Kalșerian Broadcasting Company

 

Kalșerian Broadcasting Company

Founded	September 15, 1950 (1950-09-15) (as the McMartin Experimental Media Division) July 1, 1953 (1953-07-01) (as the KBC) by Anthony McMartin, William McMartin, Ted Chekunov and Aristéus Șínfigi
Headquarters	KBC Building, Lennoxton, Takalim
Broadcast area	Kalșeri
Owner	McMartin Corp. (75%) NBCUniversal (25%)
Key people	George Droste (Creative Director) Eduardus Uíliansi (Technical Director)
Official website	kbc.kl
Language	English Kalhan

The Kalșerian Broadcasting Company (KBC; Kalhan: Kalșériton Nursakoní, KNK) is a Kalșerian free-to-air television network, owned by media conglomerate McMartin Corp. and by NBCUniversal. Its headquarters are in the KBC Building in Lennoxton, Takalim, with major production facilities and operations at the KBC Studio City in Jim's Hill, Takalim.

The KBC has acquired a number of nicknames since its inception, such as Kabbick and Kennick, in reference to its English and Kalhan abbreviations respectively. It has also been called the Snowflake Network, due to its logo being perceived as similar to a snowflake, and RNK Killer, as it has overtaken the RNK (now KalCom) several times in terms of viewership.

Commonly grouped into the national "Gang of Five" (the others being KalCom, JC Eldridge, Ronhem TV and be5), the KBC is the largest private media company in Kalșeri by viewership and number of employees, as well as the first and oldest privately-owned television network still active. It is also present in the cinema industry, through its subsidiary KBC Entertainment.

The KBC is the main sponsor of several sports events, most prominently the KBC Youth Cup and KALMORA.

History

McMartin Corp. directors William and Anthony McMartin approached the RNK to pitch ideas for contributions to "improve the quality and production times" of the NCC–RNK. After the RNK rejected the brothers' ideas, the brothers founded the McMartin Experimental Media Division in 1950, aided by engineer Ted Chekunov and former actor Aristéus Șínfigi. The EMD was restricted to test broadcasts for select people in times set by the government, with little leeway for improvisation.

Upon receiving news of the impending approval of the Private Broadcasting Act 1953, which the McMartin brothers had lobbied for, the EMD changed its name to Kalșerian Broadcasting Company. Public broadcasting began on July 1, 1953, a month after the Act came into effect, ending the state monopoly on broadcasting. On January 3, 1954, the KBC began broadcasting on weekends.

With the launch of KNK-sare in 1962, the KBC became one of the first national media companies to launch a channel exclusively in Kalhan.

In 1979, the KBC signed an agreement with KALMORA, allowing the company to broadcast all KALMORA Ryes live. Other sports broadcasting deals followed suit, including one that gave the KBC exclusive rights over the airing of the Super Bowl in Kalșeri for ten years. In the same year, the KBC entered the radio market, with the launch of KBC Sports Radio.

In 1987, following the rejection of the pitch for Steve Zedda's satyrical cartoon Hard as a Rock, Bob Eldridge, a member of the Board of Directors who had defended the cartoon, left the KBC and founded Eldridge Broadcasting.

Throughout the 1990s and the early 2000s, the KBC expanded its television and radio offerings through the creation of several dedicated channels. In 1997, the KBC hired Robert Wellington, who had been made redundant from the RNK, and tasked him with hosting a new game show called Risk!.

In 2006, NBCUniversal purchased a 25% stake in the KBC from McMartin Corp. and gave the KBC broadcasting rights to a number of shows produced by NBC.

In 2018, the KBC introduced a radio channel dedicated to audiobooks, called Fireplace.

Operations

Television

Logo	Name	Launched	Content	Visibility
	KBC	July 1, 1953	Generalist, in English	Free-to-air
	KNK-sare	February 26, 1962	Generalist, in Kalhan	Free-to-air
	KBC Sports	December 11, 1976	Sports, including KALMORA	Free-to-air
	KBC Business	January 1, 1986	Business	Free-to-air
	TykeTown	April 5, 1987	Cartoons for children aged 6–14	Free-to-air
	KBC Docs	February 20, 1999	Documentaries	Subscription
	Golden Sun Network	January 1, 2001	News, in English	Free-to-air
	Renu Hem Arkasare	January 1, 2001	News, in Kalhan	Free-to-air
	KBC Sports Plus	January 1, 2002	Minor sports competitions	Subscription
	KBC Cinema	January 1, 2002	Kalșerian films, including those produced by KBC Entertainment	Subscription
	Giggl	January 1, 2003	Cartoons for children aged 0–6	Free-to-air
	KBC Travel	January 1, 2004	Travelling	Subscription
	KBC Ikuzo	January 1, 2004	Adult animation, anime	Subscription
	KBC Arker	June 11, 2006	Foreign series	Subscription
	KBC AuldLang	January 1, 2011	Footage from the KBC archives	Subscription

Radio

Logo	Name	Launched	Content
	KBC Sports Radio	1979	Sports
	Electric Dreams	1999	Pop and electronic music
	Bangaz	1999	Rock and heavy metal music
	Refīn	1999	Jazz and classical music
	Golden Sun Radio	2001	News and podcasts in English
	Renu Hem Arkanure	2001	News and podcasts in Kalhan
	Fireplace	2018	Audiobooks

Others

Logo	Name	Content
	KBC Entertainment	Film production
	KBC Records	Music, mainly for films and series produced by the KBC
	KalAds	Advertising
	KBC Games	Production of video games based on KBC intellectual property