KBC TV (Kanuzunda Islands)

KBC TV is a Kanuzunda state-owned free-to-air terrestrial television channel owned by the Kanuzunda Broadcasting Corporation. It was launched on January 15, 1980, as the first television channel in the Kanuzunda Islands. KBC TV is a general entertainment channel that broadcasts in Goymari, Far, and. KBC TV broadcasts from the KBC Broadcasting House in 28 Hinjiwat Square. KBC TV commenced HD broadcasts in 2009, becoming the first Nesionytan state-owned television channel to do so.

History
With the growing popularity of television in the Nesionytan Islands, the Government of the Kanuzunda Islands announced the introduction of television in the country in 1958. Kanuzunda Broadcasting Corporation began its works to enter the television market. Private companies were also allowed to set up television stations as well. However, the project was halted immediately after the coup d'état in 1958. The nationalist coalition that ousted the liberal government later banned television. Throughout the 1960s, ethnic tensions and civil unrest made it difficult for television broadcasts to happen in the Kanuzunda Islands.

In 1978, under military rule, the idea of establishing a local television station in the Kanuzunda Islands was revived, but only the state-owned Kanuzunda Broadcasting Corporation can do so. On January 1, 1980, experimental television broadcasts by the KBC were commenced. The television station was initially called Kanuzunda Television Station. It was later renamed to KBC TV. On January 15, 1980, the station commenced full transmissions, broadcasting for 5 hours daily. Initially in black and white, color transmissions began in 1983.

To develop the television industry further, KBC was allowed to launch a second television station. And thus, KBC TV 2 was launched on August 12, 1985. KBC TV mostly aired general entertainment and public affairs programming, and KBC TV 2 was reserved primarily for international and educational programming. In 1989, KBC TV was renamed to KBC TV 1, to distinguish itself from channel 2. KBC TV began broadcasting for 12 hours in 1991, with growing competition from foreign satellite channels and recently launched local 3TV.

News programming on television was banned as it was only reserved for newspapers and radio, but as the ban was lifted in 1992, KBC TV immediately began airing news. It produced Twin Detectives, a drama series about twin brothers who are both detectives, in 1994, which turned out to be the most watched television program in the Kanuzunda Islands. As a result, KBC TV began producing more local television programs. In 1997, KBC TV collaborated with Ulakisonia's TV Aina to create Sarah, which is about a titular woman with magical powers. Although commercially successful, it was often criticized for being similar to .