How many TV stations are there in North Korea?

In fact, almost every household in the capital Pyongyang has a TV set, and some families have more than one. In rural areas, you can also see various antennas erected on the roofs of many families to receive TV programs.

North Korea also has a "news broadcast"

There are currently three TV stations in North Korea: North Korea Central Television, Education and Culture TV and Wanshoutai TV. CCTV starts broadcasting at 5 pm every day, ends at 1 1 in the evening and starts at 9 am on Sunday. Education, culture, TV and Wanshou TV only broadcast on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

The opening song of North Korea's CCTV is "Song of General Kim Il Sung". With the majestic melody, a smiling portrait of the late president Kim Il Sung appeared on the screen. Then came the "Song of General Kim Jong Il", a chorus scene of hundreds of people, accompanied by magnificent pictures of rivers and mountains. After that, the announcer will announce the contents of the TV program that day.

According to the situation in different stages and the needs of publicity, the programming of North Korea's CCTV will also change, but the general programs include children's programs, science and technology, world knowledge, documentaries, literary programs, news broadcasts, weather forecasts, current affairs reviews, movies and TV dramas, social culture, animal world and so on.

The news broadcast of North Korean TV station is scheduled at 5 pm and 8 pm local time, especially at 8 pm. Because of the time difference, it is broadcast at 7 o'clock every night at the same time as the news broadcast of China TV Station, and the time is also half an hour. Every day, the important news of the whole country is reflected in this program, but it is mainly domestic news, and international news is generally broadcast in current affairs reviews and other programs. Remarkably, some slogans in line with the main domestic work at that time will be inserted into the news broadcast. For example, it is the rice planting season in rural areas, and the news broadcast will insert slogans such as "Go all out to plant rice".

There are no advertisements in TV programs.

The inspection activities of Kim Jong Il, the top leader of North Korea, are the most important and prominent reports of CCTV, which are often repeated in one day. This is the biggest feature of North Korean TV. For example, at the beginning of this year, the TV films of Kim Jong Il's unofficial visit to China and his visit to the south were repeatedly broadcast on North Korea's CCTV for nearly a month, which truly became "a household name" and "known to all women and children". The news of Kim Jong Il's inspection of troops or enterprise schools will be reported repeatedly by TV stations on the same day, sometimes with pictures and sometimes with photos. In addition, on important festivals or anniversaries, CCTV will broadcast documentaries about the activities of the late President Kim Il Sung during his lifetime to show his reverence and nostalgia for Kim Il Sung.

Another feature of North Korea's CCTV is that Kim Jong Il's "famous words" will be broadcast between programs. This is not a time to fill the blank of the program, but a very important content. This program usually plays two famous sayings of Kim Jong Il, which are read by male and female announcers respectively, and the speech speed is slow, so that the audience can fully understand the inner meaning of the famous sayings.

The "music politics" put forward by Kim Jong Il, the top leader of North Korea, has been fully reflected in the report of North Korea's CCTV. Television stations often play revolutionary songs and music in their daily programs, which praise the great General Kim Jong Il and reflect the lofty sentiments of "ruling the army first" (military first), including fragments from operas such as "Sea of Blood" and "Flower Girl", and are regarded as "immortal works". Some songs, such as "North Korea, Win Glory for You" and "Song of Loyalty" written by Kim Jong Il, have been played for decades and are classics. As time goes by, even foreigners are familiar with the melodies of these songs.

There are no advertisements, no purely entertaining and gimmicky programs, which is a major feature of North Korean TV. North Korean media, including TV stations, basically have no advertisements, and occasionally there are advertisements, which only appear in a few local print media. This is the same as there are basically no billboards on the streets of Pyongyang. So far, the central media has not published any advertisements, although some reports have some characteristics of advertisements. The TV station also broadcasts some programs similar to China's cross talk and sketch, and the content is positive and noble.

Desire once caused a sensation.

After the daily news broadcast, North Korea's CCTV released the weather situation of the day and the weather forecast of the next day. But North Korean TV does not broadcast the weather forecast of foreign cities.

After the weather forecast, CCTV usually broadcasts movies and TV dramas made by North Korea. This also belongs to the prime time of TV and is very popular with the audience. However, North Korea has not yet conducted public ratings statistics.

In addition to CCTV, Wanshoutai TV Station launched by 1977 and Education and Culture TV Station launched by 1997 are also TV stations of great concern to North Korean audiences. These two TV stations usually start broadcasting on Saturday afternoon. As its name implies, educational and cultural TV stations mainly teach TV and popularize science and technology culture. Besides domestic news, Wanshoutai TV Station also broadcasts international current affairs, global travel, international sports programs and foreign movies and TV series, especially the translated foreign movies and TV series is a major feature of this TV station. Most of these foreign film and television dramas are the products of China and Russia (Soviet Union), especially reflecting the revolutionary war years. Besides showing some China movies, Wanshoutai TV also showed China TV series Desire and Dream of Red Mansions, which once caused a sensation. Most international sports programs are videos. (Report by the correspondent of International Herald Tribune)