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Broadcast area
  
South Korea - almost national

Branding
  
KBS Happy FM (Nickname)

Slogan
  
Korea's No.1 Music Station

Frequency
  
FM: 106.1 MHz (Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi)97.1 MHz (Busan) ...more

First air date
  
1933; 84 years ago (1933) (AM Band)1980; 37 years ago (1980) (FM Band)

Format
  
K-Pop, Entertainment, News

KBS Radio 2 (also known as KBS Happy FM) (FM 106.1 MHz) is a K-Pop, Entertainment and news station owned by the Korean Broadcasting System, almost equivalent to BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom, VRT Radio 2 in Flanders, Belgium & RTBF VivaCité in Wallonia, Belgium. It's transmission hours are from 4:53 AM to next day at 3:00 AM daily. The station is also known for being the most powerful FM radio station in South Korea.

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Other Provinces

  • Chuncheon : FM 98.7 MHz
  • Wonju : FM 100.5 MHz
  • Gangneung : FM 102.1 MHz, FM 106.7 MHz, FM 103.9 MHz
  • Daejeon : FM 100.9 MHz
  • Cheongju : FM 90.9 MHz
  • Jeonju : FM 92.9 MHz
  • Gwangju : FM 95.5 MHz
  • Mokpo : FM 88.1 MHz
  • Suncheon : FM 102.7 MHz, FM 100.9 MHz, FM 106.7 MHz
  • Daegu : FM 102.3 MHz, AM 558 kHz
  • Gimcheon : FM 88.9 MHz
  • Ulleung Island : FM 92.1 MHz
  • Busan : FM 97.1 MHz, FM 99.5 MHz
  • Changwon : FM 106.1 MHz
  • Jeju : FM 91.9 MHz, FM 89.7 MHz, FM 92.7 MHz

    • History

  • 1934 - Kyeongsong Broadcasting JODK 603 kHz Started broadcasting.
  • 1947 - Kyeongsong Broadcasting Closed.
  • 1970 - KBS Drama Radio 666 kHz HLSA Started broadcasting.
  • 1972 - Frequency Moved to 603 kHz.
  • 1977 - KBS Radio 2 reformated from Drama to Popular music.
  • November 9, 1980 - KBS 2Radio FM repeater 106.1MHz Launched becoming South Korea's Third FM station.
  • December 1, 1980 - Renamed as KBS-FM. along with the launch of KBS Radio 3, KBS Radio 4 (Now Cool FM Formerly TBC Radio), KBS Radio 5 (Now SBS Love FM Formerly KBS Radio Seoul and DBS) and KBS Stereo (Now Classic FM).
  • October 20, 2003 - KBS Radio 2 Renamed as Happy FM. Reformated as an entertainment radio station for the middle aged.
  • March 3, 2005 - Viewable Radio (BORA) Broadcast launched.
  • 2013 - Returned as KBS-FM Reformated back again as a popular music radio station.

    • References

    KBS Radio 2 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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