3:10 Relay
3:10 Relay (Korean: 310 중계석; Hanja: 310 中繼석; RR: samilgong junggyeseok; MR: samilgong chunggyesŏk) was a South Korean newscast airing on JTBC in 2020. With the concept of a sports program, it puts a funny spin on domestic and foreign stories using entertaining editing and captions. It is presented by Yang Won-bo and airs weekdays at 3:10 KST. Its final episode aired on 4 December, with anchor Yang Won-bo set to take over Pyo Chang-won in Scandal Supervisor.
| 3:10 Relay | |
|---|---|
 Titlecard featuring anchor Yang Won-bo | |
| Also known as | 310 중계석 |
| Genre | News, satire |
| Presented by | Yang Won-bo |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 90 |
| Production | |
| Production location | South Korea |
| Editor | 35 minutes |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Release | |
| Original network | JTBC |
| Original release | 20 July – 4 December 2020 |
Segments
- Opening – Yang Won-bo introduces the stories in Today's Headlines and ends it with showing the rating for the previous day (this has been abolished on 14 October).
- Today's Headlines – originally named Observation Point (관전 포인트), this segment is divided into three where the stories are broken down.
- Real-time Relay – the casters check the top 10 real-time trends on Naver as of broadcast time.
Commentators
| Role | Day | Name | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caster (캐스터) | Everyday | Yang Won-bo 양원보 |
20 July 2020—4 December 2020 | |
| Commentator (해설위원) | Mondays and Wednesdays | Go Hyun-joon 고현준 |
Monday commentator:
20 July 2020—28 September 2020 Wednesday commentator: 22 July 2020—16 September 2020 One-day commentator: 14 August 2020 |
Current host of Go Hyun-joon's News Briefing on SBS Love FM |
| Mondays only | Kim Kyung-jin 김경진 |
12 October 2020—30 November 2020 | member of the 20th National Assembly, representing the Buk District in Gwangju under the People's Party | |
| Tuesdays only | Lee Jong-hoon 이종훈 |
21 July 2020—4 August 2020 | Writer | |
| Im So-ra 임소라 |
18 August 2020—1 December 2020
One-day commentator: 13 August 2020 |
JTBC political reporter, former Political Desk Blue House captain | ||
| Thursdays only | Jeon Min-gi 전민기 |
23 July 2020—6 August 2020 | Sociologist | |
| Wednesdays and Thursdays | Park Sung-tae 박성태 |
Thursday commentator:
27 August 2020—3 December 2020 Wednesday commentator: 23 September 2020—2 December 2020 |
JTBC weekend editor, former Political Desk anchor | |
| Fridays only | Kang Chan-ho 강찬호 |
24 July 2020—13 November 2020 | JoongAng Ilbo editorial writer | |
Guest commentators
| Name | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ryu Ho-jeong[1] 류호정 |
11 August 2020 (one-day commentator) | member of the 21st National Assembly representing the Justice Party |
| Choi Soo-yeon 최수연 |
20 August 2020; 4 September 2020; 9, 16 October 2020; 4 December 2020 | JTBC political reporter |
| Lee Soo-jin 이수진 |
30 October 2020; 20 November 2020; 2 December 2020 | JTBC society reporter |
| Lee Ja-yeon 이자연 |
27 November 2020 | JTBC weekend reporter |
Ratings
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
Series overview
| Year | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 2020 | 90 | 20 July 2020 | 4 December 2020 | |
2020
| Ep. # | Broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen | ||||
| Seoul Metropolitan Area | Nationwide[2] | |||
| 1 | 20 July | 0.7% | 0.696% | |
| 2 | 21 July | 0.5% | NR | |
| 3 | 22 July | 0.6% | 0.776% | |
| 4 | 23 July | 1.0% | NR | |
| 5 | 24 July | 0.8% | 1.011% | |
| 6 | 27 July | 0.7% | 0.583% | |
| 7 | 28 July | 0.8% | 0.819% | |
| 8 | 29 July | 0.9% | 0.826% | |
| 9 | 30 July | 0.7% | 0.787% | |
| 10 | 31 July | 1.0% | 0.885% | |
| 11 | 3 August | 0.7% | 0.71% | |
| 12 | 4 August | 0.6% | NR | |
| 13 | 5 August | 1.2% | 1.006% | |
| 14 | 6 August | 1.1% | 1.085% | |
| 15 | 7 August | N/A[lower-alpha 1] | N/A | |
| 16 | 11 August | 1.0% | 0.858% | |
| 17 | 12 August | 0.5% | 0.698% | |
| 18 | 13 August | 1.2% | 0.89% | |
| 19 | 14 August | N/A[lower-alpha 2] | 0.553% | |
| 20 | 18 August | 0.8% | 0.838% | |
| 21 | 19 August | 1.0% | 1.003% | |
| 22 | 20 August | 1.3% | 1.159% | |
| 23 | 21 August | 0.7% | 0.826% | |
| 24 | 24 August | 0.5% | 0.818% | |
| 25 | 25 August | 0.9% | 0.926% | |
| 26 | 26 August | 1.0% | 0.953% | |
| 27 | 27 August | 1.4% | 1.317% | |
| 28 | 28 August | 1.0% | 0.924% | |
| 29 | 31 August | 0.5% | 0.616% | |
| 30 | 1 September | 0.9% | 0.869% | |
| 31 | 2 September | 0.7% | 0.674% | |
| 32 | 3 September | 1.1% | 1.17% | |
| 33 | 4 September | N/A[lower-alpha 3] | 0.875% | |
| 34 | 8 September | 0.7% | 0.695% | |
| 34 | 9 September | 0.8% | 0.741% | |
| 36 | 10 September | 1.3% | 1.157% | |
