ABS TV officially started broadcasting on September 30, 2004. ABS's main news program is "ABS News 30 Minutes" which is broadcast every morning at 7:30.
ABS TV's music show is "The Sound" which is broadcast every Monday night. The English name is "The Sound". The show will count the top 50 songs in the previous week's music rankings, and then invite singers to participate in the music show.
The ranking of "The Sound of Life" is determined by 50% of last week's audio sales data + 40% of online voting and 10% of on-site voting. There is no limit to the number of times one can vote.
"The Sound" has opened an official homepage on the inschool website. Before each episode is broadcast, fans who support the singers can vote for their favorite singers through the inschool website.
The first episode of "Sound of Life" on October 4 has invited popular singers such as Shinhwa, TVXQ, Kim Jong Kook, Lee Hyori, Park Hyo Shin, Rain, Ko Yoo Tae, Chae Yeon, Baek Ji Young, etc. to participate in the song promotion stage. Fans who like KPOP music are already looking forward to the broadcast of the show, and they commented that this episode is a battle of gods.
If ABS TV station did not have the support of SA Group, one of the top ten financial conglomerates, it would be impossible for it to invite the most popular singers in Korea to compete on the same show.
If the most popular female singer in 2003 was Baek Ji-young, then the most popular female singer in the Korean music industry in 2004 was Chae Yeon. Once the prelude of Chae Yeon's song "Two People", "Na Na Na Nan Nan Na", sounded, people couldn't help but hum along.
If the most popular female singer is Chae Yeon, then the most popular group must be TVXQ.
This boy band debuted in 2003 and has won multiple first places in three music programs: KBS's "Music Bank", MBC's "Inkigayo", and SBS's "Inkigayo". TVXQ is more popular than Shinhwa, which left SM Entertainment and set up its own company.
The success of BoA and TVXQ's consecutive debuts in the Japanese market also boosted SM Entertainment's stock price. Kim Young-min and Lee Soo-man will focus their main attention on the boy band Super Junior, which will debut next year.
The first president of ABS was Zhou Dongyong, who resigned from the post of chairman of the Korea Communications Commission and became the president of ABS TV. The former president of MBC TV was nominated as the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission.
Because of this personnel appointment, ABS is considered to be the propaganda mouthpiece of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, even though it is disguised as a private television station.
The first news program "North-South Dialogue" aired on Saturday also indirectly illustrates this point.
Lee Hyun-jin, the host of "North-South Dialogue", went to the news front line to interview Korean tourists on the tourist line from Jujin Station to Goseong Station. She also interviewed Kim Dong-shin, chairman of the North Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, at the Sheng'an Hotel in the Mount Kumgang International Tourist Area.
This is also the first time that a senior North Korean official has accepted an exclusive interview with a South Korean TV station, which is a historic first.
In addition to Kim Dong-shin, South Korean member of parliament Zhou Mengxian also accepted an interview with "North-South Dialogue".
During the interview, Zhou Mengxian highly praised the hard work of both sides of the ROK and DPRK for the opening of the tourist line from Jujin Station to Goseong Station. This tourist line is not only a road to prosperity, bringing more tourists to the Mount Kumgang International Tourist Area, but also a road to peace. More and more separated Korean families have traveled to Mount Kumgang via the tourist line and successfully met their long-lost North Korean relatives in Mount Kumgang.
In addition to Jujin Station and Goseong Station, the railway from Wenshan Station in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea to Kaesong Station in North Korea on the Gyeongui Line of the South Korean-North Korean Railway is also being repaired with the help of railway technicians from both sides. It is expected that this railway will be officially opened to traffic by the end of the year. This also means that the first phase of the South Korean-North Korean Railway has been successfully completed.
At that time, the goods of Korean companies in the Kaesong Industrial Park will be able to be transported directly to Wenshan Station by rail, then transferred to Incheon Port, and then sold to the world.
After the broadcast of "North-South Dialogue", South Korea's conservative Grand National Party made personnel adjustments, and Grand National Party Deputy Representative Zheng Jinhui was elected as the Supreme Committee of the Grand National Party.
