Tongyang Broadcasting Company

Tongyang Broadcasting
HLKC
Channels
BrandingTBC-TV 7 Seoul
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerSamsung
History
FoundedJune 26, 1964
First air date
December 7, 1964; 59 years ago (1964-12-07)
Last air date
November 30, 1980; 43 years ago (1980-11-30)
Tongyang Broadcasting Company
Hangul
동양방송
Hanja
東洋放送
Revised RomanizationDongyang Bangsong
McCune–ReischauerTongyang Pangsong
The former TBC offices in Yeouido, later the KBS Annex

Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC, June 26 1964 – November 30, 1980, Tongyang is the Korean word for "Oriental"[1]) 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-chul and was a sister company to the JoongAng Ilbo.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies". Google Books. 1992. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. ^ 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 ..."
  3. ^ 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 "