City | Gyeonggi Province and Incheon (also available in Seoul through cable television operators) |
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Channels | |
Branding | OBS |
Programming | |
Affiliations | SBS |
Ownership | |
Owner | OBS Gyeongin TV Ltd. |
History | |
Founded | 30 August 2006 |
First air date | 28 December 2007[1] |
Former call signs | HLQS-TV (analogue) |
Former channel number(s) | 21 (analogue terrestrial) |
Call sign meaning | None (randomly assigned) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | Korea Communications Commission |
ERP | 5 kW |
Links | |
Website | www |
Country | South Korea |
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Broadcast area | Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Incheon |
History | |
Launched | 2 May 2006 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 8.1 |
OBS Gyeongin TV | |
Hangul | 오비에스경인티브이 |
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Revised Romanization | Obiesu gyeongin tibeui |
McCune–Reischauer | Obiesŭ kyŏngin t‘ibŭi |
OBS Gyeongin TV is a South Korean free-to-air television station covering Gyeonggi Province, Incheon and Seoul. It is the only regional television network in operation, that is not affiliated with any national broadcast network.
At the time of launch, OBS Gyeongin TV Ltd. was owned by the following companies:[2]
Officially, "OBS" does not stand for anything. However, as the channel's first president Joo Chulhwan[3]
explained, the "O" could mean "One", "Our", "Open", "Oasis" and "Opportunity".On August 25, 2022, OBS requested a permit for a radio station, operating on the former FM frequency of the Gyeonggi Broadcasting Corporation.[4] The station, as OBS Radio, opened on March 30, 2023.