Yoo Na-eol ¹
• Jeong Chi-won
• Jo Won-sun
• Lee Ji-ae
• JJ Brothers (Lee Geun-cheol and John Valentine)
• Hwang Jung-min ¹
• Lee Hyun-woo
• Choi Daniel (Also with KBS World Radio.)
• Lee So-ra
• Jo Jung-Chi
• Harim
• Kim Dae-won (aka Kim C)
• Lee Gum-hee ¹
• Yoo In-na
• Kim Ryeowook
• Hong Sung-mi (Station Manager)
• Park Sun Young (Voiceover, Timecheck and Sign On and Off announcer)

1. Legendary DJ

News Anchors

KBS Cool FM shares newscasts and anchors with KBS World Radio Korean Service.

• Kim Joon Myun (3AM News weekday edition)
• Moon Hyuna (3AM News weekday edition)
• Byun Baekhyun (3AM News weekend edition)
• Lee Hyeonju (3AM News weekend edition)
• Park Chanyeol (7AM News weekday edition)
• Ryu Sera (7AM News weekday edition)
• Do Kyung Soo (7AM News weekend edition)
• Lee Hyemin (7AM News weekend edition)
• Kim Jong In (12NN News weekday edition)
• Park Eunji (12NN News weekday edition)
• Oh Sehun (12NN News weekend edition)
• Son Seongah (12NN News weekend edition)
• Kris Wu (2PM News weekday edition)
• Park Kyungri (2PM News weekday edition)
• Kim Min-seok (2PM News weekend edition)
• Pyo Hyemi (2PM News weekend edition)
• Park Minha (8PM News weekday edition)
• Lu Han (8PM News weekday edition)
• Kim Ra Na (8PM News weekend edition)
• Zhang Yixing (8PM News weekend edition)
• Lee Hye Bin (10PM News weekday edition)
• Kim Jong-dae (10PM News weekday edition)
• Jung Seo Young (10PM News weekend edition)
• Huang Zitao (10PM News weekend edition)

Former

Cool FM/2FM era

• Key (also works as a member of Shinee. Former Voiceover and Timecheck announcer. He also announced the station's sign on and off messages.)
• Kim Jin-tae (aka Verbal Jint)
• Kim Bum-soo ¹
• Hong Jin-kyung
• You Hee-yeol
• Ock Joo-hyun
• Young John Kim (Now with KBS World Radio.)
• Lee Hyuk-jae (aka Eunhyuk) ¹
• Lee Donghae ¹
• Park Hyo-jin (aka Narsha) ¹
• Jun Hyun-moo (Now with MBC FM4U.)
• Choi Kang-hee
• Lee Sungmin
• Danny Ahn ¹
• Lee Ji-yeon
• Shin Soo-jin (aka Yozoh)
• Yoon Sang
• Park Jeong-ah
• Park Ji-yoon
• Kim Eun-ji ¹
• Uhm Jung-hwa
• Lee Juck
• Kim Dong-ryool
• Tei (Popular for his tagline 89.1!!! 89.1!!! 89.1!!! KBS!!!.)
• Lee Hoon (One of the two DJ's of Mister Radio.)
• Ji Hyun-woo (Yoo In-na's Boyfriend One of the two DJ's of Mister Radio.)
• Kangta
• Hong Kyung-min
• Lee Bun

1. Legendary DJ

Radio 4/TBC-FM era

• Tae Jin-ah
• Park Jin-hee
• Lee Deok-hwa (Worked on both TBC Radio and KBS 4Radio.)
• Im Ye-jin (TBC Radio DJ)
• Song Chang-ho (TBC Radio DJ)
• Baek Il-seob (TBC Radio DJ)
• Kim Ja-ok (TBC Radio DJ)
• Kim Hee-ae (TBC Radio DJ. Now Station Manager at KBS-FM.)
• Kim Hyun-Joo
• Jeon Young-rok
• Kim Kwang-han
• Lee Sook-young
• Choi Eun-kyung
• Im Baek-Chun (now with KBS 2Radio.)
• Hong Seo-bum
• Kim Jang-hoon
• Yoon Du-hyun
• Seo Kyung-seok
• Kang Su-chong
• Lee Soo-young
• Oh Mi-hee
• Choi Hwa-jeong (now with HLSQ-FM.)
• Gong Sun-young
• Kang Sung-yoon
• Kim Gura (the last DJ to go on air for 4Radio before relaunched as KBS Cool FM/KBS 2FM.)
• Jang Yeo-jin
• Kim Chong-jin
• Jeon Tae-kwan
• Kim Hyun-shik
• Yoo Jae-ha
• Park Sung-shik
• Jang Gi-ho
• Song Se-jung
• Lee Sang-eun (Known as the DJ of I Love FM.)
• Kim Hee-ae (The DJ of 4Radio's only KPop show FM Inkigayo.)
• Go Hyun-jung
• Park Joong-hoon
• Choi Su-ji
• Do Ji-won
• Yoo Young-sook
• Lee Ju-no
• Cha Tae-hyun
• Park Sung-hong
• Park Kyung-lim (now with HLKV-FM.)
• Han Jin-hee
• Park In-hee
• Yoo Hul
• Lee Taek-rim
• Im Su-min
• Chae Shi-ra
• Ahn Jae-wook
• Lee Hyuk-jae
• Cho Han-ki
• Shin Hye-sung
• Lee Min-woo
• Jeon Young-hook
• Oh Sung-shik
• Rhee Ji-yeong
• Lee Jung-won
• Bae Gi-sung
• Yoo Hae-joon
• Bon Woo-young
• Yoon Ji-young
• Oh Chong-on
• Kim Bu-in
• Hong Su-yeon
• Choi Won-jeong
• Park Sung-joo
• Park Chu-bin
• Bun Ki-su

Programs

Current Programs

As Of December 2013

From KBS 2FM's Rate Card.^[2]
DMB News Replaces KBS News at 07:00 and 22:00.
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)
• Choi Kang-hee's Night Flight
• FM Inkigayo (part of the original KBS-FM original programing)
• 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

TBC-FM era

Trivia

• 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.^[3][4]

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~present)
• 대중음악 89.1 (Popular Music 89.1 1980~1999 2010~present)

Controversies

References

• http://www.kbs.co.kr/radio/index.html
• http://koreangossipgirl.com/radio-guide/
• http://english.kbs.co.kr/ChannelInfo/Radio/index.html
• http://www.chomedia.com/chomedia/business/Radprice.pdf
• http://www.kbs.co.kr/advertise/coolfm.html
• http://k.kbs.co.kr/Home/ChannelSchedule
• http://fstream.kr/kbsradio.php?ch=2
• http://kong.kbs.co.kr/live_player/channelMini.php?id=KBSID&channel=11
• http://mirror.enha.kr/wiki/KBS%202FM

External links

• KBS Cool FM Homepage
• KBS Cool FM on Tunein
• KBS Cool FM on KOREALIVE
• KBS Cool FM on YOURMUZE.FM

See also

• KBS Radio 1
• KBS Radio 2
• KBS Radio 3
• KBS 1FM
• HLQL-FM
• HLKV-FM
• HLSQ
• HLSQ-FM
• HLKV-AM