KBS Cool FM

HLKC-FM
Cool FM Logo (English Text) 2012~present
City	Seoul
Broadcast area	Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province, 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
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 1965~1966)
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 Watch Live (Click 12)
Website	www.kbs.co.kr/radio/coolfm

KBS Cool FM (Hangul : KBS 쿨FM)(also known as KBS 2FM Hangul : KBS 제2FM방송) is a Hot AC music radio station of the Korean Broadcasting System. It plays mostly older K-pop Music from the 90s compared with KBS-FM (2Radio).^[1] The station's popular shows are Gayo Plaza, Volume Up and Kiss the Radio.

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 Radio 4 Era

1980-12-25 : Relaunched as KBS Radio 4 (Korean : KBS 제4라디오) aired Oldies and Trot. Callsign changed to HLKC-FM.
1988-12-24 : KBS Radio 4(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 2FM/KBS Cool FM Era

2003-10-10 : Renamed as KBS Cool FM/KBS 2FM (Korean : KBS 쿨FM/KBS 제2FM) aired KPop Music. 639kHz AM Repeater stopped broadcasting
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.

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 Province, Chuncheon, Wonju, Hongcheon, Hoengseong, Cheorwon, Cheonan, Asan, Yesan, Hongseong, Dangjin, Seosan, Taean, Jincheon, Eumseong and Chungju in South Korea. This was due to a controversy. (See Korean Broadcasting System#2002 - 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

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.^[2]^[3]

Time Check Sponsors

TBC Era

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

KBS 2FM/Cool FM Era

SK Telecom : 2003 ~ 2004
Samsung Card/Samsung : 2004 ~ 2005/1
SunnyTen : 2005/1 ~ 2005/3
Seoul Institute of the Arts : 2005/3 ~ 2005/6
S.M. Entertainment : 2005/6 ~ 2014/5/18
Baskin-Robbins Korea (Bingsoo Ice Cream) : 2014/5/19 ~ Present

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, Prambors Radio	Indonesia
RTÉ 2fm	Ireland
Rai Radio 2	Italy
NHK FM	Japan
Era FM, Hot FM (Malay), Fly FM, Hitz FM (English), One FM, 988 FM (Chinese)	Malaysia
NPO 3FM, Radio 538	Netherlands
NRK P3	Norway
Barangay LS 97.1, 101.1 Yes The Best	Philippines
Polskie Radio Program IV	Poland
RDP Antena 3	Portugal
Russian Radio, NRJ Russia	Russia
Y.E.S. 93.3FM, UFM 1003 (Chinese), 987FM, Kiss 92FM (English), Ria 89.7FM, Warna 94.2FM (Malay)	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

References

↑ This was a result of the reformat of KBS Radio 2 back again as a pure popular music radio station in 2013.
↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (19 February 2013). "Yoo In Na Becomes Queen of the Radio with #1 Radio Show". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
↑ "For Actress Yoo In-na, 'Wobbles' Are Just Part of Finding the Way". The Chosun Ilbo. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-08.

External links

KBS Cool FM Homepage

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