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Kedalfax Broadcasting Corporation

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Type	Broadcast radio network and television network
Country	Kedalfax, Kedalfaxian Commonwealth
Availability	National; Some services available in Audland
Headquartered	Kennerwyck, Kedalfax
Launched	Radio: 1922 Television: 1929
Website	http://www.kbc.co.ked

History

The Kedalfaxian Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1922 as Kennerwyck Radio Broadcasting. It first began airing at 810 KHz with the call sign KRB 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 St. Augustine, NV, over 1,000 km away.

In 1929, Kennerwyck Radio Broadcasting launched an experimental television network, which is now KKBC in Kennerwyck. After the station saw success, another mirror station was started in Lauderdale. With its success, Kedalfax 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 Kennerwyck, and later that year Straatstad. 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
  • KKWK-Kennerwyck

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

Notes

1. ^  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.