[Edaily Starin Gim Ga Yeong Reporter] Producer Jo Yong-ho, who directed the popular TBC program “Show Show Show,” has passed away. He was 87.

According to his family, the late Mr. Cho passed away on the 28th. The cause of death was reported to be a long-standing illness.
Born in 1939, the late Mr. Cho graduated from Gyeonggi High School and the Department of Aesthetics at Seoul National University. After working as a music program producer at TBC Radio, he moved to television and directed “Show Show Show” for about 10 years. He later served as head of production at TBC, deputy director of the variety division at KBS, and a production committee member at MBC and SBS, before taking on the roles of head of production and executive vice president at Mnet.
TBC’s “Show Show Show” was the first variety show in Korea to combine dance, singing, and comedy, and it was immensely popular with viewers.
The deceased was also active as a lyricist. He gained attention for writing the lyrics to hit songs from the 1970s and 1980s, including Twin Folio’s “White Handkerchief” (an adaptation of a hit by Greek singer Nana Mouskouri), “We Are One” by the married couple Jeong Hoon-hee and Kim Tae-hwa, and Park Kyung-hee’s “Wherever I Stay, I Don’t Know Where.”
He is survived by his wife, Kim Eun-ae.
The funeral hall has been set up in Room 10 of the Yonsei University Sinchon Funeral Home. The funeral procession will depart at 8:30 a.m. on the 30th.