This is the first time since the founding of South Korea that a female candidate has become the leader of a major political party in South Korea. The previous leader, Lee Chang-hui, was abandoned by the Grand National Party members, and after Lee Guangxue was arrested, they needed fresh blood to speak for the conservatives.
In fact, Zheng Jinhui became the deputy party representative of the Grand National Party in 2000. She criticized Lee Changhui, the supreme committee member of the Grand National Party, during the 2002 Grand National Party presidential candidate internal election.
At that time, Zheng Jinhui demanded that the Grand National Party separate party power from general power and adopt a campaign method that involves the participation of the people. At that time, Lee Changhui and Lee Guangxue formed an alliance and suppressed Zheng Jinhui's opposition.
Let's put it this way, the Grand National Party is different from the ruling Millennium Democratic Party. Lee Chang-hui was the leader of the Grand National Party at the time and held all the power, so he was automatically nominated as the Grand National Party's 2002 presidential candidate.
At that time, Jung Jin-hui also wanted to participate in the presidential election, so she asked the Grand National Party to adopt the same party election method as the New Millennium Democratic Party to select the presidential candidate. Jung Jin-hui was hailed as the election queen and won every election.
If the Grand National Party adopts the method of voter voting to select the Grand National Party's presidential candidate, it is hard to say whether Lee Chang-hui can still become the Grand National Party's presidential candidate in 2002.
After being rejected, Zheng Jinhui quit the Grand National Party in anger and formed the Future Korea Alliance Party. Later, after Lee Guangxue got into trouble, Zheng Jinhui decisively returned to the Grand National Party and has always been at the center of power of the conservative party.
Zheng Jinhui went to Pyeonggyeong in 2002 and was received by the leader of Pyeonggyeong. Although she advocated easing the relationship between North Korea and South Korea, she has always advocated further isolating North Korea in economic and international relations to force North Korea to give up the development of mushroom bombs to deal with North Korea's missile threats.
So when the first episode of "South-North Dialogue" was broadcast, Zheng Jinhui made critical remarks. She believed that the Song Yuxi government was too soft on North Korea, and that North Korea's foreign exchange income from the Mount Kumgang International Tourist Zone and the Kaesong Industrial Park would further help North Korea develop new missile weapons.
Although Zheng Jinhui nominally directed her criticism at the Song Woo-seok government, she was actually targeting the SA Foundation and Song Yi.
However, interestingly, Song Yi did not comment on Zheng Jinhui's remarks, and "ABS News 30 Minutes" also broadcast Zheng Jinhui's remarks in full.
Zhou Dongyong questioned that he felt it was unnecessary to broadcast Zheng Jinhui's remarks, and the news content could focus on the propaganda of the ruling party's achievements, such as the Seoul Forest Park project built by the Seoul City Government at a huge cost.
The Seoul Forest Park project is actually a subsidiary project of the Cheonggyecheon Stream renovation project. The restored Cheonggyecheon Stream flows to Jukdo Island and then to the Han River, merging with the Han River.
For Seoul citizens who have no conditions to go out to escape the summer heat, Jukdo Island is their summer water-friendly space. Jukdo Island was also the hunting ground of the Joseon king during the Joseon Dynasty, and has also been developed into a water source, golf course and horse racing track in modern times.
According to the estimation of the Seoul City Government, if the entire Jumdo Island is developed into a high-end residential area, it will bring 4 trillion won in revenue to the city government. However, the Park Dong-ho government did the opposite and built it into a large forest park, a large forest oxygen bar located on the banks of the Han River. This also reflects the people-oriented policy of the Seoul City Government.
Seoul Forest Park has become a symbol of Seoul's urban forest, just like New York's Central Park or London's Hyde Park.
Song Hye Kyo and Rain co-starred in the TV series "Full House" this year, and a dating scene in Seoul Forest Park appeared. After the TV series was broadcast, young couples in Seoul had another dating spot. The Seoul Police Department had to arrange police officers to patrol the park to prevent vicious cases from happening.
Song Yi convinced Zhou Dongyong himself, "President Zhou, you have to know that voters, like netizens, are forgetful."
