1963–1980: Dong-A Broadcasting Station (radio) Dong-A Broadcasting System (DBS, 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. 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 Shows 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. 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. On July 22, 2009, Amendment of Media law passed the national assembly to deregulate the media market of South Korea.
2011–present: Broadcasting of Channel A and DBS 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. On March 2, 2012, STORY NETWORKS is established. On October 17, 2014, Construction completed on the Dong-A Digital Media Center (DDMC). On July 1, 2015, Channel A Plus begins broadcasting. On December 26, 2016, Channel A B&C and Channel A Newsvision are established. On January 26, 2018, The 30,000th edition of the Dong-A Ilbo Directive was published. 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. 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. On April 1, 2020, Dong-A IIbo celebrates its 100th anniversary. ==Programs==