The original announcer Son Beom-soo, who appeared on ‘Radio Star’, is signaling his great performance as the ‘Guardian of Spelling’.

The MBC ‘Radio Star’ (planned by Kang Young-sun/directed by Kim Myung-yeop and Hwang Yoon-sang), which will air on the 13th, will be decorated with a special feature of ‘Too Much is Coming’, featuring Son Beom-soo, Han Sang-bo, New Jinsnim, and Mimi Minu.

Son Beom-soo is the original announcer who was a part of the 17th KBS open recruitment announcer team and enjoyed his prime in the 1990s. He has been the MC for ‘Entertainment Weekly’, ‘Good Morning’, ‘Saturday Parade’, ‘Top 10 Songs’, and is currently working on various channels as a freelancer.

As expected from an announcer, Son Beom-soo catches the eye with his accurate pronunciation and language skills. It is said that he made everyone burst into laughter by pointing out guests‘ spelling mistakes throughout the recording and acting as a ‘spelling guardian’.

Son Beom-soo then reveals the story of how he urgently contacted his junior Kim Seong-ju, who was broadcasting the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. Also, when asked to name a junior announcer as his ‘successor in spelling’, he out of the blue named singer and actress ‘IU (Lee Ji-eun)’, raising curiosity about the reason for this.



Son Beom-soo’s living broadcasting memory AI side is also expected to provide laughter. He surprises everyone by summoning a rare video, saying, ‘I knew (that it would do well) right away’ when KBS open talent-turned-actor Lee Byung-hun appeared on his program when he was a rookie.

Son Beom-soo, who surprised everyone with his incredible memory, shows off materials related to him on his phone, and also shows his preparedness by writing a ‘individual collaboration script’ with MCs Kim Gook-jin and Yoo Se-yoon. The collaboration that came to fruition was none other than a reenactment of ‘Quiz Exploration Mysterious World’.

MCs Kim Gook-jin and Yoo Se-yoon transformed into their respective gag characters, ‘Chihuahua’ and ‘Baboon’, raising curiosity about what kind of synergy of humor they will create.

Meanwhile, Son Beom-soo, known as the ‘dinner-addict’ in the broadcasting industry, emphasizes his compatibility with the ‘Radio Star’ team, who only have company dinners once or twice a year, and suggests, “Let‘s all have a company dinner together”. Here, it is said that the reaction of ‘Guardian of Spelling’ Kim Gu-ra brought out laughter.

His tireless ‘Guardian of Spelling’ aspect and his witty banter worthy of the original announcer can be seen on ‘Radio Star’, which will be broadcast at 10:30 PM on Wednesday the 13th.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com