| 37 | 11 September | 1.2% | 1.036% | |
| 38 | 14 September | 0.7% | 0.653% | |
| 39 | 15 September | 0.7% | 0.696% | |
| 40 | 16 September | 1.2% | 1.004% | |
| 41 | 17 September | 0.8% | 0.8% | |
| 42 | 18 September | 0.4% | 0.517% | |
| 43 | 21 September | 0.8% | 0.786% | |
| 44 | 22 September | 1.3% | 1.039% | |
| 45 | 23 September | 0.9% | 0.831% | |
| 46 | 24 September | 1.2% | 1% | |
| 47 | 25 September | 0.6% | 0.609% | |
| 48 | 28 September | 0.6% | 0.729% | |
| 49 | 29 September | N/A[lower-alpha 4] | 0.857% | |
| 50 | 5 October | 0.5% | 0.493% | |
| 51 | 6 October | 0.8% | 0.828% | |
| 52 | 7 October | 0.7% | 0.807% | |
| 53 | 8 October | 1.0% | 0.779% | |
| 54 | 9 October | 1.3% | 1.203% | |
| 55 | 12 October | 0.9% | 0.846% | |
| 56 | 13 October | 0.6% | 0.806% | |
| 57 | 14 October | 1.0% | 0.772% | |
| Ep. # | Broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen | ||||
| Nationwide | ||||
| 58 | 15 October | 0.699% | ||
| 59 | 16 October | 0.868% | ||
| 60 | 19 October | 0.634% | ||
| 61 | 20 October | 0.666% | ||
| 62 | 21 October | 1.136% | ||
| 63 | 23 October[lower-alpha 6] | 0.68% | ||
| 64 | 26 October | 0.57% | ||
| 65 | 27 October | 0.769% | ||
| 66 | 28 October | 0.71% | ||
| 67 | 29 October | 0.662% | ||
| 68 | 30 October | 0.578% | ||
| 69 | 2 November | 0.898% | ||
| 70 | 3 November | 0.873% | ||
| 71 | 9 November[lower-alpha 7] | 0.944% | ||
| 72 | 10 November | 0.915% | ||
| 73 | 11 November | 0.451% | ||
| 74 | 12 November | 0.848% | ||
| 75 | 13 November | 0.985% | ||
| 76 | 16 November | 0.587% | ||
| 77 | 17 November | 0.983% | ||
| 78 | 18 November | 0.877% | ||
| 79 | 19 November | 0.949% | ||
| 80 | 20 November | 0.956% | ||
| 81 | 23 November | 1.047% | ||
| 82 | 24 November | 0.965% | ||
| 83 | 25 November | 0.606% | ||
| 84 | 26 November | 0.793% | ||
| 85 | 27 November | 1.03% | ||
| 86 | 30 November | 0.992% | ||
| 87 | 1 December | 1.128% | ||
| 88 | 2 December | 0.994% | ||
| 89 | 3 December | 0.747% | ||
| 90 | 4 December | 1.038% | ||
Controversy
The broadcast got backlash from netizens due to the nature of the show.
Flood in Busan
On 24 July 2020, the show went under fire for covering the Busan flood as if a lighthearted issue. The corresponding clip was since put to private.
Beirut explosions
The Korea Communications Commission issued a warning against the show for an 5 August 2020 segment on the Beirut explosions. Viewers were aggravated with the way the show covered about the explosions, particularly with the sports broadcasting format and the "observation points". Two days later, Yang Won-bo told audience that "we always listen to [audience] feedback and heed them."[4][5] The corresponding clip was then put to private.
Bicycle stealing
On 21 October 2020, anchor Yang Won-bo reported on an article about the Netherlands having a lot of bicycle thieves, of which he responded with a sarcastic nuance, saying he can protest at the Dutch embassy. On that same segment, he made a joke to commentator Park Sung-tae about it, saying "you experienced [having a bike stolen from you]."
Notes
- No ratings for the Friday broadcast was released due to the 10 August 2020 broadcast being preempted to give way to breaking news coverage of typhoon Jangmi. It was temporarily replaced by an extended Jun Yong-woo's News ON.
- The country declared 17 August as a temporary national holiday, hence none of the afternoon newscasts aired their respective episodes.[3] The ratings for the 14 August broadcast wasn't released.
- All the afternoon newscasts except for Political Desk have been preempted to give way for breaking news coverage of typhoon Haishen. Ratings for the 4 September broadcast wasn't released.
- The show did not air episodes from 30 September–October 2 due to Chuseok.
- Yang Won-bo decided to stop showing ratings starting 15 October
- The broadcast was preempted on 22 October due to the special coverage of the parliamentary audit on the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office.
- The show was preempted on 4–6 November to give way for special coverage of the 2020 US presidential elections.
References
- "대자보 100장 붙인 류호정.."비동의 강간죄 관심" 호소". 다음 뉴스 (in Korean). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "310 중계석 시청률 – Daum 검색". 310 중계석 시청률 – Daum 검색. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- Herald, The Korea (21 July 2020). "S. Korea designates Aug. 17 as temporary holiday for virus-weary people". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- "310 중계석 – 나무위키". namu.wiki. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- "JTBC '310중계석', 베이루트 폭발 대참사 보도에 "관전포인트"". 다음 연예 (in Korean). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.