is a Japanese commercial radio station and television station headquartered in Osaka.

Offices

• the headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan
• ABC Center (the former headquarters): 2-48, Oyodo-minami Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
• Tokyo Office: Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Office Shinkan, 3-2, Tsukiji Gochome, Chūō, 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

• Japan Radio Network (JRN)
• National Radio Network (NRN)

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 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 .
• 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 renewed, and the letters "Asahi Broadcasting Corporation" or "朝日放送" was added under the slope line for the company logo, however program credit includes only ABC logo.
• May 19, 2008 - The headquarters of ABC moved from Oyodo-minami, Kita-ku to Fukushima, Fukushima-ku.
• June 23, 2008 - ABC started boradcasting from the present headquarters.

Broadcasting

Radio

JONR - ABC Radio (朝日放送)

• 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 - 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)

• Button: 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 Saturday Version (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 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: Quiz Shinsuke-kun (クイズ!紳助くん)

**Tuesday: Gokigen Brand-new (ごきげん!ブランニュ)

**Wednesday: Imada's "In fact..." (今ちゃんの「実は…」)

**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) → YES! Pretty Cure Five Go Go! (YES! プリキュア5 Go Go!)

*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)

*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!!)

**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.

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

• 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)

See also

• List of Japanese language television channels
• Osaka Tower

External links

• ABC Corporate info in English
• ABC website
• ABC radio website