Ryongnamsan Television

Ryongnamsan Television received its current name on September 5, 2012, with a logo reminiscent of the Kim Il Sung University logo and previously broadcast on Channel 9 from the Pyongyang TV Tower on a schedule operating from 19:00 to 22:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,[3] and since 2019 has been broadcasting from 18:00 to 22:00 on every weekday.[4] The channel is additionally available on the Manbang on-demand service.[5] The director is assumed to be the Head of Editorial Desk Yang Chun Won who has been in the position since 2012.[1]

The channel started off on April 1, 1971, broadcasting as "Kaesong Television" until February 1997 when the channel was rebranded as "Korean Educational and Cultural Network".[4] During this period, authorities conducted experimental broadcasting and started broadcasting the channel from the television tower in Kaesong on Channel 8 in the NTSC-M format, as a way to promote North Korean culture among South Korean viewers, authorities chose this channel because South Korea's KBS1 and KBS2 were using Channel 7 and 9 but their channels were jammed by North Korean authorities, the broadcasts continued until December 31, 2012, when the analogue shutdown happened in South Korea.[6]

Ryongnamsan Television has used 2 different types of test cards since its current inception in 2012. One being the 4:3 test card while the 16:9 HD test cards came into use around 2016 time.

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  The 4:3 test card in use before the 16:9 test card came in to place. Unknown date.
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  The Ryongnamsan Television 16:9 HD test card in use at some point during 2016.