"The Cheonggyecheon renovation project has not yet been completed, and the Jukdo Forest Park is only part of the Seoul Forest Park project. The Seoul City Government will also build four other forest parks in other locations for Seoul citizens to rest and play."
“要是现在这个时候高调宣传朴叔叔的成绩，其实最多只能帮助朴叔叔赢得汉城市长的连任。要是大国家党赢得国会的多数席位，到时候宋叔叔变成跛脚总统，政府推出的政策被国会给否了，对韩国经济也不利啊。”宋熠说。
周东泳考虑了一下，他不得不承认宋熠的考虑更为周全一些。如果ABS刻意只播放执政党的正面新闻，那与ABS电视台起初的定位也不符。
ABS电视台的官方口号是“聚焦韩国，放眼亚洲”。和MBC和SBS不同，ABS和KBS是韩国唯二两家关注亚洲国家时政新闻的无线电视台。
周东泳对宋熠说：“总统和媒体们的关系一向不太好，他这个人人说话太直，很容易得罪人。所以党内对ABS电视台期待值很高，希望能够在三大无线电视台外有一个发声渠道，不然我也不会回到电视台工作。”
从申办无线电视台开始，宋熠就一直为ABS电视台的开播做好充足的准备。所以周东泳来到ABS电视台以后工作也比较轻松，很容易上手。
ABS的新闻栏目是《ABS新闻30分》和《南北对话》。
ABS电视台最先播出的两部电视剧分别是高贤贞主演的《善德女王》和车太贤、成宥利主演的电视剧《皇太子的初恋》。
《善德女王》是月火剧，每周一和每周二晚上播出，《皇太子的初恋》是水木剧，每周三和周四晚上播出。
成宥利以前虽然出演过SA影业制作的电视剧，不过大多数都是配角，一般都是女二或者女三的角色。韩国观众们之所以认识成宥利，最重要还是她主持的综艺节目《X-Man》和《夜心万万》。
2004年最火的电视剧当然是宋慧乔和Rain上半年一起合演的《浪漫满屋》，宋慧乔再次证实了她韩剧女王的实力。
现在ABS电视台已经有了电视剧、新闻节目、音乐节目，现在只差一个媲美《X-Man》的王牌综艺节目。而宋熠也想到了这一点，于是为ABS准备了户外竞技真人秀栏目《Running Man》. 周东泳也看完了《Running Man》第一期的录制，他还是有些担心，“现在韩国综艺都是室内综艺为主流，像《Running Man》这种户外竞技综艺真的会火吗？”
RunningMan目前的主持阵容为刘在石、金钟国、李孝利、朴明秀和河东勋（HAHA）. 刘在石是主MC，负责控场，而热爱健身的金钟国在这档节目的定位就是能力者，而朴明秀和HAHA就是负责搞笑部分，李孝利则顶替了原版中宋智孝的角色。
宋智孝现在已经出道了，01年时宋智孝拍摄了封面杂志《KIKI》作为杂志模特出道。
03年时，宋智孝出演了电影《女高怪谈3：狐狸阶梯》在韩国电影圈崭露头角。
现在的宋智孝还比较稚嫩，如果让她来出演韩国四大电视台的周末王牌综艺《Running Man》，对宋智孝的个人发展反而不利。
SA集团旗下韩国女艺人，有MC主持功底的女艺人主要就是李孝利和成宥利，两者二选一。
宋熠本来青睐成宥利，不过成宥利的运动神经没有李孝利发达，而《Running Man》中又少不了大量的追逐跑动镜头，再加上李孝利又在极力争取这个主持机会，对宋熠百般讨好，所以宋熠考虑再三后选择了李孝利。
重生前宋熠就看过刘在石和金钟国、李孝利一起合作主持的周末综艺《家族诞生》。刘在石和李孝利刚好可以组成“国民兄妹”组合，而金钟国和李孝利则可以炒一下CP. 金钟国是SA音乐最成功的男歌手，李孝利又是SA音乐的女Solo，两个人在歌坛的实力毋容置疑。
李孝利以前以为抱上了周梦九的大腿，就可以对宋熠不假以颜色。可是经过这段时间的观察，李孝利这才意识到周梦九护不住她。
现代汽车虽然在汽车制造业方面无人能敌，可是ABS电视台开播以后，SA集团已经超过CJ集团，成为韩国娱乐行业第一大巨头，没有任何一家公司能够匹敌。
这么形容吧，假设宋熠愿意让宋智孝出演《Running Man》，宋智孝的经纪公司都愿意主动将宋智孝洗干净送到宋熠床上。
