OBS Gyeongin TV

OBS Gyeongin TV
Hangul	오비에스경인티브이
Revised Romanization	Obieseu Gyeongin tibeui
McCune–Reischauer	Obiesŭ Kyŏngin t'ibŭi

OBS Gyeongin TV (HLQS-DTV)
	OBS Gyeongin TV Headquarters
Gyeonggi Province; South Korea;
City	Bucheon
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF); Virtual: 8;
Branding	OBS
Programming
Affiliations	Independent
Ownership
Owner	OBS Gyeongin TV Ltd.
History
Founded	August 30, 2006
First air date	December 28, 2007
Former call signs	HLQS-TV (analog)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: UHF 21
Call sign meaning	None (randomly assigned)
Technical information
Licensing authority	Korea Communications Commission
ERP	5 kW
Links
Website	http://www.obs.co.kr

OBS Gyeongin TV is a South Korean free-to-air television station covering Gyeonggi Province, Incheon and Seoul. It is the only regional television network in operation, that is not affiliated with any national broadcast network.

History

At the time of launch, OBS Gyeongin TV Ltd. was owned by the following companies:^[2]

Young-An Hat Company (22.64%)
Media Will (12.43%)
KD Group (12.30%)

Officially, "OBS" does not stand for anything. However, as the channel's first president Joo Chulhwan [ko] explained, the "O" could mean "One", "Our", "Open", "Oasis" and "Opportunity".^[3]

On August 25, 2022, OBS requested a permit for a radio station, operating on the former FM frequency of the Gyeonggi Broadcasting Corporation.^[4] The station, as OBS Radio, opened on March 30, 2023.