Mainichi Broadcasting System

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JOOR
City of license	Osaka
Broadcast area	Kansai region
Frequency	1179 kHz
First air date	September 1, 1951
Format	Talk, Sports
Power	50,000 watts
Affiliations	JRN/NRN
Owner	Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
Website	mbs1179.com

JOOR-TV, JOOR-DTV
Kansai region
Branding	Channel 4
Channels	Analog: 4 (VHF) Digital: 16 (UHF)
Affiliations	JNN
Owner	Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
First air date	March 1, 1959
Former affiliations	ANN (-1975)
Transmitter Coordinates	34°40′41.80″N 135°40′41″E / 34.678278°N 135.67806°E / 34.678278; 135.67806
Website	mbs.jp

Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (株式会社毎日放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Mainichi Hōsō^?, MBS) is a broadcasting station in Osaka, Japan, and it is affiliated with the Japan Radio Network (JRN), the National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (TBS HD), TV Tokyo Corporation, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, BS-TBS, Incorporated and FM 802 Co., Ltd.

Offices and studios

Headquarters of Mainichi Broadcasting System

MBS Studio in USJ

• the Headquarters - 17-1, Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan
  • a 5-minute walk from Chayamachiguchi gate of Umeda Station on Hankyu Railway
  • a 10-minute walk from Osaka Station on JR West, Umeda Station on Hanshin Railway and the Osaka Subway Midosuji Line, Nakatsu Station on the Osaka Subway Midosuji Line, Higashi-Umeda Station on the Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line, and Nishi-Umeda Station on the Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line
• MBS Studio in USJ - Universal Studios Japan, 1-33, Sakurajima Nichome, Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan
• MBS Senrioka Myrica Center - 1-2, Senrioka-kita, Suita, Osaka-fu, Japan
• Tokyo Branch Office - Akasaka Biz Tower, 3-1, Akasaka Gochome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Nagoya Branch Office - Sakaemachi Building, 23-31, Nishiki Sanchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Japan

Advertising slogan

• The lion on Channel 4 (らいよんチャンネル) - The reason why the mascot character of MBS is Liyon-chan (らいよんチャン).

History of MBS

• December 27, 1950: The predecessor of MBS, New Japan Broadcasting Company (新日本放送株式会社, Shin-Nippon Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha^?, NJB), was founded.
• September 1, 1951: NJB started the second commercial radio broadcasting in Japan.
• December 1, 1956: NJB founded Osaka Television Co., Ltd. (大阪テレビ放送株式会社, Ōsaka Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha^?, OTV) with Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
• June 1, 1958: NJB was renamed "Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc."
• March 1, 1959: After selling all stocks of OTV to ABC, MBS started a television broadcasting independently from OTV on, and made a network with Nippon Educational Television Co., Ltd. (NET, the predecessor of TV Asahi Corporation).
• 1960: A broadcasting studio was completed in Senri.
• 1964: MBS formed a radio network with TBS and RKB, which evolved into Japan Radio Network (JRN) in 1965.
• 1974: MBS joined a television news network called All-Nippon News Network (ANN).
• March 31, 1975: MBS changed to a news network called Japan News Network (JNN) because the president of the Asahi Shimbun in those days ordered ABC to change the flagship station to NET.
• May 15, 1977: The frequency of MBS Radio changed from 1210 kHz to 1180 kHz.
• 5 o'clock a.m. on November 23, 1978: the frequency of MBS Radio changed again from 1180 kHz to 1179 kHz.
• 1990: The new headquarters and new broadcasting studio was completed in Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka. The registered headquarters moved from former Osaka Head Office of the Mainichi Shimbun, and the broadcasting studio moved from Senri.
• March 31, 2001: A broadcasting studio called "MBS Studio in USJ" was opened at Universal Studios Japan.
• September 1, 2006: MBS celebrated the 55th anniversary of starting broadcasting.

Broadcasting

Radio

JOOR

• Frequency: 1210kHz → 1180kHz → 1179 kHz
• Output
  • Osaka: 50 kW
  • Kyoto: 300 W
• Time: from 4:30 a.m. on Monday until 2:30 a.m. on Monday
• Time signal: 1046.502Hz (C6)

TV (Analog)

JOOR-TV

• Mt. Ikoma: Channel 4

TV (Digital)

JOOR-DTV

• Mt. Ikoma: Channel 16 (Remote controller button: 4)

Branch stations of TV broadcasting

Osaka Prefecture

• Kashiwara (analog): Channel 54
• Kashiwara (digital): Channel 16
• Misaki-Fukanichi (analog): Channel 54
• Misaki-Fukanichi (digital): Channel 16
• Naka-Nose (digital): Channel 16 (new digital station)
• Nishi-Nose (digital): Channel 16 (new digital station)

Nara Prefecture

• Ikoma-Asukano (analog): Channel 37
• Tochihara (analog): Channel 33
• Tochihara (digital): Channel 16
• Yoshino (analog): Channel 34

Shiga Prefecture

• Otsu (analog): Channel 36
• Otsu (digital): Channel 16
• Otsu-Ishiyama (analog): Channel 18
• Otsu-Ishiyama (digital): Channel 44
• Hikone (analog): Channel 54
• Hikone (digital): Channel 16
• Koka (analog): Channel 55
• Koka (digital): Channel 16

Kyoto Prefecture

• Yamashina, Kyoto (analog): Channel 54
• Yamashina, Kyoto (digital): Channel 39
• Kameoka (analog): Channel 33
• Kameoka (digital): Channel 16
• Fukuchiyama (analog): Channel 54
• Fukuchiyama (digital): Channel 16
• Maizuru (analog): Channel 53
• Maizuru (digital): Channel 16
• Miyazu (analog): Channel 33
• Miyazu (digital): Channel 16
• Mineyama (analog): Channel 34
• Mineyama (digital): Channel 16

Hyogo Prefecture

• Kobe (mountain area) (analog): Channel 31
• Kobe (mountain area) (digital): Channel 16
• Nada, Kobe (analog): Channel 54
• Hokutan-Tarumi (analog): Channel 53
• Hokutan-Tarumi (digital): Channel 16
• Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi (analog): Channel 55
• Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi (digital): Channel 16
• Inagawa (analog): Channel 35
• Inagawa (digital): Channel 38
• Tatsuno (analog): Channel 34
• Tatsuno (digital): Channel 16
• Miki (analog): Channel 34
• Miki (digital): Channel 16
• Himeji (analog): Channel 54
• Himeji (digital): Channel 16
• Himeji-nishi (analog): Channel 33
• Himeji (digital): Channel 16
• Ako (analog): Channel 54
• Ako (digital): Channel 16
• Wadayama (analog): Channel 54
• Wadayama (digital): Channel 16
• Kinosaki (analog): Channel 54
• Kinosaki (digital): Channel 16
• Kasumi (analog): Channel 33
• Kasumi (digital): Channel 16
• Sasayama (analog): Channel 33
• Sasayama (digital): Channel 16
• Hikami (analog): Channel 33
• Kasumi (digital): Channel 16
• Aioi (analog): Channel 33
• Aioi (digital): Channel 16
• Yamasaki (analog): Channel 33
• Yamasaki (digital): Channel 21
• Fukusaki (analog): Channel 33
• Fukusaki (digital): Channel 16
• Sayo (analog): Channel 33
• Yoka (analog): Channel 34
• Yoka (digital): Channel 16

Wakayama Prefecture

• Wakayama (analog): Channel 42
• Wakayama (digital): Channel 16
• Kainan (analog): Channel 54
• Kainan (digital): Channel 16
• Hashimoto (analog): Channel 54
• Hashimoto (digital): Channel 42
• Gobo (analog): Channel 53
• Gobo (digital): Channel 47
• Kibi (analog): Channel 54
• Kibi (digital): Channel 47
• Tanabe (analog): Channel 54
• Tanabe (digital): Channel 47
• Arida (analog): Channel 35
• Arida (digital): Channel 16
• Shingu (analog): Channel 36

Programs (Times in JST)

Radio

News and Variety

• Tenkomori from the morning (子守康範 朝からてんコモリ!) - Broadcast on MBS from 5 a.m. until 8 a.m. on weekdays

• Kayokyoku without vocal (歌のない歌謡曲) - from 7:30 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. during "Tenkomori", hosted by Shizue Oda (おだ しずえ) on Mondays and Tuesdays, by Biwako Otsu (大津 びわ子) on Wednesdays and Thursdays, by Miyoko Omomo (大桃 美代子) on Fridays

• Thank you. This is Jun Hamamura (ありがとう浜村淳です) - Broadcast on MBS from 8 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on weekdays, and from 8 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. every Saturday

Sport

• MBS Tigers Night Game (MBSタイガースナイター, Baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers)
  • Koji Ota's Tigers Stadium (太田幸司のタイガーススタジアム, A program relating the Hanshin Tigers)
• National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (選抜高等学校野球大会, semifinal and final)
• Sunday horse racing live Minna no Keiba (サンデー競馬中継 みんなの競馬)

TV

News

• MBS News (MBSニュース)
• VOICE - Broadcast on MBS from 6:05 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. on weekdays

Information

• Hiruobi!: Bang, bang, bang (ひるおび! バンバンバン) (2009-04-03-) - Friday (nationalcast)
• Chichin Puipui (ちちんぷいぷい) - weekdays
• Shittoko! (知っとこ!) - Saturday (nationalcast)
• Seyanen! (せやねん!) - Saturday

Variety

• Maki's Magic Restaurant (水野真紀の魔法のレストラン) - Wednesday
• Akashiya TV (痛快!明石家電視台) - Monday
• Baribari Value (世界バリバリバリュー) - end → Teppan Note (明日使える心理学 テッパンノート) - end → TV tte yatsu wa! → Kumepipo → special programs - Wednesday (nationalcast)

Dramas produced by MBS (- March 2009)

• Dorama 30 era (- September 2009)
  • Inochino Gembakara (いのちの現場から)
  • Ya, Ku, So, Ku (ヤ・ク・ソ・ク)
  • Designer (デザイナー)
  • Shin Inochino Gembakara (新・いのちの現場から)
  • The Daughter at the Public Sento!? (銭湯の娘!?)
  • Shin Inochino Gembakara 2 (新・いのちの現場から2)
  • Gakincho~Return Kids~ (がきんちょ ～リターン・キッズ～), etc.
• Hirudora era (November 2008 - March 2009)
  • Panda is coming to town (パンダが町にやってくる)
  • Ochaberi (おちゃべり)

Anime

Sport

• Fight for the victory, Tigers! (猛虎V奪回へ!不動心, Baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers)
• National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (選抜高等学校野球大会, semifinal and final)
• National High School Rugby Tournament (全国高等学校ラグビーフットボール大会)
• Koshien Bowl (甲子園ボウル, American football championship)
• Tsuruya Open
• Masters GC Ladies
• Mizuno Classic
• Dunlop Phoenix Tournament

Special events hosted by MBS

• MBS Radio Festivel (MBSラジオまつり)
• Beethoven's 9th Symphony with a Cast of 10,000 (サントリー1万人の第九), etc.

