The Korean Broadcasting System(KBS) has retained its top position in viewership ratings.  

According to the Korea Communications Commission, KBS led 270 other broadcasters in viewership share in 2017, receiving 27-point-89 percent. 

It marks the third year in a row KBS was atop the ranking, although its share declined by about zero-point-seven percent from 2016. 

MBC placed a distant second with 12-point-47 percent, down two-point-52 percentage points from the previous year, for the steepest decline among the terrestrial broadcasters and program providers. SBC ranked fifth at eight-point-66 percent, edging down zero-point-01 percentage point. 

Major program provider CJ E&M came in third at 11 percent, while general programming channel JTBC jumped to fourth place at nine-point-45 percent, up one-point-72 percentage points on-year, thanks to its largest share increase among the broadcasters and program providers. 

TV Chosun’s share dropped by zero-point-94 percentage points to eight-point-89 percent for sixth, trailed by Channel A with six-point-62 percent.