Kyoto Broadcasting System

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Its radio station serves Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures and is a member of National Radio Network (NRN). Its television station serves Kyoto Prefecture and is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS). Since April 1, 2005, KBS is broadcasting digital television in ISDB format.

Broadcasting

AM Radio

KBS Kyoto Radio (京都放送ラジオ)

• Kyoto - 1143 kHz, 50 kW, JOBR
• Maizuru - 1215 kHz, 2 kW, JOBO
• Fukuchiyama - 1485 kHz, 100 W, JOBE
• KBS Shiga (Hikone) - 1215 kHz, 1 kW, JOBW, some prefectural programming.

FM Radio

94.9 MHz 3 kW

TV (Analogue)

JOBR-TV - KBS Kyoto Television (京都放送テレビジョン)

• Kyoto - Channel 34, 10 kW
• Uji-Momoyama - Channel 57
• Maizuru - Channel 57, 100 W
• Fukuchiyama - Channel 56, 200 W
• Miyazu - Channel 39, 100 W
• Yamashina - Channel 62, 10 W
• Wazuka - Channel 40, 10 W
• Yawata - Channel 43, 3 W
• Kameoka - Channel 41, 300 W

and more

TV (Digital)

JOBR-DTV - KBS Kyoto Digital Television (京都放送デジタルテレビジョン)

• Remote Controller ID 5
• Kyoto - Channel 23

History

Main source:

• 24 December 1951: opens as .
• 1964: Changes company name to .
• 1968: Starts television test transmission from Mount Hiei.
• 1969: Starts television broadcasting service. Networking with Tokyo 12 channel (now TV Tokyo) and Nippon Educational Television (now TV Asahi.) (Currently KBS is not a member of eithers' network.)
• 1981: Began doing business as "KBS Kyoto".
• It was involved with the Itoman fraud case for a certain period of time in 1990s which risked the company to bankruptcy.
• 1994: Some employees went to court for to save KBS.
• 1995: Changed to company name to , reviving the original Japanese name.
• 1999: The corporation reorganization procedure begins.
• 1 April 2005: Starts digital television broadcasting.
• 2007: The corporation reorganization procedure is complete.
• 2008: Well known toy brand Tomy releases a Kyoto Broadcasting System Choro-Q toy van edition [1]

Program

TV

• , etc...

Radio

• , etc...
• All Night Nippon (produced by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (LF))
  • All Night Nippon (Mon. - Sat. from 25:00 until 27:00)
  • All Night Nippon Ever Green (Mon. - Thu. from 27:00 until 29:00)
  • All Night Nippon R (Fri. and Sat. from 27:00 until 29:00)
  • Fukuyama Masaharu All Night Nippon Saturday Special Tamashii no Radio (Sat. from 23:30 until 25:00)

Note: All times are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) in this article. The broadcast time can exceed 23:59, this refers to the morning hours of the following day (meaning Mon 27:00 - 29:00 equals Tue 03:00 - 05:00.)

See also

• UHF (Independent UHF Station)
• List of radio stations in Japan

External links

• Template:Official website