Educational Broadcasting System

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• Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS)
• 한국교육방송공사

Type	Terrestrial radio and television
Country	South Korea
Availability	South Korea North America South America (except Chile and Uruguay) Europe Australia
Owner	Government of South Korea
Key people	Myung-joong Kim, President
Launch date	1990; 36 years ago (1990)
Callsigns	HLQL
Official website	www.ebs.co.kr

Korea Educational Broadcasting System (Korean: 한국교육방송공사) or EBS is a South Korean educational public radio and television network focused on the South Korean territory. It is the only major South Korean radio and television network that is a joint venture between the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Education without a separate regional service. It was established as KBS 3 and KBS Educational Radio in the 1980s and became an independent corporation in 1990.

Funding

Though nominally a public broadcasting entity, EBS derives most of its annual revenue from advertisements and sales. In 2012, 72.1% of its revenue came from textbook sales, publications, and advertising on its television, radio, and internet platforms, while the remainder came from television license fees and government grants. EBS receives 3% of the total television license fees collected nationwide.

CEOs

Channels

• EBS1 — EBS' main terrestrial channel for premium documentaries, preschool and youth program. (Channel 10.1)
• EBS2 — EBS' second terrestrial channel. (Channel 10.2)
• EBS FM — A EBS' radio channel, the station focuses mainly on language learning. The actual CSAT listening comprehension examinations are broadcast on this station annually at 8:40 AM and 1:10 PM on the day of the CSAT.
• EBS Plus 1 (subscription television) — The channel focuses greatly around the high school test curriculum and offers programming to complement and amplify the student's in-school education.
• EBS Plus 2 (subscription television) — The main focus of this channel is "lifelong" learning, with various programs for younger and older viewers.
• EBS English (subscription television) — This is the network's English education channel, covering kids from kindergarten to grade 12.
• EBS Kids (subscription television) — EBS' children's channel; formerly a simulcast of EBS Plus 1.

EBS offers one pay-television channel, EBS America, in the United States. Its programming centres around Korean culture, language education, and children's shows.

Logos

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  First EBS logo (December 27, 1990 until June 25, 1995)
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  Second EBS logo (June 26, 1995 until June 24, 2001)
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  Third EBS logo (June 25, 2001 until February 29, 2004)
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  Fourth and current EBS logo (March 1, 2004 to present)

Programming

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See also

• Public broadcasting
• Mass media in South Korea
• List of radio stations in South Korea
• Television in South Korea
• Korean Broadcasting System

References

External links

• Official website
• EBS Introduction (in Korean)
• EBS Main(TV/Radio) (in Korean)
• EBS Primary School (in Korean)
• EBS Middle School (in Korean)
• EBS CSAT (in Korean)
• EBS English (in Korean)
• EBS Foreign Language (in Korean)
• EBS Math (in Korean)
• EBS Clipbank (in Korean)
• EBS Durian(Multicultural) (in Korean)
• EBS International Documentary Festival (in Korean)/
• EBS SPACE (in Korean)
• EBS Janghak Quiz (in Korean)
• EBS Media (in Korean) Archived July 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine