Music Bank (TV series)
Music Bank (Hangul: 뮤직뱅크) is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). It airs live every Friday at 17:00-KST. As of 2015, it is broadcast in 100 different countries through KBS World. Since May 2015, it is hosted by Red Velvet's Irene and Park Bo-gum. It is broadcast from the KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.
History
Prior to Music Bank, Top 10 Songs (가요톱10) debuted in 1981 airing live at 6:30PM on Fridays and aired until 1998. For the first few months of 1998, Bravo New Generation took its place, but due to low ratings, it was quickly replaced by Music Bank on June 18, 1998. The chart format that was used since Top 10 Songs was abandoned in late 2001 due to controversy and was changed into a request format.
In 2005, the show was moved to Sunday afternoons at 12:45PM and became a recorded broadcast. Due to sinking ratings, in September 2007, the show returned to its original timeslot of Fridays evenings at 6:30 PM and returned to a live format. The charts were revived as category-based charts.