KBS Radio 1

HLKA
Broadcast area South Korea South Korea
– near national coverage
Branding KBS Radio 1
Slogan Korea's National Radio Station
Frequency HLKA: AM 711 kHz ...more
HLKA-SFM: FM: 97.3 MHz ...more
First air date HLKA: February 16, 1927
HLKA-SFM: December 1, 1980
Format News, Talk, Culture
Callsign meaning HL
KoreA
Owner KBS
Sister stations KBS Radio 2,
KBS Radio 3,
KBS Classic FM,
KBS Cool FM
Website kbs.co.kr/radio/1radio

KBS Radio 1 is a South Korean news, talk, and cultural radio channel – comparable to BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live in the United Kingdom, National Public Radio in the United States, and CBC Radio One in Canada – produced and operated by the Korean Broadcasting System, KBS.

Stations

Seoul

Callsign Frequency Power Transmitter location
HLKA-AM 711 kHz 500 kW Sorae
HLKA-SFM 97.3 MHz 14 kW Gwanaksan

In other provinces

Brief history

Radio 1 was originally launched as Kyeongseong Broadcasting Corporation (JODK) by the Japanese government in Korea on February 16, 1927, and later adopted the call sign HLKA in 1947 after the Republic of Korea got the call sign HL of the International Telecommunication Union. In 1965 the name was changed to KBS Radio 1 and in 2003 Relaunched once again as KBS Radio Seoul, but the original name remains as KBS Radio 1.

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