Korean Central Broadcasting Committee

Korean Central Broadcasting Committee (KCBC)
TypeBroadcast radio and
television
Country
AvailabilityNational
International
HeadquartersChonsung-dong, Moranbong District, Pyongyang, North Korea
OwnerState Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Key people
Hwang Yong-bo (chairman)
Launch date
October 14, 1945 (radio)
March 3, 1963 (television)
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Official website
www.gnu.rep.kp
Korean name
Hangul
조선중앙방송위원회
Hanja
朝鮮中央放送委員會
RRJoseon jungang bangsong wiwonhoe
MRChosŏn chungang pangsong wiwŏnhoe
Alternate name
Hangul
조선중앙방송
Hanja
朝鮮中央放送
RRJoseon jungang bangsong
MRChosŏn chungang pangsong

The Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean조선중앙방송위원회), also known as the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee and Korean Central Broadcasting (조선중앙방송), is a state-owned broadcaster of North Korea.

The committee is under the Cabinet of North Korea, but its personnel is chosen and appointed by the Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD) of the Workers' Party of Korea. The PAD also assigns tasks to the committee. Hwang Yong-bo is the chairman of the committee.

The committee is base in Chonsung-dong, Moranbong District, Pyongyang. It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. The committee has a sports team in the annual Paektusan Prize Games of Civil Servants.