Announcers

• Incompleted

Present

Men

• Makoto Akagi (赤木 誠^?, entered in 1981)
• Takeshi Chiba (千葉 猛^?, entered in 1990)
• Masao Inoue (井上 雅雄^?, entered in 1993)
• Hiroshi Ito (伊藤 広^?)
• Hiroyuki Kashiwagi (柏木 宏之^?)
• Mareo Kamei (亀井 希生^?, entered in 1991, Keiko Furukawa's husband)
• Izumi Kanayama (金山 泉^?, transferred from Chukyo TV in Feb. 2009)
• Yasuhiro Kato (加藤 康裕^?)
• Mitsumasa Kawamoto (河本 光正^?, entered in 2007)
• Naoya Kawata (河田 直也^?, entered in 1999)
• Toru Kondo (近藤 亨^?)
• Masayuki Kurusu (来栖 正之^?)
• Kazuki Masuda (増田 一樹^?)
• Shigehiro Morimoto (森本 栄浩^?)
• Satofumi Mito (美藤 啓文^?)
• Yasushi Nishi (西 靖^?)
• Yohei Oyoshi (大吉 洋平^?)
• Isamu Otsuki (大月 勇^?)
• Tomoaki Oyagi (大八木 友之^?)
• Kazuyoshi Senda (仙田 和吉^?, transferred from Radio Nippon in 2001)
• Kenta Suzuki (鈴木 健太^?)
• Kazuo Tamaru (田丸 一男^?)
• Takayuki Ueda (上田 崇順^?, entered in 2000)
• Masayuki Umano (馬野 雅行^?, entered in 1989, railfan)
• Yuichi Uwaizumi (上泉 雄一^?, entered in 1992)
• Makoto Yamanaka (山中 真^?, entered in 2001)
• Teturo Yuki (結城 哲郎^?, entered in 1975)

Women

• Keiko Furukawa (古川 圭子^?, entered in 1993, Mareo Kamei's wife)
• Akiko Maeda (前田 阿希子^?)
• Ai Matsui (松井 愛^?)
• Hiroko Matsukawa (松川 浩子^?)
• Maiko Matsumoto (松本 麻衣子^?)
• Masako Mizuno (水野 晶子^?)
• Tomomi Mukawa (武川 智美^?)
• Asako Nishimura (西村 麻子^?)
• Yumi Saito (斎藤 裕美^?)
• Kaori Sekioka (関岡 香^?)
• Miki Takai (高井 美紀^?)
• Etsuko Ueda (上田 悦子^?)
• Saki Yagi (八木 早希^?)
• Fumi Yoshitake (吉竹 史^?)

Past

Men

• Kazuo Aoki (青木 和雄^?, He is on a direct marketing program, "Naruhodo!", on weekdays)
• Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫^?, the 18th mayor of Osaka City.)
• Kiyoshi Koike (小池 清^?)
• Akinori Matsui (松井 昭憲^?, a newscaster on radio only for MBS)
• Hajime Misawa (三澤 肇^?)
• Keiji Nomura (野村 啓司^?, He is on radio as the host of "Nomura de Nomura da".)
• Junichi Sumi (角 淳一^?, He is on TV as the host of "Chichin Pui Pui" from Monday to Wednesday.), etc.

Women

• Toko Ono (小野 陶子^?)
• Tomoko Yoshida (吉田 智子^?, a free-lance announcer), etc.

Other broadcasting stations in the Kansai area

Radio and TV

• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (朝日放送, JRN･NRN･ANN)
• Kyoto Broadcasting System (京都放送, NRN･UHF)

TV only

• Kansai TV (関西テレビ, FNN)
• Yomiuri TV (読売テレビ, NNN)
• TV Osaka (テレビ大阪, TXN)
• SUN-TV (サンテレビ, UHF)
• Nara TV (奈良テレビ, UHF)
• Biwako Broadcasting (びわ湖放送, UHF)
• TV Wakayama (テレビ和歌山, UHF)

Radio only

• Radio Osaka (ラジオ大阪, NRN)
• Radio Kansai (ラジオ関西, independent)
• FM OSAKA (JFN)
• FM 802 (JFL)

External links

• Official Site (Japanese)
• MBS Radio
• MBS (English)

Coordinates: 34°42′30″N 135°29′59″E / 34.70847°N 135.499856°E / 34.70847; 135.499856