Pyeonghwa Radio Station Pyeonghwa Radio Station (‘Pyeonghwa’ means ‘Peace’ in Korean)(‘Pyeonghwa’ means ‘Peace’ in Korean)

in Koreain Korea

Fr. Peter Kim Young-chun, Fr. Peter Kim Young-chun, chief director of Peace Radio Station chief director of Peace Radio Station

1. Mission of Peace 1. Mission of Peace RadioRadio

Good NewsGood News To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings

of the Churchof the Church Two goals Two goals

1) Non-Catholics: to convey the Catholic messages1) Non-Catholics: to convey the Catholic messages 2) Catholics: to reeducate through a variety of programs2) Catholics: to reeducate through a variety of programs Bright WorldBright World

To promote the common good in the areas of Justice, PTo promote the common good in the areas of Justice, Peace, and Charity that flows from the Catholic spirit. eace, and Charity that flows from the Catholic spirit.

2. Programs of Peace 2. Programs of Peace RadioRadio

4 main sections of contents4 main sections of contents 1) Catholic oriented contents1) Catholic oriented contents 2) General educational programs2) General educational programs 3) Music programs3) Music programs 4) News4) News On SundaysOn Sundays around 70% of all contents are evangelical programs around 70% of all contents are evangelical programs (ex. Sunday Mass, liturgical music, catechism, lecture on (ex. Sunday Mass, liturgical music, catechism, lecture on

the scripture, Catholic news, and so on)the scripture, Catholic news, and so on)

Table 1.Table 1. The numbers of programs The numbers of programs and percentages for each section and percentages for each section

(June 2008)(June 2008)

Catholic Catholic oriented oriented contentscontents

General General educational educational

contentscontents

Music Music oriented oriented contentscontents

News News (Church, (Church, society)society)

TotalTotal

NumbersNumbers of of

programsprograms1717 88 44 55 3434

MinutesMinutes(21 hours (21 hours

a day)a day)3,7603,760 1,5251,525 2,6252,625 910910 8,8208,820

PercentagesPercentages 42.6%42.6% 17.3%17.3% 29.8%29.8% 10.3%10.3% 100.0%100.0%

3. Local Peace Radio 3. Local Peace Radio StationsStations

Peace Radio Station (Main): Seoul ArchdiocesePeace Radio Station (Main): Seoul Archdiocese 4 Local Peace Radio Stations4 Local Peace Radio Stations 1) Kwangju : Kwangju Archdiocese1) Kwangju : Kwangju Archdiocese 2) Daegu : Daegu Archdiocese2) Daegu : Daegu Archdiocese 3) Pusan : Pusan diocese3) Pusan : Pusan diocese 4) Daejeon : Daejeon diocese4) Daejeon : Daejeon diocese

Relay the programs of Peace RadioRelay the programs of Peace Radio Broadcast their own programsBroadcast their own programs

Table 2. Summary table of main and 4 other local Peace Radio Stations

(June 2008)

Name Ownership Inauguration dayPercentages of local

programs (per 8,820 minutes a week)

Personnel

Peace Radio(Main)

Archdiocese of Seoul

April 15, 1990 N/A 38

KwangjuPeace Radio

Archdiocese of Kwangju

June 2, 1996 1,225 minutes (13.9%) 17

DaeguPeace Radio

Archdiocese of Daegu

September 9, 1996 1,990 minutes (22.6%) 11

PusanPeace Radio

Diocese of Pusan

May 3, 2000 2,052 minutes (22.8%) 17

DaejeonPeace Radio

Diocese of Daejeon

December 1, 2000 390 minutes (4.4%) 6

4. Characteristics of Peace 4. Characteristics of Peace Radio Station Radio Station

in Korea where Catholics are a in Korea where Catholics are a minorityminority

3 main Religions and Radio Stations3 main Religions and Radio Stations 1) Buddhism (22.8%):1) Buddhism (22.8%): one Radio Station since 1992 one Radio Station since 1992

2) Protestantism (18.3%):2) Protestantism (18.3%): two Radio Stations by the associated two Radio Stations by the associated protestant denominations, since 1954 and 1956 respectivelyprotestant denominations, since 1954 and 1956 respectively

3) Catholic (10.9%):3) Catholic (10.9%): one Radio Station since 1990 one Radio Station since 1990 Competition among religions is very severeCompetition among religions is very severe Strategies in the multi-religious contextStrategies in the multi-religious context

respect other religionsrespect other religions reach the general audience without being too straight, reach the general audience without being too straight,

but imply the virtue of Catholicism within contentsbut imply the virtue of Catholicism within contents