Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
朝日放送株式会社
Type Public Kabushiki gaisha
Traded as OSE: 9405
Industry information, communication
Founded Osaka, Japan March 15, 1951 (1951-03-15)
Headquarters 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan
Number of locations 5 (3 in Japan, 1 in Paris, 1 in Shanghai)
Area served Kansai, Japan
Key people Satoshi Wakisaka
(President)
Services broadcasting
Revenue steady¥76,691 million (FY 2010)
Operating income increase¥3,605 million (FY 2010)
Net income increase¥2,438 million (FY 2010)
Total assets decrease¥93,139 million (FY 2010)
Total equity increase¥56,273 million (FY 2010)
Owner(s) The Asahi Shimbun Company (14.9%)
TV Asahi Corporaion (9.3%)
and others
Employees 670 (March 31, 2011)
Parent The Asahi Shimbun Company
Subsidiaries ABC Media Communications
sky A, Inc.
ABC Development Corporation
i-nex+
ABC Livra Co.ltd.
ABC Golf Club
Kagami Co.,ltd.
Website asahi.jp

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (朝日放送株式会社 Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha?, ABC) is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.

Contents

Offices

Current headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Former headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Network affiliations

Radio

JONR
City of license Osaka
Broadcast area Kansai region
Frequency 1008 kHz
First air date November 11, 1951
Format Talk, Sports
Power 50,000 watts
Affiliations JRN, NRN
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Website abc1008.com

TV

JONR-DTV
Kansai region
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
Virtual: 6
Affiliations ANN
Owner Asahi Shimbun
First air date December 1, 1956
Former affiliations JNN (1956-1975)
Transmitter coordinates 34°40′41.80″N 135°40′41″E / 34.678278°N 135.67806°E / 34.678278; 135.67806
Website asahi.co.jp

History of ABC

  • March 15, 1951 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku. ABC started AM radio broadcasting on November 11 (1010 kHz).
  • May 25, 1955 - ABC and New Japan Broadcasting Company (NJB, the predecessor of Mainichi Broadcasting System) founded Osaka Television Co., Ltd. (大阪テレビ放送株式会社 Ōsaka Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha?, OTV) in Dojima, Kita-ku.
  • December 1, 1956 - OTV started television broadcasting on channel 6, under the callsign JOBX-TV.
  • March 1, 1959 - ABC acquired OTV and renamed the television station ABC Osaka Television (朝日放送大阪テレビ Asahi Hōsō Ōsaka Terebi?, ABC-OTV).
  • June 1, 1959 - ABC merged with OTV, and has been broadcasting both television and radio since then.
  • May 2, 1965 - ABC joined Japan Radio Network (JRN), and the next day it also joined another commercial radio network National Radio Network (NRN).
  • 1966 - Dispersed offices and studios were integrated into the headquarters building in Oyodo-minami, Oyodo-ku (present: Kita-ku).
  • March 31, 1975 - ABC pulled out of JNN and joined All-Nippon News Network (ANN) on behalf of Asahi Shimbun, one of major shareholders of ABC. ABC was one of founders of Japan News Network (JNN), the first news network of commercial television stations in Japan.
  • November 23, 1978 - The frequency of ABC AM radio changed from 1010 kHz to 1008 kHz.
  • March 23, 2001 - ABC acquired ISO 14001 certification, the first broadcaster in Japan to do so.
  • January 1, 2008 - The ABC logo was redesigned, featuring the call letters ABC and the name "Asahi Broadcasting Corporation", "朝日放送", "Radio", or "TV" under the slope line from the letter "C". A simplified version (only three latters of "ABC") is used in program credits.
  • May 19, 2008 - ABC moved the headquarters from Oyodo-minami Nichome, Kita-ku to Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku.
  • June 23, 2008 - ABC started broadcasting from its present headquarters.

Broadcasting

Radio

JONR

  • Osaka: 1008 kHz, 50 kW
  • Kyoto: 1008 kHz, 300 W
  • Time: from 4:30 a.m. on Monday until 2:30 a.m. on Monday
  • Time signal: 523.251Hz (C5)

TV (Analog)

JONR-TV (former callsign: JOBX-TV)
  • Channel 6

TV (Digital)

JONR-DTV
  • Channel 15 (Remote controller button: 6)

