HLQS-DTV

OBS Gyeongin TV Headquarters
Bucheon, Gyeonggi South Korea
City	Gyeonggi Province and Incheon (also available in Seoul through cable television operators)
Channels	Digital: 36 Virtual: 8.1
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.obs.co.kr

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.

History

At the time of launch, OBS Gyeongin TV Ltd. was owned by the following companies:^[2]

• Young-An Hat Company (22.64%)
• Media Will (12.43%)
• KD Group (12.30%)

Officially, "OBS" does not stand for anything. However, as the channel's first president Joo Chulhwan [ko] explained, the "O" could mean "One", "Our", "Open", "Oasis" and "Opportunity".^[3]

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.

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