Taegu Broadcasting Corporation

The Taegu Broadcasting Corporation (Hangul: 대구 방송; KRX: 033830) is a regional television and radio broadcasting company that is based in Daegu (Taegu), South Korea, and are eventually broadcasting as an affiliate of Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS). The station were originally established on August 10, 1994, and had first started its demo emissions, although it were later beginning its test transmissions on October 7, 1994, and then, it had officially commenced its official broadcasts on May 14, 1995. FM broadcasts started in 1997.

Taegu Broadcasting Corporation (HLDE-DTV)

North Gyeongsang Province South Korea
City	Daegu
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	Taegu Broadcasting Corporation TBC (大邱放送) TBC Television
Programming
Affiliations	SBS
History
Founded	August 10, 1994
First air date	August 10, 1994 (demo broadcast) October 7, 1994 (test broadcast) May 14, 1995 (official broadcast)
Call sign meaning	HL (country code) DaEgu
Technical information
Licensing authority	KCC
Links
Website	www.tbc.co.kr

History

FM broadcasts started in 1997.^[1]

The station had a reporting office in Andong which opened on May 1, 1995, with two full-time reporters, but due to deteriorating management conditions, it closed on April 30, 1998.^[2]

A documentary aired by TBC's radio station about three centenarians in the Daegu area, which was broadcast in December 1999 was the first Korean production to be awarded at the New York Festival in May 2000.^[3]

On August 27, 2010, it and three other companies (IC Korea, DK Lock, Anapass) had joined the preliminary sorting for being listed on KOSDAQ.^[4]

Stations

HLDE-FM

Broadcast area	Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Frequency	FM 99.3 MHz (Daegu, Gyeongju, Gumi) FM 99.7 MHz (Pohang, Yeongdeok, Uljin) FM 106.5 MHz (Andong, Yeongju, Seongseo, Jisan, Beommul)
Branding	TBC Dream FM
Programming
Language	Korean
Format	Top 40 Mainstream/K-Pop
Affiliations	SBS Power FM
Ownership
Owner	Taegu Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	March 1, 1997 (Daegu, Gyeongju, Gumi) March 1, 2001 (Pohang, Yeongdeok, Uljin) December 1, 2008 (Andong, Yeongju) May 10, 2015 (Seongseo, Jisan, Beommul)
Technical information
Licensing authority	KCC
Class	all
Power	5kW (Daegu, Gyeongju, Gumi) 1kW (Pohang, Yeongdeok, Uljin) 500W (Andong, Yeongju) 20W (Seongseo, Jisan, Beommul)

HLDE-UHDTV

ATSC 3.0 station
North Gyeongsang Province South Korea
City	Yeongcheon
Channels	Digital: 53 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	TBC UHD
Programming
Subchannels	6.1: 2160p UHDTV simulcast of HLDE-DTV
Affiliations	SBS
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 kilowatts

• Television
  • Channel – Ch. 15 (LCN 6-1)
  • Launched – May 14, 1995
  • Call Sign – HLDE-DTV
• FM radio (Dream FM)
  • Frequency – 99.3 MHz (Daegu, Gyeongju, Gumi), 99.7 MHz (Pohang, Yeongdeok, Uljin), 106.5 MHz (Andong, Yeongju, Seongseo, Jisan, Beommul)
  • Launched – December 1, 1997
  • Call Sign – HLDE-FM

Tie-up stations

• Hiroshima Home Television (Hiroshima, Japan; since May 2, 1997, under sister city agreement)^[5]
• China Central Television (ince June 19, 1995)^[6]
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (Osaka, Japan; since 1995)^[6]
• KCOP-TV (Los Angeles, United States; since 1995)^[6]
• Shenyang Television (Shenyang, China)

See also

• List of South Korean broadcasting networks
• Communications in South Korea
• SBS (Korea)