"Seoul Ballad Award" was formerly known as "Seoul Ballad Award", and it became Seoul Ballad Award with the name of Seoul changed to Seoul in 25. The Seoul Folk Song Award has been held since 199, and it is a long-standing folk song award ceremony in Korea. From 199 to 24, it was co-sponsored by Sports Seoul and SBS***, and broadcast by SBS. It was closed in 25, and SBS no longer participated in the hosting in 26. It was hosted by Sports Seoul alone, and the broadcasting stations were not fixed.