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Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

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Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (朝日放送株式会社, Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha^?, ABC) is a Japanese commercial television and radio station headquartered in Osaka.

Headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation

1 Offices
2 Network
- 2.1 TV
- 2.2 Radio
3 History of ABC
4 Broadcasting
5 Programs
- 5.1 TV
- 5.2 Radio
6 Other broadcasting stations in the Kansai area
7 Special Events
8 See also
9 External links

Offices

The headquarters: 2-48, Oyodo-minami Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Planning to move the headquarters: to 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan
Tokyo Office: Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Office Shinkan, 3-2, Tsukiji Gochome, Chūō-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nagoya Office: Asahi Kaikan, 3-3, Sakae Itchome, 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

March 15, 1951 - Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was founded in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, and ABC started a radio broadcasting on November 11.
May 25, 1955 - ABC and New Japan Broadcasting Company (NJB, the predecessor of Mainichi Broadcasting System) 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.
December 1, 1956 - OTV started a television broadcasting on channel 6, with a callsign JOBX-TV.
March 1, 1959 - ABC acquired OTV and renamed the television station to ABC Osaka Television (朝日放送大阪テレビ, Asahi Hōsō Ōsaka Terebi^?, ABC-OTV).
June 1, 1959 - Finally ABC formed a merger with OTV, and has been operating both television and radio services since the day.
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).
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 as the first broadcasting station in Japan.
January 1, 2008 - The logo of ABC was changed.
from May, 2008 until June, 2008 - The headquarters of ABC will move from Oyodo-minami, Kita-ku to Fukushima, Fukushima-ku.
June 28 2008 - ABC will start boradcasting from the new headquarters.

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
- Nada - Channel 56
- Hokutan-Tarumi - Channel 57
- Miki - Channel 38
- Himeji, Ako, Kinosaki - Channel 58
- Kasumi - Channel 35
Nara Prefecture
- Tochihara - Channel 35
Wakawama Prefecture
- Wakayama - Channel 44
- Gobo, Kushimoto - Channel 57
- Kainan, 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 (Mt. Ikoma) - Channel 15
Shiga Prefecture
- Otsu - Channel 15
- Hikone - Channel 15
- Koka - Channel 15
Hyogo Prefecture
- Mt. Maya (Kobe) - Channel 15
- Himeji - Channel 15
- Hokutan-Tarumi - Channel 15
- Miki - Channel 15
- Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi - Channel 15
- Hyogo-ku, Kobe - Channel 15
Nara Prefecture
- Tochihara - Channel 15
Wakayama Prefecture
- Wakayama - Channel 15
- Kinokawa - Channel 15
- Kainan - 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 Ohayo Asahi Desu)

Saturday morning news and information

Good morning, this is ABC. On Saturdays (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 (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

M-1 Ground 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: 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)
The gold medal of laughter (笑いの金メダル, Waraking, end), etc.

Anime broadcast Sunday morning (8:30-9:00)

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) → YES! Pretty Cure Five (YES! プリキュア5)
Magical 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), 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 (Aratanaru Kodo (新たなる鼓動))
- Toraban (虎バン, a program relating the Hanshin Tigers)
Japan LPGA Championship, ABC Championship, etc.