Five reasons to collect KBS broadcasting receipts

I have been a member of the KBS Audience Committee since September last year, participating in official meetings twice a month. Since May 1990, when I was a social affairs reporter for the Hankyoreh Newspaper and reported on the so-called “broadcast democratization struggle” of KBS and MBC, I have always considered the role and importance of broadcasting, especially for KBS, to be “between the president and the prime minister." However, what is the current status of KBS? It is undeniable that the trust of the people has declined. There are many reasons for this, both inside and outside KBS, but I would like to mention the TV license fee, commonly known as the viewing fee. Currently, the fee is 2,500 won per month or 30,000 won per year. The fee has gone through ups and downs depending on who holds political power. From the mid-1980s, when citizens boycotted KBS in response to its one-sided praise of former President Chun Doo-hwan, to the early 1990s, when it was collected in the same way as KEPCO's electricity bill, it has been a stable source of funding for KBS for more than 30