Kedalfax Broadcasting Corporation
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| Type | Broadcast radio network and television network |
| Country | Kedalfax |
| Availability | National; Some services available in Audland |
| Headquartered | Ashcroft, Kedalfax |
| Launched | Radio: 1922 Television: 1929 |
| Website | http://www.kbc.co.ked |
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History
The Kedalfaxian Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1922 as Ashcroft Radio Broadcasting in Ashcroft, Kedalfax. It first began airing at 810 KHz with the call sign ARB at 6:45 PM on June 7, 1922. The station is still in use today, as the KBC's main AM station. The frequency of 810 KHz remains a clear channel[1]. On a clear night, KRB can be heard as far away as New Scotland, in Audland, over 1,000 km away.
In 1929, Ashcroft Radio Broadcasting launched an experimental television network, which is now KKBC in Ashcroft. After the station saw success, another mirror station was started in Rosendale. With its success, Ashcroft Radio Broadcasting changed its name to the Kedalfax Broadcasting Corporation. During the Great Depression, KBC was given government funds to start radio stations in cities that didn't yet have any, to improve the spread of news. When World War II started, KBC became the forerunner in radio news, gaining well over two thirds of the market share.
After the war ended, KBC's near monopoly of the radio market sparked anti-trust suits, and by 1956 the total amount of the settlements had exceeded the subsidies of earlier years. This did not stop KBC from starting more radio networks, as well as television stations in much of the nation. By 1965, there was a KBC affiliate TV and radio station in every major city in Kedalfax.
In 1968, KBC introduced the first Wikipedia:CATV network in Kedalfax; first deploying in Ashcroft, and later that year Rosendale. The service cost K$10/month. Originally, they were literal Community Antenna TV systems; there were no direct feeds, even of local stations. Later in 1968, the local KBC stations were directly fed into the cables, and in early 1970 other networks began receiving direct feeds. Through 1971, KBC set up CATV systems in other major cities, most of them having direct KBC feeds from their installation.
In 1972, KBC started the Kedalfaxian CATV Networks, Inc., and added a cable-exclusive 24-hour news network called KCN, for Kedalfaxian CATV News (now Kedalfaxian Cable News). In 1973, Kedalfaxian CATV Networks was renamed Warren Networks, Inc.
Divisions
KBC Televison Networks
Broadcast
KBC affiliates can be found across the nation, and affiliates with full KBC programming can be found on some worldwide stations.
- Worldwide broadcast affiliates
- AKBC-Lancaster, Audland
- AKRB-McCarthy, Audland
- KHNS-Hollnersville
Cable Networks
KBC owns various cable networks available through a variety of providers in multiple nations.
Name Description RL equivalent KCN (Kedalfaxian Cable News) 24-hour news programming CNN KBS (KBC Superstation) Sit-coms, comedy programming TBS Comedy Nation Comedy programming, stand-up, sit-coms Wikipedia:Comedy Central Karma Programing aimed toward women Lifetime TesTV Programing aimed toward men Spike TV TooNet Cartoons, anime Cartoon Network KNET (KBC NEtwork Television) Drama, action TNT KBC Sports (Also KBC Sports 2) Sporting events, sport-related content ESPN
Cable and Communications Providers
Warren Networks is KBC's domestic cable provider.
WarrenNet is a cable Internet connection provider, run by Warren Networks. WarrenNet also provides dial-up service at cost to people outside of its cable coverage areas.
KBC also owns Piemre, Inc., the nation's largest DSL, T1, and fiber-optic Internet provider.
Notes
- ^ 810 KHz is only clear in the Kedalfaxian layer of the Multiverse Cake. The frequency may be in use on other layers, and is used on the RL layer by Wikipedia:WGY.
