SBS Eight O'Clock News

SBS Eight O'Clock News SBS 8 뉴스
Created by	SBS
Developed by	SBS News Division
Presented by	Kim Sung-joon Choi Hye-rim
Narrated by	Kim Sung-joon (Headlines)
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
Production
Running time	45 Minutes (Seoul, Weekdays, including commercials) 25 minutes (Provincial Areas, Weekdays, including commercials) 30 minutes (Weekends, including commercials)
Release
Original network	SBS
Original release	December 9, 1991 – present
External links
Website

SBS Eight O'Clock News (Also known as SBS 8 News (SBS 8 뉴스 in Korean)) is the flagship nightly newscast of the Seoul Broadcasting System. Airing from 19:55~20:55 KST, the newscast is known for breaking the tradition of airing news at 21:00 mastered by KBS with KBS News 9, MBC with MBC Newsdesk 9 and JTBC with JTBC News 9 giving itself the slogan "News an hour earlier".

It was launched on 9 December 1991, the same date when SBS was established. In conjunction of the broadcaster's 20th anniversary on December 9, 2011, SBS 8 News celebrated its 20th anniversary, making the news program the oldest nightly news program airing on a privately held broadcaster.

Local newscasts are aired after SBS 8 News at 8:25 on weekdays and 8:20 on weekends. A typical newscast runs for 20 minutes on weekdays and 10 minutes on weekends. The local newscasts pre-empt the SBS 8 News Sports news and Business news segment.

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