Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting

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KBC Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

Headquarters in Fukouka
Native name	KBCグループホールディングス株式会社
Romanized name	KBC Gurūpu Hōrudingusu
Formerly	Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (1953-2023)
Company type	kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Media
Founded	21 August 1953; 71 years ago (1953-08-21)
Key people	Yasushi Waki (President & CEO)
Services	Broadcast television
Owner	The Asahi Shimbun (19.20%) TV Asahi Holdings Corporation (4.00%)
Subsidiaries	Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
Website	kbc.co.jp/kbc-ghd/

JOIF-DTV

Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
City	Fukuoka
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 1
Branding	KBC Television
Programming
Affiliations	All-Nippon News Network
Ownership
Owner	Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
First air date	1 March 1959
Former call signs	JOIF-TV (1959–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 1 (VHF, 1959–2011)
Former affiliations	Fuji TV (1 March 1959–30 September 1964)[1]: 120
Call sign meaning	Ichi (Channel 1) Fukuoka
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Transmitter coordinates	33°35′35.7″N 130°21′5.3″E / 33.593250°N 130.351472°E / 33.593250; 130.351472
Links
Website	kbc.co.jp/tv/
Corporate information
Company
Native name	九州朝日放送株式会社
Romanized name	Kyūshū Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Radio and television network
Founded	1 April 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-01) (as Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting Split Preparation Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters	Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Owner	KBC Group Holdings
Website	kbc.co.jp

Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (九州朝日放送株式会社, Kyūshū Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a broadcasting station in Fukuoka, Japan, affiliated with National Radio Network (NRN) on radio and All-Nippon News Network (ANN) on TV.

With its relay transmitters in Saga,^[2] KBC functions as the default ANN affiliate for the said prefecture, as that area does not have an ANN affiliate of its own.