{"id":125917,"date":"2008-09-04T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b15592ac-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2008-09-04T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T19:46:00","slug":"b15592bd-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/b15592bd-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"New Korean reality TV show films on Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Korean Broadcasting System is on Saipan filming a new segment for its \u201cHappy Sunday\u201d program, which is a very popular two-hour weekend entertainment show airing on Sundays from 6pm to 8pm.  <\/p>\n<p>KBS is the largest national TV network in Korea and \u201cHappy Sunday\u201d enjoys a viewership of approximately 15 million people.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy Sunday\u201d is launching a new program called \u201cSingle-Single\u201d which is a celebrity mock-dating reality show and will be filming the first episode in Saipan.  \u201cSingle-Single\u201d show hosts are a very popular comedian\/singer duo named \u201cCountry KkoKko (Jung-Hwan Shin and Jae-Hoon Tak). In addition, five actors and five actresses will be filming on Saipan.  <\/p>\n<p>Filming will consist of water sports and activities, couple games at Saipan Word Resort\u2019s water park, cultural experiences, beach dates, island tours, a dance contest, a bottom-fishing tour, a monster truck jungle tour and a spa experience on Saipan.  <\/p>\n<p>The show will air on Sept. 21 and 28 as well as Oct. 5 and 12 and has an estimated value of $2 million to the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>The Marianas Visitors Authority acknowledged its members for their support to make this TV coverage happen.  They include Saipan World Resort, Tasi Tours, K.P.S. Corporation, KTAS &#038; Mode Tour, Bonita Park, DPS, Mariana Resort &#038; Spa and Micronesia Handicraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to having Saipan featured on KBS in Korea,\u201d said MVA managing director Perry Tenorio. \u201cOur Korean arrivals continue to be strong and with the opportunity for TV exposure in Korea to such a large audience we look forward to the positive brand recognition that the program will bring to our destination.\u201d [B][I](MVA)[\/I][\/B]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Korean Broadcasting System is on Saipan filming a new segment for its \u201cHappy Sunday\u201d program, which is a very popular two-hour weekend entertainment show airing on Sundays from 6pm to 8pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}