Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Native name
 朝日放送株式会社
Public Kabushiki gaisha
Traded as TYO: 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
  • Radio program production
  • TV program production
Revenue
  • Increase¥78,162 million (2012)
  • ¥76,691 million (2011)
  • Increase¥4,406 million (2012)
  • ¥3,605 million (2011)
  • Decrease¥574 million (2012)
  • ¥2,438 million (2011)
Total assets
  • Increase¥94,621 million (2012)
  • ¥93,139 million (2011)
Total equity
  • Increase¥56,898 million (2012)
  • ¥56,273 million (2011)
Owner
Number of 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.
  • ABC Animation
Website corp.asahi.co.jp/en/index.html

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.

Offices

  • Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan (Hotarumachi)
  • Tokyo Office: 10th floor of Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Office Shinkan, 3-2, Tsukiji Gochome, Chūō-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  • Nagoya Office: Asahi Kaikan, 3-3, Sakae Itchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Japan
Current headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Former headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

Network affiliations

Radio

JONR
City Osaka
Broadcast area Kansai region
Branding ABC Radio 1008 (ABCラジオ1008, ABC Rajio ichi maru maru hachi)
Frequency 1008 kHz; 93.3 MHz
First air date November 11, 1951 (1951-11-11)
Format Talk, Sports
Language(s) Japanese
Power 50 kW
Former frequencies 1951-1978: 1010 kHz
Affiliations JRN
NRN
Owner Asahi Radio Broadcasting Corporation
Webcast radiko, Ustream
Website abc1008.com

TV

JOAY-DTV
Osaka, Kansai region
Japan
Branding ABC
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF, 2003-)
Virtual: 6
Affiliations ANN
Owner Asahi Television Broadcasting Corporation
Founded May 25, 1955
First air date December 1, 1956
Former callsigns Analog
1956-1959: JOBX-TV
1959-2011: JONR-TV
Digital
2003-2018: JONR-DTV
Former channel number(s) Analog:
6 (VHF) (1956-2011)
Former affiliations JNN (1956-1975)
Transmitter power 23 kW
Licensing authority MIC
Website asahi.jp

History of ABC

  • March 15, 1951 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka. 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, Inc.) 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, Osaka. Currently, ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka is located at the place the head office of OTV used to be.
  • December 1, 1956 - OTV started television broadcasting on channel 6, under the callsign JOBX-TV (not to be confused with Oita Asahi Broadcasting which currently uses the JOBX callsign). The station was a primary KRT (TBS) affiliate with a secondary NTV affiliation.
  • 1958 - NTV programming was dropped with the launch of Yomiuri Television.
  • 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) and its callsign of TV station was changed (JOBX-TV → JONR-TV).
  • June 1, 1959 - ABC merged with OTV, and has been broadcasting both television and radio since then. The head office of OTV was named "ABC Dojima Station" for the use of the TV station.
  • 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), Osaka.
  • 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. The current advertising slogan of the station, Info Designing ABC, was also launched.
  • May 19, 2008 - ABC moved the headquarters from Oyodo-minami Nichome, Kita-ku to Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka.
  • June 23, 2008 - ABC started broadcasting from its present headquarters.
  • July 24, 2011 - Analog television operations ended on ABC at noon before a baseball game. The station now broadcasts in digital only.

Broadcasting

Radio

JONR

  • Osaka: 1008 kHz, 50 kW; 93.3 MHz FM
  • Kyoto: 1008 kHz, 300 W
  • Time: from 4:30 a.m. on Monday until 2:30 a.m. on Monday (24-hour operation)
  • Time signal: 523.251 Hz (C5)

TV (Analog)

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

TV (Digital)

JOAY-DTV (former callsign: 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 (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 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
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: Ima-chan's "Jitsu wa" (今ちゃんの「実は…」)
    • Thursday: B-Bop High-heel (ビーバップ!ハイヒール)
  • That'S a DRAMATIC CHANGE!(大改造!!劇的ビフォーアフター)
  • The gold medal of laughter (笑いの金メダル, Waraking, end), etc.
Anime broadcast Sunday morning (8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.)
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.
  • Kaminuma Emiko no KOKORO SEITEN (上沼恵美子のこころ晴天）

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

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

TV stations 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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