The following is a typical daily broadcast schedule for the North Korean Central Television Service. Schedule courtesy of Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Central_Television). All times are Pyongyang Time (PYT) which is 9 hours ahead of UTC. Livestream can be seen online at https://kcnawatch.org/korea-central-tv-livestream/.
Broadcast time Broadcast programs
Note: This schedule has been known to vary depending on the day of the week, this day in NOKO history and current events.
Welcome to KCTV at 14:30 Pyongyang Time
14:30-15:00 Highly modified version of the Philips PM5544 (4:3), Philips PM5644 (16:9), Test Pattern with digital clock and multiple elements including color bars, resolution grids and other markings (the audio is music – usually classical or patriotic – and clock ident with the 8-note chime of "Song of General Kim Il-sung" as time signal)
15:00-15:10 National anthem, introduction announcement, "Song of General Kim Il-sung" (instrumental version) & "Song of General Kim Jong-il" (instrumental version), television listings
15:10-16:20 Special events recap
16:20-17:00 Documentary specials
17:00-17:20 Afternoon News ("Report", 보도 –Bodo–)
17:20-17:25 Press Review (오늘호 중앙신문개관)
17:30-18:00 Children's Broadcast time (cartoons, anecdotes of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, etc.)
18:00-18:15 Law enforcement show
18:15-18:35 Military show (chorus, parade, exercises, etc.); also includes the military comedy show It's So Funny
18:35-19:00 Sports
19:00-19:25 The evening news ("Report", 보도 –Bodo–)
19:25-19:30 Weather forecast
19:30-20:00 Sitcom (usually revolutionary or daily life themed TV series)
20:00-20:40 Drama show
20:50-22:20 Feature Film
22:20-22:25 The late-night news ("Among the Report today", 오늘의 보도중에서 –Oneul'ui Bodojeung'eseo–)
22:25-22:30 Weather forecast
22:30-22:35 Music videos
22:35-22:40 TV listings for tomorrow, sign-off announcement, National Flag and music 빛나는 조국 ("Our Shining Country")
22:40-14:30 Off the air. 8-bar Test Pattern with 1 kHz tone (tone but still black screen starts about 1.5 minutes after black screen start and lasts about 10 seconds at which point RF signal is completely cut; RF transmission begins again 21 minutes later the content of this transmission is bars+tone; bars without tone starts 1.25 minutes before the beginning of next program cycle)
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