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essential; by Bugs today, and the days ahead.

The full schedule in Asia/Seoul time, what is on now and next, and the same data in your app with one call.

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On now on essential; by Bugs06:29 KST

On now

깊은 사색에 빠지는 시간

05:39 to 06:43 KST

15 minutes left

06:43산뜻하게 출발하는 아침

07:44설레는 하루가 펼쳐질 거야

Scheduleessential; by Bugs schedule

All times Asia/Seoul. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Asia/Seoul

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Two days agoSun 11 Oct YesterdayMon 12 Oct TodayTue 13 Oct TomorrowWed 14 Oct ThursdayThu 15 Oct FridayFri 16 Oct SaturdaySat 17 Oct SundaySun 18 Oct MondayMon 19 Oct Archive planPast days

Time	Programme	Length
23:40	얼룩진 마음 씻어내며모든 감정을 가만히 흘려보내며	58m
00:38	하루의 끝을 느긋하게내일을 맞이하는 밤	1h 5m
01:42	푸른 새벽빛이 스며든 꿈결에현실감 없이 몽롱하게	1h 7m
02:49	차분하고 고요한 적막이 필요해끊임없던 소음에서 벗어나	58m
03:47	꿈과 현실의 경계에서낮게 깔린 어둠을 맞으며	58m
04:45	소란했던 하루는 잊어버리고고단함은 잊고 편안한 밤을	54m
05:39	깊은 사색에 빠지는 시간 On now끝없는 생각 속을 유유히	1h 4m
06:43	산뜻하게 출발하는 아침여행을 떠나는 것처럼	1h
07:44	설레는 하루가 펼쳐질 거야예상치 못한 전개로	58m

In your appThis schedule, in four languages

Copy, add your key, run. The free key reads yesterday and today on every channel, 500 calls a day.

Get a free key

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Asia/Seoul"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/history?from=2026-10-05T00:00:00Z&to=2026-10-06T00:00:00Z"

$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Asia/Seoul");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("TVG_KEY")],
]);
foreach (json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true)["data"] as $slot) {
  echo $slot["start"], " ", $slot["title"], "\n";
}

const r = await fetch("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/schedule?date=2026-10-13&tz=Asia/Seoul", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TVG_KEY}` },
});
const { data } = await r.json();
data.forEach(s => console.log(s.start, s.title, s.flags.live ? "LIVE" : ""));

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/schedule",
    params={"date": "2026-10-13", "tz": "Asia/Seoul"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TVG_KEY']}"},
)
for slot in r.json()["data"]:
    print(slot["start"], slot["title"])

Free keyEvery time in UTCIds that never change

// GET /v1/channels/ch_zq3041r4/schedule?date=2026-10-13, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_wfkaty76",
            "channel": "ch_zq3041r4",
            "start": "2026-10-12T14:40:34Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-12T15:38:07Z",
            "title": "얼룩진 마음 씻어내며",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "모든 감정을 가만히 흘려보내며",
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 9,
        "date": "2026-10-13",
        "tz": "Asia/Seoul"
    }
}