Korean Central Broadcasting Committee

Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (KCBC)
조선중앙방송위원회
Type Broadcast radio and
television
Country North Korea
Availability National
International
Headquarters Pyongyang, North Korea
Owner State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Launch date
October 14, 1945 (radio)
March 3, 1963 (television)
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Official website
www.gnu.rep.kp
Korean Central Broadcasting Committee
Chosŏn'gŭl 조선중앙방송
Hancha 朝鮮中央放送
Revised Romanization Joseon Jung-ang Bangsong
McCune–Reischauer Chosŏn Chung'ang Pangsong

The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[1] (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선중앙방송위원회; Hancha: 朝鮮中央放送委員會; RR: Joseon Jungang Bangsong Wiwonhoe; MR: Chosŏn Chungang Pangsong Wiwŏnhoe), also known as Korean Central Broadcasting Committee and Korean Central Broadcasting (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선중앙방송; Hancha: 朝鮮中央放送; RR: Joseon Jungang Bangsong; MR: Chosŏn Chungang Pangsong), is a state-owned broadcaster of North Korea.

The committee is under the Cabinet of North Korea, but its personnel is chosen and appointed by the Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) of the Workers' Party of Korea. The PAD also assigns tasks to the committee.[2]

The committee has a sports team in the annual Paektusan Prize Games of Civil Servants.[3]

Services

All three major television stations and 200 radio stations are controlled by the committee.[2] Only the Voice of National Salvation is under the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea instead.[4] The committee also controls the Korean Central News Agency.[5]

Television

Radio

Obtaining schedules

Schedules are published in the Rodong Sinmun, Minju Choson, Pyongyang Sinmun and Rimjingang.

Notable anchors

See also

Sources

  1. http://www.abu.org.my/Membership-@-ABU_Members.aspx
  2. 1 2 "KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department" 2009, p. 1.
  3. Ri Sung-ik (2017-01-31). "Civil servants show skills in annual games". The Pyongyang Times. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  4. "KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department" 2009, pp. 1-2.
  5. "KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department" 2009, p. 2.

Works cited

  • "KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department" (PDF). North Korea Leadership Watch. November 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

Further reading

  • Kim Jong-il (July 30, 1967). On a Few Problems Arising in the Work of Broadcasting: A Talk to the Chairman of the Radio and TV Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PDF).
  • (June 14, 1971). On Improving the Work of the Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee: Talk to the Chairman of the Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the DPRK (PDF).
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