Branch stations of TV broadcasting

Osaka Prefecture
  • Kashiwara (digital): Channel 15
  • Misaki (digital): Channel 15
  • Naka-Nose (digital): Channel 15
  • Nishi-Nose (digital): Channel 15
Nara Prefecture
  • Tochihara (analog): Channel 35
  • Tochihara (digital): Channel 37
  • Yoshino (analog): Channel 36
Shiga Prefecture
  • Otsu (analog): Channel 38
  • Otsu (digital): Channel 15
  • Otsu-Ishiyama (digital): Channel 27
  • Hikone (analog): Channel 58
  • Hikone (digital): Channel 15
  • Koka (digital): Channel 15
Kyoto Prefecture
  • Yamashina, Kyoto (analog): Channel 56
  • Yamashina, Kyoto (digital): Channel 37
  • Kameoka (analog): Channel 35
  • Kameoka (digital): Channel 15
  • Fukuchiyama (analog): Channel 58
  • Fukuchiyama (digital): Channel 15
  • Maizuru (analog): Channel 55
  • Maizuru (digital): Channel 15
  • Naka-Maizuru (digital): Channel 31
  • Nodagawa (digital): Channel 31
  • Miyazu (analog): Channel 35
  • Miyazu (digital): Channel 15
Hyogo Prefecture
  • Kobe (mountain area) (analog): Channel 41
  • Kobe (mountain area) (digital): Channel 15
  • Nada, Kobe (analog): Channel 56
  • Hokutan-Tarumi (analog): Channel 57
  • Hokutan-Tarumi (digital): Channel 15
  • Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi (digital): Channel 15
  • Inagawa (analog): Channel 35
  • Inagawa (digital): Channel 38
  • Tatsuno (digital): Channel 15
  • Miki (analog): Channel 38
  • Miki (digital): Channel 15
  • Himeji (analog): Channel 58
  • Himeji (digital): Channel 15
  • Himeji-nishi (digital): Channel 15
  • Ako (analog): Channel 58
  • Ako (digital): Channel 15
  • Wadayama (digital): Channel 15
  • Kinosaki (analog): Channel 58
  • Kinosaki (digital): Channel 15
  • Kasumi (analog): Channel 35
  • Kasumi (digital): Channel 15
  • Sasayama (digital): Channel 15
  • Hikami (digital): Channel 15
  • Aioi (digital): Channel 15
  • Yamasaki (digital): Channel 20
  • Fukusaki (digital): Channel 15
  • Yoka (digital): Channel 31
Wakayama Prefecture
  • Wakayama (analog): Channel 44
  • Wakayama (digital): Channel 15
  • Kinokawa (digital): Channel 15
  • Kainan (analog): Channel 58
  • Kainan (digital): Channel 15
  • Hashimoto (digital): Channel 42
  • Gobo (analog): Channel 57
  • Gobo (digital): Channel 15
  • Kibi (digital): Channel 15
  • Tanabe-kita (digital): Channel 15
  • Tanabe (analog): Channel 58
  • Tanabe (digital): Channel 15
  • Arida (digital): Channel 15
  • Shingu (analog): Channel 38
  • Shingu (digital): Channel 15
  • Kushimoto (analog): Channel 57
  • Kushimoto (digital): Channel 15
  • Minabegawa (digital): Channel 38

Programs

TV

Weekday morning news and information
  • Ohayo Call ABC. (おはようコールABC)
  • Good morning, this is ABC. (おはよう朝日です Ohayo Asahi Desu)
Saturday morning news and information
  • Good morning, this is ABC Saturday Version (おはよう朝日・土曜日です Ohayo Asahi Doyobi Desu)
  • Salad of travel (朝だ!生です旅サラダ)
News in the evening
  • ABC News (ABCニュース)
  • ABC NEWS You (ABC NEWSゆう)→NEWS You Plus (NEWSゆう+)→CAST (キャスト), etc.
Evening information
  • Move! (ムーブ!, end, merged to "ABC NEWS You"), etc.
Quiz
  • Panel Quiz Attack 25 (パネルクイズアタック25)
Variety
  • M-1 Grand Prix (M-1 グランプリ)
  • Knight Scoop (探偵ナイトスクープ)
  • Knight in Night (ナイト in ナイト, from Monday to Thursday)
    • Monday: Gokigen Brand-new (ごきげん!ブランニュ)
    • Tuesday: Ameagari Kesshitai: Find the Gaps between Women and Men! (雨上がりのやまとナゼ?しこ)
    • Wednesday: Imada's "In fact..." (今ちゃんの「実は…」)
    • Thursday: B-Bop High-heel (ビーバップ!ハイヒール)
  • The gold medal of laughter (笑いの金メダル, Waraking, end)
  • That'S a DRAMATIC CHANGE!(大改造!!劇的ビフォーアフター), etc.
Anime broadcast Sunday morning (8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.)
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア) → Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart) → Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (ふたりはプリキュア Splash★Star) → Yes! Pretty Cure 5 (YES! プリキュア5) → Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! (Yes! プリキュア5 GoGo!) → Fresh Pretty Cure! (フレッシュプリキュア!) → HeartCatch PreCure! (ハートキャッチプリキュア!) → Suite PreCure! (スイートプリキュア♪)
  • Magical Doremi series (おジャ魔女どれみシリーズ, ended)
  • Marmalade Boy (ママレード・ボーイ, ended)
  • Kaitou Saint Tail (怪盗セイント・テール, ended)
Sports

Radio

  • Good morning. This is the DJ, Yozo Dojo. (おはようパーソナリティ・道上洋三です)
  • ABC Young Request (ABCヤングリクエスト, ended)
  • ABC Freshup Baseball (ABCフレッシュアップベースボール), etc.

Other broadcasting stations in the Kansai region

Radio and TV

  • NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station (NHK大阪放送局)
  • MBS (毎日放送)
  • KBS Kyoto (KBS京都)

TV

  • TV Osaka / テレビ大阪 (TVO)
  • Kansai TV / 関西テレビ (KTV)
  • Yomiuri TV /読売テレビ (ytv)
  • SUN-TV / サンテレビ (SUN)
  • Nara TV / 奈良テレビ (TVN)
  • Biwako Broadcasting / びわ湖放送 (BBC)
  • TV Wakayama / テレビ和歌山 (WTV)

Radio

AM Radio
FM Radio

Special events

  • Thanksgiving Day for the Hanshin Tigers fans (阪神タイガースファン感謝デー)
  • Summer Sonic

See also

External links

TV station in Kinki
Prefectures NHK NNN JNN FNN ANN TXN JAITS
Osaka Ōsaka ytv MBS KTV ABC TVO
Kyoto Kyōto KBS
Hyogo Kōbe SUN
Shiga Ōtsu BBC
Nara Nara TVN
Wakayama Wakayama WTV

Coordinates: 34°41′38.18″N 135°29′18.32″E / 34.6939389°N 135.4884222°E / 34.6939389; 135.4884222


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