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Country
  
South Korea

Owner
  
YTN Group

Headquarters
  
South Korea

Founded
  
1995

Availability
  
National International

Official website
  
http://ytn.co.kr

Parent organization
  
YTN Group

Language
  
Korean

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Type
  
Cable and satellite television, IPTV

Launch date
  
1995 (television) 2005 (DMB)

Stock price
  
040300 (KOSDAQ) ₩ 2,470 -30.00 (-1.20%)7 Apr, 3:30 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer

CEO
  
Cho Jun-hee (20 Mar 2015–)

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YTN (KRX: 040300) is the world's first 24-hour Korean news channel broadcast around South Korea. It was founded on September 14, 1993, and began broadcasting on March 1, 1995.

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The channel's previous slogans are "Yesterday, Today and Now" and "Your True Network", both of them being backronyms for the channel's name. The channel's three current slogans are "Always First", "Exclusive Tomorrow" and "Yes! Top News!". This channel also have sentence "Whenever and wherever there is news, we are there."

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History

  • 1993/09/14 YTN founded
  • 1995/03/01 Began broadcasting
  • 2000/04/08 Merged with Seoul Tower, constructing an integrated broadcast transmission tower
  • 2004/03/01 Moved to YTN tower, next to Namdaemun (South Gate, commonly known as Sungnyemun)
  • 2004/03 Launched "YTN INTERNATIONAL"
  • 2008/01/31 KCC approved YTN FM Radio.
  • 2008/04/01 YTN FM Radio began broadcasting in Seoul city. (Callsign:HLQV-FM Frequency:FM 94.5 MHz.)
  • 2011/04 Renamed from "YTN INTERNATIONAL" to "YTN WORLD"
  • 2013/03/01 YTN FM Radio is carried on the HD2 channel of KSWD (100.3 MHz) in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 2014/04 Moved to YTN Newsquare, DMC Area

    • YTN services

  • YTN: Korea's first all-news TV channel, carries up-to-the-minute news, weather, sports and traffic, as well as in-depth analysis. The live newscast can be seen 24 hours a day, but live magazines are only in between 4:30 and 1:00.
  • YTN science: The first Korean science channel, provides a wide range of science information.
  • YTN Weather & Life: This channel delivers weather forecasts as well as up-to-date information on disasters and tips for a healthy lifestyle. It broadcasts live 24 hours a day.
  • YTN News FM 94.5: Korea's only all news radio station with the latest news, weather, traffic, plus some music. It broadcasts live 24 hours a day.
  • YTN WORLD: Latest domestic and international news, plus useful info for viewers all day to help them change their lifestyle.

    • References

    YTN Wikipedia
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