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Kyoto Broadcasting System

Radio and television station in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Summary

Radio and television station in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Field	Value
name	Kyoto Broadcasting System Company Limited
logo	[[File:Kbs logo.svg	250px]]
logo_caption	Logo used since 1981.
former_names	Kyoto Broadcasting System Company Limited (1951-1964)
Kinki Broadcasting System Company Limited (1964-1995)
image	File:KBS Kyoto 20210722.jpg
image_size	235px
image_caption	Headquarters in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
type	Private KK
trade_name	KBS Kyoto
native_name	株式会社京都放送
native_name_lang	ja
romanized_name	Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Hōsō
industry	Media
services	Radio and television network
founded	KBS Kyoto:
KBS Shiga:
key_people	Shunsuke Hosoi (president and CEO)
location	Karasuma Street
location_city	Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
location_country	Japan
website

Kinki Broadcasting System Company Limited (1964-1995) KBS Shiga: 34 (UHF, 1969–2011) Kyoto Broadcasting System Company Limited is a commercial broadcasting station headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It is doing business in Kyoto Prefecture as KBS Kyoto and in Shiga Prefecture as

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.

History

Main source:

24 December 1951: 京都放送 opens as Radio Kyoto.
1964: Changes company name to Kinki Broadcasting System.
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 Corporation Reorganization Law to save KBS.
1995: Changed to company name to Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd., 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20080219051744/http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/choroq-order/sample/0018.html

References

[[:ja:京都放送#沿革]] excerpt as of 2007-06-29T11:17

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