[2][3] It is a music program that holds a music concert at the EBS headquarters for four days every Monday to Thursday and processes the live performance, coverage, and interviews.

[7] The EBS space premiered on April 3, 2004. with its first broadcast of soprano Shin Young-ok's live performance, and the hall had converted the auditorium on the first floor of the EBS office building into a small concert hall.

[9][10] Five critics and three producers monitor various albums every week and then decide the cast together.

[11] It has been co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency since 2008.

[12] The Hello Rookie Contest is regarded as the most representative competition that is the medium in making Korean rookie indie bands famous, and bands such as Guckkasten, Kiha & The Faces, Daybreak and Jambinai first became famous through the competition.