Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

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

Radio

Japan Radio Network (JRN)

National Radio Network (NRN)

TV

Japan News Network (JNN) (until March 30, 1975)

All-Nippon News Network (ANN) (March 31, 1975 – Present)

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. 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.

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)

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

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

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: 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.)

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♪) → Smile PreCure! (スマイルプリキュア!) → Dokidoki! PreCure (ドキドキ!プリキュア) → HappinessCharge PreCure! (ハピネスチャージプリキュア!)

Ojamajo 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

National High School Baseball Championship (全国高校野球選手権大会)

Netto Koshien (熱闘甲子園)

Super Baseball (スーパーベースボール, baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers (虎バン主義) and the Orix Buffaloes (大阪激弾!!)

Tigers News Toraban (虎バン, a program relating to the Hanshin Tigers)

Japan LPGA Championship, ABC Championship, etc.

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）

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

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)

Summer Sonic