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radio and television broadcasting company
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
Native name
株式会社毎日放送
Company type
kabushiki gaisha
Industry
Information
Communication
Founded
Osaka, Japan (December 27, 1950 (1950-12-27), New Japan Broadcasting Co.)
Headquarters
Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka
,
Japan
Number of locations
8 offices in Japan, 1 in Berlin, Germany and 1 in Shanghai, China
MBS Senrioka Myrica Center - 1-2, Senrioka-kita, Suita-shi, Osaka-fu
Tokyo Branch - Akasaka Biz Tower (28th floor), 3-1, Akasaka Gochome, Minato-ku, Tokyo-to
Nagoya Branch - Nagoya Yusen Building (8th floor), 6-35, Nishiki Sanchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi
Kyoto Branch
Kobe Branch
Tokushima Branch
Berlin Branch
Shanghai Branch
History of MBS
December 27, 1950: 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 radio broadcasting from Hankyu Department Store as the second commercial one 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 analog terrestrial 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.
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 a.m., November 23, 1978: the frequency of MBS Radio changed again from 1180 kHz to 1179 kHz.
1990: New headquarters and new broadcasting studio was completed in Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka for the 40th anniversary of starting broadcasting. MBS moved and merged the headquarters and studio on September 1; the registered headquarters from the Mainichi Shimbun Osaka Head Office, and the broadcasting studio from Senri.
September 1, 1991: 40th anniversary of MBS's starting broadcasting
September 29, 2000: MBS Now airs for the last time. It was replaced by Voice on October 2.
March 31, 2001: A broadcasting studio called "MBS Studio in USJ" was opened at Universal Studios Japan.
September 1, 2001: 50th anniversary of MBS's starting broadcasting
11 a.m., December 1, 2003: MBS started digital terrestrial TV broadcasting.
September 1, 2006: 55th anniversary of MBS's starting broadcasting
May 15, 2010: MBS started the Internet protocol simulcast radio service via "radiko" together with ABC, OBC, FM 802, FM Osaka, and FM Cocolo.
March, 2011: The construction of the new building started in the north of the head office, completed on September 4, 2013.
noon, July 24, 2011: MBS terminated analog terrestrial TV broadcasting.
September 1, 2011: The corporate logo of MBS was renewed for the 60th anniversary of the station's starting broadcasting. The new MBS logo is in use for the TV program credits.
September 4, 2013: The construction of the new building was completed and named "B Building". The headquarters building was named "M Building".
October 1, 2013: Takaishi Solar Plant was situated in the area of MBS Takaishi Radio Transmitter. MBS sells electricity to Kansai Electric Power for 20 years.