Kyoto Broadcasting System

Its radio station serves Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures and is a member of National Radio Network (NRN). Its television station serves Kyoto Prefecture and is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS). Since April 1 2005, KBS is broadcasting digital television in ISDB format.

Broadcasting

Radio

KBS Kyoto Radio (京都放送ラジオ)
*Kyoto - 1143 kHz, 20 kW, JOBR
*Maizuru - 1215 kHz, 2 kW, JOBO
*Fukuchiyama - 1485 kHz, 100 W, JOBE
*KBS Shiga (Hikone) - 1215 kHz, 1 kW, JOBW, some prefectural programming.

TV (Analog)

JOBR-TV - KBS Kyoto Television (京都放送テレビジョン)
*Kyoto - Channel 34, 10 kW
*Uji-Momoyama - Channel 57
*Maizuru - Channel 57, 100 W
*Fukuchiyama - Channel 56, 200 W
*Miyazu - Channel 39, 100 W
*Yamashina - Channel 62, 10 W
*Wazuka - Channel 40, 10 W
*Yawata - Channel 43, 3 W
*Kameoka - Channel 41, 300 W

TV (Digital)

JOBR-DTV - KBS Kyoto Digital Television (京都放送デジタルテレビジョン)
*Remote Controller ID 5
*Kyoto - Channel 23

History

Main source: [ excerpt as of 2007-06-29T11:17]
*24 December 1951: nihongo|京都放送|Kyōto Hōsō|KHK opens as nihongo|Radio Kyoto|ラジオ京都|Rajio Kyōto.
*1964: Changes company name to nihongo|Kinki Broadcasting System|近畿放送|Kinki Hōsō|KBS.
*1968: Starts television test transmission from Mount Hiei.
*1969: Starts television broadcasting service. Networking with Tokyo 12 channel (now TV Tokyo) and Nippon Educational Television (now TV Asahi.) (Currently KBS is not a member of eithers' network.)
*1981: Began doing business as "KBS Kyoto".
* It was involved Itoman fraud case for a certain period of time in 1990s which risked the company to bankruptcy.
*1994: Some employees went to court for nihongo|Corporation Reorganization Law|会社更生法|Kaisha Kōsei Hō to save KBS.
*1995: Changed to company name to nihongo|Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd.|株式会社京都放送|Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Hōsō|extra=KBS, reviving the original Japanese name.
*1999: The corporation reorganization procedure begins.
*1 April 2005: Starts digital television broadcasting.
*2007: The corporation reorganization procedure is complete.
*2008: Well known toy brand Tomy releases a Kyoto Broadcasting System toy van edition [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/choroq-order/sample/0018.html]

Program

TV

*nihongo|Horse Racing Live|競馬中継|Keiba chu-kei
*nihongo|Kyoto Shimbun News|京都新聞ニュース
*nihongo|Kyo Plus|京プラス
*nihongo|Kyo Biz|京Biz|Kyo- Bizu
*nihongo|GO GO Poppin|GO GO ポッピン|Go-Go- Hoppin
*nihongo|Taniguchi na yoru|谷口な夜
*nihongo|Raku Love R|らくらぶR|Raku Rabu A-ru
*Weekly 925
*Kyoto city council relay (Irregular)
*nihongo|KBS Kyoto Excite Night Game|KBS京都エキサイトナイター|Ke-bi-esu Kyo-to Ekisaitingu Naita-
*nihongo|Exciting! J|エキサイティング!J|Ekisaiting Jei, etc...

Radio

*nihongo|Kōei Shōfukutei's Hot Radio|笑福亭晃瓶のほっかほかラジオ|Shōfukutei Kōei no Hokka Hoka Radio
*nihongo|Ikuyo and Kuruyo's Harikiri Friday|いくよ・くるよのはりきりフライデー|Ikuyo/Kuruyo no Harikiri Furaidē, etc...
*All Night Nippon (produced by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (LF))
**All Night Nippon (Mon. - Sat. from 25:00 until 27:00)
**All Night Nippon Ever Green (Mon. - Thu. from 27:00 until 29:00)
**All Night Nippon R (Fri. and Sat. from 27:00 until 29:00)
**Fukuyama Masaharu All Night Nippon Saturday Special Tamashii no Radio (Sat. from 23:30 until 25:00)

Note: All times are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) in this article. The broadcast time can exceed 23:59, this refers to the morning hours of the following day (meaning Mon 27:00 - 29:00 equals Tue 03:00 - 05:00.)

ee also

* UHF (Independent UHF Station)

References

External links

* [http://www.kbs-kyoto.co.jp/ KBS Kyoto Website]