Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
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is a Japanese commercial broadcasting station headquarted in Osaka.
Offices
- The headquarters: 2-2-48, Oyodo-minami, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
- Planning to move the headquarters: to Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka
- Tokyo Office: Asahi Shimbun Shinkan, 5-3-2, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Nagoya Office: Asahi Kaikan, 1-3-3, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Network
TV
- Japan News Network (JNN) (- March 30, 1975) → All-Nippon News Network (ANN) (March 31, 1975 - Present)
Radio
History of ABC
On March 15, 1951, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, and ABC started a radio broadcasting on November 11. On May 25, 1955, ABC and New Japan Broadcasting Company (NJB, the predecessor of Mainichi Broadcasting System) founded in Dojima, Kita-ku. On December 1, 1956, OTV started a television broadcasting on channel 6, with a callsign JOBX-TV. On March 1, 1959, ABC acquired OTV and renamed the television station to . Finally on June 1, 1959, ABC formed a merger with OTV, and has been operating both television and radio services since the day.ABC was one of founders of Japan News Network (JNN), the first news network of commercial television stations in Japan. On May 2, 1965, ABC joined Japan Radio Network (JRN), and the next day it also joined another commercial radio network National Radio Network (NRN). In 1966, dispersed offices and studios were integrated into the new headquarters building in Oyodo-minami, Oyodo-ku (present: Kita-ku).
On 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. Three years later, the frequency of ABC AM radio changed from 1010 kHz to 1008 kHz. On March 23, 2001, ABC acquired ISO 14001 as the first broadcasting station in Japan. The headquarters of ABC is planned to move from Oyodo-minami, Kita-ku to Fukushima, Fukushima-ku in 2008.
Broadcasting
Radio
JONR - ABC Radio (ABCラジオ)- Osaka - 1008 kHz, 50 kW
- Kyoto - 1008 kHz, 300W
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
- *Kameoka - Channel 35
- *Fukuchiyama - Channel 58
- *Maizuru - Channel 55
- *Miyazu - Channel 35
- Hyogo Prefecture
- *Kobe - Channel 37 - many people in Kobe watch Channel 6 in Osaka or Nada in Kobe
- *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)- Remote Controller ID: 6
- Osaka main station (Mt. Ikoma) - Channel 15
- Hyogo Prefecture
- *Mt. Maya (Kobe) - Channel 15
- *Himeji - Channel 15
- *Hokutan-Tarumi - Channel 15
- *Miki - Channel 15
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)
- Saturday morning news and information
- *Good morning, this is ABC. Saturday Edition (おはよう朝日・土曜日です)
- *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), etc.
- Information
- *Move! (ムーブ!), etc.
- Quiz
- *Panel Quiz Attack 25 (パネルクイズアタック25)
- Variety
- *The gold medal of laughter (笑いの金メダル, Waraking)
- *M-1 Ground Prix (M-1 グランプリ)
- *Knight in Night (ナイト in ナイト, from Monday to Thursday)
- **Monday: Quiz Shinsuke-kun (クイズ!紳助くん)
- **Tuesday: Gokigen Brand-new (ごきげん!ブランニュ)
- **Wednesday: Kininaru Othello (きになるオセロ)
- **Thursday: B-Bop High-heel (ビーバップ!ハイヒール)
- *Friday: Knight Scoop (探偵ナイトスクープ), etc.
- Animes broadcast Sunday morning (8
- 30-9
- *Futari wa Pretty Cure (ふたりはプリキュア) → Furati wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart) → Furati wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (ふたりはプリキュア Splash★Star)
- *Magical Doremi series (おじゃ魔女どれみシリーズ, ended)
- 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.
- *Super Baseball (スーパーベースボール, baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers (Toraban Shugi (虎バン主義)) and the Orix Buffaloes (Ogi Damashii Keisho (仰木魂・継承))
- **Toraban (虎バン, a program about the baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers), etc.
Radio
- Good morning. This is a personality, 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 Fresh Up Night Game (ABCフレッシュアップナイター), etc.
Other broadcasting stations in the Kansai area
Radio and TV
TV
- Kansai TV (関西テレビ)
- Yomiuri TV (読売テレビ, よみうりテレビ)
- TV Osaka (テレビ大阪)
- SUN-TV (サンテレビ)
- Biwako Broadcasting (びわ湖放送)
- Nara TV (奈良テレビ)
- TV Wakayama (テレビ和歌山)
Radio
- AM Radio
- *Radio Osaka (ラジオ大阪)
- FM Radio
- *FM 802
- *fm osaka
Special Events
- Thanksgiving Day for the Hanshin Tigers fans (阪神タイガースファン感謝デー)
See also
External links
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