Daejeon Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
TV and radio station in South Korea
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History
Daejeon MBC was founded on 12 April 1963 and started radio broadcasts on 26 September 1964. On 7 April 1971, it started broadcasting from a new building at Seonhwa-dong.[1] Television broadcasts started under a separate company, Daejeon Television (Korean: 대전텔레비전방송주식회사), on 24 April 1971, callsign HLAZ-TV, channel 8.[2] On June 20, 2006, it signed a sister station agreement with Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting.[3]: 34 [4]
There are plans (since January 2021) to relocate Daejeon MBC, as well as the corporate facilities in Seoul, to Sejong City as well as the creation of a dedicated Sejong MBC unit.[5]
Controversies
In 2014, Daejeon MBC's Current Affairs Plus was accused of reporting the real name of a victim of sexual harassment, believing it was a pseudonym, creating misinformation on the subject.[6] In 2019, presenters left Daejeon MBC over sexism controversies and violation of human rights.[7] On 15 September 2020, it was criticized for airing the exact same items on the 12 September edition of its news bulletin.[8]