Tongyang Broadcasting Company

Tongyang Broadcasting
HLCD-TV
Seoul
Branding TBC-TV 7 Seoul
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)
Affiliations Silent
Owner Tongyang Broadcasting Company
Founded June 1965
Last air date December 1980
The former TBC offices in Youido, later the KBS Annex

Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC, 1964-1980) was a South Korean commercial television station which was merged by the government with KBS. It was owned by the Samsung Group founder Lee Byung Chull.[1][2]

History

Television Shows

Radio Programs

References

  1. Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats, and Generals in South Korea - Page 168 Mark Clifford - 1998 "Samsung founder Lee Byung Chull was ordered to give up his Tongyang Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) television network. He received only token compensation. Shareholders in the third television network, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation ..."
  2. Understanding Modern East Asian Politics - Page 21 Christian Schafferer - 2005 "The popular Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC) and Dong-A Broadcasting Station (DBS) were merged into the national Korean Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), and six major private news agencies were merged into the Yonhap News "
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