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(Redirected from Pusan Broadcasting Corporation) Broadcasting company in Busan, South Korea

KNN


Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	South Korea
Availability	Busan and South Gyeongsang Province area
Revenue	₩7.5+ billion
Owner	Nexen Tire (39.32%) Tae Young (6.30%) Sungwoo Hi-Tech (5.55%)
Key people	Lee Oh-sang (CEO)
Launch date	April 1994 (demo broadcast) September 7, 1994 (test broadcast) May 14, 1995 (official broadcast, television) September 9, 1997 (radio) December 31, 2003 (digital television)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Affiliation(s)	SBS Network (both radio and TV)
Official website	www.knn.co.kr

(former)
Korean name
Hangul	코리아 뉴 네트워크
Revised Romanization	Koria Nyu Neteuwokeu
McCune–Reischauer	K'oria Nyu Net'wŏkŭ
Hangul	부산방송
Hanja	釜山放送
Revised Romanization	Busan Bangsong
McCune–Reischauer	Pusan Pangsong

Korea New Network (KNN) (Korean: 케이엔엔 부산경남방송; RR: Ke-i-En-En) is the biggest regional free-to-air commercial broadcasting station based in Centum City, a high-tech media development complex within Haeundae in Busan, South Korea. KNN is affiliated with SBS. It was originally founded in April 1994 as Pusan Broadcasting Corporation (PSB) (Korean: 부산방송; Hanja: 釜山放送; RR: Busan Bangsong). It had first begun its demo transmissions upon its establishment in April, and later on September 7 the same year it had begun its test transmissions, and then commenced its official broadcasts on May 14, 1995. As of 2011 its own programs make up to 35 percent of all programs.

Stations

HLDG-DTV
South Gyeongsang Province South Korea

City	Busan
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	KNN TV
Programming
Affiliations	SBS
Ownership
Owner	Korea New Network
History
First air date	May 14, 1995
Technical information
Licensing authority	KCC
Links
Website	http://www.knn.co.kr/

HLDG-UHDTV
ATSC 3.0 station
South Gyeongsang Province South Korea
City	Busan
Channels	Digital: 53 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	KNN UHD
Programming
Language(s)	Korean
Subchannels	6.1: 2160p UHDTV simulcast of HLDG-DTV
Affiliations	SBS
Ownership
Owner	Korea New Network
History
First air date	December 29, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-12-29)
Technical information
Licensing authority	KCC
Class	ATSC 3.0 experimental
Power	5 kW
Links
Website	KNN UHD Viewing Guide (in Korean)

KNN Power FM (HLDG-FM)
Busan South Korea
Broadcast area	South Gyeongsang Province
Frequency	FM 99.9 MHz
Branding	KNN Power FM
Programming
Format	K-Pop
Affiliations	SBS Power FM
Ownership
Owner	Korea New Network
History
First air date	September 9, 1997 (Busan) December 29, 2010 (Changwon) December 23, 2011 (Jinju) September 16, 2013 (Gijang, Jeonggwan) December 23, 2013 (Yangsan) September 23, 2016 (Geochang)
Technical information
Class	all
Power	5kW (Busan) 1kW (Changwon, Jinju) 20W (Gijang, Jeonggwan)
Translator(s)	FM 102.5 MHz (Changwon) FM 105.5 MHz (Jinju) FM 96.3 MHz (Gijang, Jeonggwan, Yangsan)

KNN Love FM (HLDG-SFM)
HD Radio station
Busan South Korea
Broadcast area	South Gyeongsang Province
Frequency	FM 105.7 MHz
Branding	KNN Love FM
Programming
Format	Top 40 Mainstream/News/K-Pop/Adult Contemporary
Affiliations	SBS Love FM
Ownership
Owner	Korea New Network
History
First air date	May 10, 2016 (Busan) May 10, 2017 (Gijang, Jeonggwan, Yangsan) October 30, 2017(Changwon) March 24, 2018(Jinju)
Technical information
Class	all
Power	1kW
Translator(s)	FM 89.3 MHz (Gijang, Jeonggwan) FM 88.5 MHz (Yangsan) FM 90.9 (Changwon) FM 98.7 (Jinju)

Television
- Channel - Ch. 15 (LCN 6-1)
- Launched - May 14, 1995
- Affiliated to - SBS
- Call Sign - HLDG-DTV
FM radio 1 (KNN Power FM)
- Frequency - FM 99.9 MHz (Busan), 102.5 MHz (Changwon), FM 105.5 MHz (Jinju), 96.3 MHz (Gijang, Yangsan, Jeonggwan), 106.7 MHz (Geochang)
- Launched - September 9, 1997 (Busan), December 29, 2010 (Changwon), December 23, 2011 (Jinju), September 16, 2013 (Gijang, Yangsan, Jeonggwan), December 23, 2013 (Yangsan), September 23, 2016(Geochang, Hamyang)
- Affiliated to - SBS Power FM
- Call Sign - HLDG-FM
FM Radio 2 (KNN Love FM)
- Frequency - FM 105.7 MHz (Busan), 88.5 MHz (Yangsan), 89.3 MHz (Gijang, Jeonggwan), 90.9 MHz (Changwon), 98.7 MHz (Jinju)
- Launched - May 10, 2016 (Busan), May 10, 2017 (Gijang, Jeonggwan, Yangsan), October 30, 2017 (Changwon), March 24, 2018 (Jinju)
- Affiliated to - SBS Love FM
- Call Sign - HLDG-SFM

History

In 1994, the Kim Young-sam government issued licenses to three private television operators, to provide SBS programming to other cities in South Korea. Pusan Broadcasting was one of them. PSB started broadcasting on May 14, 1995, before the building was completed (such work ended in 1996). The station operated on UHF channel 19. In December 1999 a Gyeongnam (Changwon) branch office opened. The following month, the main shareholder changed from Hanchang to Nexen (from Yangsan, adjacent to Busan). PSB made history in 1997 by being the first broadcaster outside of Seoul to set up offices in the national capital, producing its Entertainment Park program from its purpose-built Seoul studios, and sent to Busan using ENG systems.

On October 28, 1999, PSB's Song Seop's Together 999 was broadcast on China Radio International as Beijing Arirang. PSB accepted the sale of the program to the Chinese network for a period of one year.

On December 11, 2001, Nexen Tire acquired 2,112 million shares in PSB, or 22% of the total shares. The Heung-A Tire company was the second largest shareholder with 8% (768,000 shares). Nexen's total acquisition price was 31.68 billion won.

PSB changed to its present name in May 2006.

In June 2013, Nexen Tire increased its shares in KNN from 34.24% to 37.91%.

International co-operation

The station signed an agreement with Television Nishinippon Corporation in December 1999. In 2004, it was part of a three-way meeting between TNC, PSB and Dalian Television, all of which were TNC's sister stations.