KBS Song Festival

KBS Song Festival (Hangul: KBS 가요대축제; lit. KBS Gayo Daechukje) is an annual end-of-the-year music show broadcast every last Friday of December by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). The program began in 1965 as TBC Music Awards, the name was changed to KBS Music Awards in 1981 due to a merger and has been broadcast under its current name since 2005.

History

The program was first broadcast in 1965, in the Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC), where it was known as TBC Broadcast Music Awards (Hangul: TBC 방송가요대상). In 1981, the South Korean government merged TBC with Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). Following the merger, the program's name was changed to KBS Music Awards (Hangul: KBS 가요대상; RR: KBS Gayo Daesang).

Apink at KBS Song Festival, December 2014

It aired on KBS1 each year on 30 December until 1994, when the program moved to KBS2. Until 1986, there were separate awards for males and females, but in 1987 they were combined.

In 2005, the program's name was changed to KBS Song Festival (Hangul: KBS 가요대축제; RR: KBS Gayo Daechukje).^[1] Along with the name change, the format was also modified where individual artists received special awards. In 2009, another format change came about where viewers could select the top artists and their awards by way of public votes.

Hosts

Girls' Generation at KBS Song Festival, 2015

• 2010: Han Suk-joon, Park Eun-young, Jun Hyun-Moo
• 2011: Lee Hwi-jae , Park Sa-im, Jun Hyun-Moo
• 2012: Sung Si Kyung, Yoona, Jung Yong-hwa
• 2013: Lee Hwi-jae, Suzy , Yoon Shi-yoon
• 2014: Lee Hwi-jae, Yoona, Taecyeon
• 2015: Lee Hwi-jae, Hani, Taecyeon
• 2016: Park Bo-gum, Seolhyun

Award recipients

TBC Broadcast Music Awards (1965–1980)

KBS Music Awards (1981–2005)

KBS Song Festival Top Artist Performance Award (2009–present)

References

See also

• Music Bank
• SBS Gayo Daejeon
• MBC Gayo Daejejeon