Replace the recorded broadcast and cancel the show...MBC and SBS are all-stop at the year-end awards ceremony.

Dec 30, 2024

Replace the recorded broadcast and cancel the show...MBC and SBS are all-stop at the year-end awards ceremony.



While 179 people were killed in the Jeju Air plane disaster, the year-end awards and events of the three broadcasting companies will be replaced by recorded broadcasts or decided to cancel the broadcast.

The '2024 MBC Broadcasting Entertainment Awards', which was scheduled to be held on the day of the disaster on the 29th, announced the cancellation of the photo time event following the decision to cancel the photo time event, and eventually canceled it.

Later, MBC announced on the 30th that '2024 MBC Acting Grand Prize' will be replaced with a recording, not a live broadcast. The schedule and the method of announcing the winners will be announced later, he said.




MBC expressed its deepest condolences to the victims and bereaved families of yesterday's plane crash. In order to share our condolences with the people who are deeply saddened by this accident, I would like to inform you that the live broadcast of the "2024 MBC Acting Awards" scheduled for December 30th at 8:40 p.m. will be canceled and replaced with a recorded broadcast" he said.

The decision was then made in the hope of commemorating the victims and sharing the pain of the bereaved families. We ask for your understanding, and we will inform you in detail later on the schedule of the recorded broadcast and the method of announcing the winners."

He also mourned "I pray for the souls of the victims, and once again I express my deepest sympathy to the bereaved families."




In addition, '2024 MBC Music Festival WANNABE', which was scheduled to air on the 31st, also canceled all three awards ceremonies, predicting cancellation.

2024 SBS Entertainment Awards has confirmed its cancellation.

According to Sports Chosun coverage on the 30th, the '2024 SBS Entertainment Awards', which was scheduled to be broadcast live at 8:40 p.m. on the 31st, was canceled due to the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster. Live broadcasting and recording are not carried out, and future schedules are undecided.




SBS previously said "No decision has been made" on whether to hold the awards ceremony, but it seems to have decided to cancel it in consideration of the designation of the national mourning period and the aftermath of the disaster.

The KBS Drama Acting Awards, which will be held on the 31st, are also reportedly being discussed over cancellation and cancellation.

Meanwhile, according to the National Fire Agency on the 29th, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 from Bangkok, Thailand, was involved in an accident at 9:03 a.m. while attempting to land on the runway of Muan International Airport.

The aircraft was halved when it collided with facilities around the runway, and it was engulfed in flames, causing many casualties. The probationary authorities have recovered all of the victims, except for two survivors, out of 181 passengers.



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