YTN

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YTN
Image:YTN.jpg
Type Non free-to-air television
(via Skylife and Cable TV)
Country South Korea
Availability National
International
Owner YTN Group
Key people Pyo Wan-su, CEO
Launch date 1995 (television); 2005 (DMB)
Website
www.ytn.co.kr

YTN (KRXQ: 040300, Yonhap Television News, Catch phrase: Yesterday, Today and Now, Your True Network) is a 24-hour news channel in South Korea. This channel can be referred as 'Korea's CNN'.[citation needed] It was founded on September 14, 1993 as a subsidiary of Yonhap News Agency "Yonhap Television News", and began broadcasting on March 1, 1995.

[edit] History

YTN building
YTN building
  • 09/14/93 YTN was founded
  • 03/01/95 Began broadcasting
  • 04/08/00 Merged with Seoul Tower, constructing an integrated broadcast transmission tower
  • 03/01/04 Moved to YTN tower, next to the South Gate of Seoul (Sungnyemun)
  • 01/31/08 Korean government approved YTN FM Radio.
  • 04/01/08 YTN FM Radio Began broadcasting in Seoul city. FM 94.5mhz

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