Asahi Broadcasting Corporation - Definition and Overview

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (朝日放送株式会社, Asahi-hōsō) is a Japanese broadcasting station in Osaka. It is also known as ABC. It broadcasts many TV programs and many radio programs.

Offices and stadios

• Main Office

Oyodo-minami, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Planning to move Main Office

to Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka

• Tokyo Office

Shiba-koen, Minako-ku, Tokyo

• Nagoya Office

Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Network

TV

• Japan News Network(JNN)(- March 30, 1975)→All-Nippon News Network(ANN)(March 31, 1975 - Present)

RADIO

• JRN
• NRN

History of ABC

In 1951, ABC started a radio broadcasting. On May 25, 1955, ABC founded Osaka Television Broadcasting (大阪テレビ放送株式会社) with Mainichi Broadcasting System. On December 1, 1956, Osaka Television Broadcasting started a TV broadcasting (OTV, Channel 6, callsign: JOBX-TV). On March 1, 1959, the name of the TV station was renamed "Asahi Broadcasting Corporation Osaka TV"(ABC-OTV, 朝日放送大阪テレビ). On June 1, ABC became a TV and radio broadcasting station. It was a TV station of the news network called JNN(Japan News Network). On May 2, 1965, ABC joined a radio network called "Japan Radio Network"(JRN) and joined a radio network called "National Radio Network"(NRN) the next day. On March 31, 1975, it changed to a TV station of the news network called All-Nippon News Network(ANN). Three years later, the frequency of AM radio changed from 1010 kHz to 1008 kHz. On March 23, 2001, ABC acquired ISO 14001 for Japanese broadcasting station's first time. In 2008, the new office of ABC will move from Oyodo-minami in Kita-ku, Osaka to Fukushima in Fukushima-ku.

Broadcasting

Radio

JONR - ABC Radio(朝日放送ラジオ)

• Frequency: 1008 kHz

TV (Analog)

JONR-TV - ABC Television(朝日放送テレビジョン)

• Osaka main station - Channel 6
• Shiga Prefecture
  • Otsu - Channel 38
  • Hikone - Channel 58
• Kyoto Prefecture
  • Fukuchiyama - Channel 58
  • Maizuru - Channel 55
  • Miyazu - Channel 35
• Hyogo Prefecture
  • Hokutan-Tarumi - Channel 57
  • Miki - Channel 38
  • Himeji - Channel 55
  • Kinosaki - Channel 55
  • Kasumi - Channel 35
• Nara Prefecture
  • Tochihara - Channel 35
• Wakawama Prefecture
  • Gobo - Channel 57
  • Tanabe - Channel 58
  • Shingu - Channel 38

TV (Digital)

JONR-DTV - ABC Digital Television(朝日放送デジタルテレビジョン)

• Channel ID 6
• Osaka main station - Channel 15

Program

TV

• NEWS
  • Good morning, it is the morning sun. (おはよう朝日です)
  • ABC NEWS YOU (ABC NEWS ゆう) etc,
• Information
  • Move! (ムーブ!) etc,
• VARIETY
  • The gold medal of laughter (笑いの金メダル)
  • M-1 Ground Prix (M-1 グランプリ) etc,
• SPORTS
  • National High School Baseball Championship (全国高校野球選手権大会)
  • Netto Koshien (熱闘甲子園) etc,
  • Proffetional baseball live (プロ野球中継, baseball program of the Hanshin Tigers and the Orix Buffaloes)

RADIO

• Good morning. I am a personality, Yozo Dojo (おはようパーソナリティー・道上洋三です)
• ABC Young Request (ABCヤングリクエスト, end) etc,

Other TV stations in Osaka

• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS, 毎日放送)
• Kansai TV (関西テレビ)
• Yomiuri TV (よみうりテレビ)
• TV Osaka (テレビ大阪)

Other radio stations in Osaka

• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS, 毎日放送)
• Radio Osaka (ラジオ大阪)

See also

• List of Japanese language television channels

LINK

• ABC TV HOMEPAGE (http://asahi.jp/)
• ABC RADIO HOMEPAGE (http://abc1008.com)