现在的SA集团传媒业务有电视台、电影制作公司、音乐制作公司、广告制作公司和电影院线和经纪公司。如果再算上韩国最大的社交网站inschool，和韩国最大娱乐公司SM娱乐，SA集团的触角已经渗透到韩国演艺界每一个环节。韩国的导演、演员、编剧、模特、经纪人都得看SA集团的脸色。
因为是改版的《Running Man》，所以这档节目的MC人数先固定为5人，后期再根据节目的改动增加或者变动MC人数。
《Running Man》的第一期嘉宾是东方神起的5人组合，《Running Man》的MC人数和东方神起组合的人数恰好相当，这样也便于开展最后激动人心的撕名牌环节。
ABS电视台为了《Running Man》可是大费周章，《Running Man》的第一期拍摄场地就定在ABS电视台总部大楼，几十个机位严阵以待，按照制作电影的标准来完成《Running Man》的录制工作。
东方神起这一期分为上下集，分别放在10月2号和10月8日播出。这样相当于一天完成《Running Man》的录制工作，然后分两期播出。
这样刘在石、金钟国和李孝利每个月只需要腾出两到三天来完成《Running Man》的录制工作，不会影响到他们的其他工作行程。
从宋熠的眼光来看，他觉得这一期的《Running Man》很有看头，东方神起和Running Man家族在斗智斗勇。金钟国和亚洲舞王郑允浩两个人在个人体力方面的较量也是节目的亮点。
“放心，周社长，正是因为韩国室内综艺太多了，所以能够第一个吃螃蟹的《Running Man》才能吸引到不同的受众群体。”
“当娱乐公司们意识到《Running Man》也可以成为宣传旗下艺人的第二打歌舞台以后，CJ娱乐、JYP娱乐、YG娱乐这些娱乐公司就会主动联系节目组，为了让艺人在节目中露脸。”宋熠肯定地回答。
“娱乐业务，我不在行，在家里，也只有我女儿会看综艺。我觉得我们俩也可以做好分工，以后新闻时政类节目归我负责，电视剧、综艺或者音乐节目归你负责，这样我们各司其职，也有助于将ABS电视台发展地更好。”周东泳提出建议。
宋熠脸上的笑容更加和煦，“周社长，你以前就是MBC电视台的王牌新闻主持人，你对新闻时政节目的经验肯定比我更丰富，这方面我肯定要多听听你这样的老前辈的建议。其实如果你2号有空，不妨和你女儿一起看一期《Running Man》，没准儿你也会喜欢这档栏目。”
等到10月3日，东方神起出演的《Running Man》的全国收视率为10.2%，位居四大电视台综艺节目的收视率第一位。《Running Man》一下子给刚开播的ABS电视台实现开门红。
当天，ABS电视台就在电视台总部大楼召开了一个庆功会，来奖励《Running Man》的制作团队，其中包括节目PD，节目编剧和五位MC. ABS电视台社长周东泳也在inschool上传了一张合影，合影中周东泳站在正中间，刘在石和李孝利分别站在两侧。
Zhou Dongyong held the hands of Liu Zaishi and Lee Hyori and raised them high to celebrate. It is said that Zhou Mengjiu was furious when he saw this photo. Because Lee Hyori stayed in Bucheon City that night and did not return to her residence in Seoul. Thank you for your monthly tickets. I will report the results. The average subscription of this book is 900. However, it has not been recommended and has been in a state of naked running. If you have the conditions and like this book, please subscribe if you have the conditions. With better results, I will have the motivation to write better works. Thank you!
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