KBS 1TV’s long-running program ‘My Hometown at 6’ has been protecting our living rooms with its unchanging emotions and warm resonance for over 30 years.

Since its first broadcast in May 1991, this program has served as a bridge between cities and rural areas and generations, attracting viewers by going beyond simple information delivery and focusing on ‘people’s stories.’

In particular, the’ Run Home Bus ‘that runs along country roads all over the country every Tuesday is also a symbol of’ My Hometown at 6 ‘.When national guide and singer Kim Jung-yeon boards the bus to go home after seeing the 5-day market, the applause pours in and she smoothly tells the life stories she’s always wanted to tell.On the ‘Run Home Bus’, famous scenes continue to shine with the sincere hosting of ‘national guide and singer Kim Jung-yeon.

Kim Jung-yeon, who joined the first hometown bus in season 1 in 2009, has been telling the heartbreaking stories of the elderly in her hometown through seasons 2 and 3.The reason why a real drama with no two episodes being the same is possible comes from the sincerity of Kim Jung-yeon, the nation’s guide girl.

Kim Jeong-yeon was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the broadcaster who rode the most military buses in the country.

But more valuable than that record are the thousands of seniors she met.Even amidst the big trends of urbanization, aging, and regional extinction, KBS ‘My Hometown at 6’ continues to silently travel the road to hometown with Kim Jung-yeon today.The unscripted life drama that Kim Jung-yeon writes with rural seniors is expected to continue in the future.



Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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