Channel A (TV channel)

Dong-A Broadcasting System (DBS, Hangul: 동아방송) was established on April 25, 1963.

DBS' first ever radio drama show and South Korea's first docudrama, Yeomyeong 80 Years, aired every night (between 22:15 and 22:35). Since broadcasters at the time were only airing melodramas and soap operas, Yeomyeong 80 Years was a radical debut of a new drama genre in South Korean radio history. It stopped airing in 1964 and during the same year, the show was made into a six-book novel series and received the Hankook Ilbo Publishing Award. Delightful Livingroom, DBS' oldest radio show, was a talk show where different guests visited the set ("livingroom") and talk about different topics in a humorous, sarcastic, and satirical manner. This show is also considered as South Korea's first talk show on neither TV or radio.[11]

DBS' music programme, Top Tune Show was the harbinger of radio Disc Jockey genre in South Korea. Other stations' music shows at the time were employing professional announcers as their presenters and the producers of the show would do the audio mixing separately. However, Top Tune Show first employed an integrated system where a single music-knowledgeable producer do everything from mixing, presenting to adding commentaries. Following Top Tune Show's popularity, similar music-genre programmes such as 'Dial at 3pm' and 'Dial at 0 hour' debuted. In these programmes, there was a common segment called the 'Request Corner.' In this segment, listeners will call in to request their desired song to be played live and this was possible due to DBS retaining a comparably large music library with more than 2000 world music records.[11]

DBS' What do you think? is the world's first "town meeting" program which started in 1965. It was a live debate show dealing with different political and economic issues. This show was an extremely radical program considering the oppressive military regime at the time when freedom of press was severely restricted. Furthermore, Hyun-Doo Kang, Seoul National University's honorary professor and former professor of journalism commented, "DBS will be recorded as the most brave station in the history of broadcasting."[11]

In 1966, DBS was able to live broadcast the 37th Dong-A Marathon and this was the first time to live broadcast a full marathon race in South Korean radio history.[12] Furthermore, in 1964, DBS was the first broadcaster in South Korea to build a satellite studio in Midopa Department Store in Myeongdong.

In 1976, DBS Monday through Tuesday radio drama Pretty Boy Got the number one spot with 97.3%, achieving an all-kill against MBC's Nationwide News 8, KBS's Evening News and TBC's FM Latest Inkigayo on its time slot. No other radio program has broken this record until now. In November 1980, DBS permanently discontinued airing due to the government's mandatory merger decision and was integrated with Korean Broadcasting System.[11] On December 25, 1980, Dong-A Broadcasting Station closed due to the mandatory merger to the Korean Broadcasting System by the military government forces resulting in the launching of KBS Radio Seoul. In 1991, Dong-A Broadcasting Station's Frequency of 792 kHz is transferred to Seoul Broadcasting System. On January 1, 2000, Construction completion of Dong-A Media Center.[13] On July 22, 2009, Amendment of Media law passed the national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea.

On December 31, 2010, JTBC, TV Chosun, MBN, and Channel A are selected as "General Cable Television Channel Broadcasters".

On December 1, 2011, Channel A begins broadcasting.

On December 7, 2011, Construction on the Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC) begins.[14]

On March 2, 2012, STORY NETWORKS is established.[14]

In 2012, Channel A broadcasts the Golden Lion Pennant National High School Baseball Championship hosted by The Dong-a Ilbo.[15]

On October 17, 2014, Construction completed on the Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC).[16]

On July 1, 2015, Channel A Plus begins broadcasting.[14]

On March 17, 2016, Channel A broadcasts the Seoul International Marathon hosted by The Dong-a Ilbo.[17]

On December 26, 2016, Channel A B&C and Channel A Newsvision are established.[14]

On January 26, 2018, The 30,000th edition of the Dong-A Ilbo Directive was published.[14]

On February 20, 2019, the Korea Journalists Association awards Dong-A Ilbo the 'Korea Journalists Award' for reporting on former Minister Cho Kuk's personnel verification.[14]

On November 27, 2019, in the Korea Communications Commission's 2018 broadcast evaluation, Channel A was ranked first with the highest score among general programming channels.[14]

On April 1, 2020, Dong-A IIbo celebrates its 100th anniversary.[14]

• K-Pop Extreme Survival
• Happy And
• Goodbye My Wife
• Miss Panda and Mr. Hedgehog[26]
• Color of Woman
• An Immortal Work
• Heaven's Garden
• Bachelor's Vegetable Store
• Twelve Nights
• Lie After Lie
• Show Window: The Queen's House
• Queen of Masks
• Man and Woman

• Never Too Late for College
• Dog Papa
• Angry Wife
• The Farmer's Men
• MISAGO
• National Team
• Gentleman
• Top Magic
• Right Now
• 24 Hours Observation Camera
• Singderella
• Mystical Tales of the Royals
• Ordinary Millionaire
• The South Meets the North
• Lookalikes
• X-File, The Food Story
• Heart Signal Season 1
• Heart Signal Season 2

• Exodus, Out of North Korea
• Greenland

Kyeongin Ilbo, Kangwon Ilbo, Daejeon Ilbo, Kwangju Ilbo, Jeonbuk Ilbo, Maeil Ilbo, Busan Ilbo, Kyeongnam News, Jeju Ilbo[29]