RKB Mainichi Broadcasting

RKB Mainichi Holdings Corporation
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting
Rkb+
Native name
株式会社RKB毎日ホールディングス
Kabushikigaisha RKB Mainichi hōrudingusu
FormerlyRadio Kyushu Co., Ltd. (1951-1958)
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation (1958-2016)
Company typePublic KK
FSE: 9407
IndustryMedia
FoundedJune 29, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-06-29)
(as Radio Kyushu Broadcasting)
August 1, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-08-01) (as RKB Mainichi Broadcasting)
Headquarters2-3-8 Momochihama, Sawaraku, ,
Japan
Key people
Ryoji Inoue (President and Representative Director; RKB Mainichi Holdings)
Izumi Sato (President and Representative Director; RKB Mainichi Broadcasting)
OwnerMBS Media Holdings (90.3%)
The Mainichi Newspapers (8.63%)
TBS Holdings (6.38%)
Websiterkb.jp/holdings
Footnotes / references
Data from its Corporate Profile
JOFR-DTV
JOFO-TV (defunct)
CityFukuoka
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsJapan News Network
Ownership
OwnerRKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
March 1, 1958
Last air date
July 24, 2011 (JOFO-TV)
Former call signs
JOFR-TV (1958–2011)
Former channel number(s)
4 (analog VHF, 1958–2011)
JOFO-TV:
8 (analog VHF, 1958–2011)
NTV/NNN (secondary, 1964-1969)
Call sign meaning
JO Fukuoka Radio
or
FouR (channel number)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
Transmitter coordinates33°35′34.285″N 130°21′3.161″E / 33.59285694°N 130.35087806°E / 33.59285694; 130.35087806
Links
Websiterkb.jp
Company
Native name
RKB毎日放送株式会社
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRadio and television network
FoundedSeptember 29, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-09-29)
(as RKB Mainichi Division Preparation Corporation)
HeadquartersFukuoka, Japan
OwnerRKB Mainichi Holdings

RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation (RKB 毎日放送株式会社, RKB Mainichi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha) (stylized as +rkb) is a broadcasting station located in Fukuoka, Japan. It is affiliated with the Japan Radio Network (JRN) and the Japan News Network (JNN). The company is owned by the MBS Media Holdings, Mainichi Shimbun, and the Aso Group.

The initials RKB stand for Radio Kyushu Broadcasting (ラジオ九州放送, Rajio Kyūshū Hōsō), the station's former name.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gabriella Lukács (15 July 2010). Scripted Affects, Branded Selves: Television, Subjectivity, and Capitalism in 1990s Japan. Duke University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8223-9323-8.
  2. ^ 放送十年 : RKB每日社史 [10 Years of RKB Mainichi Broadcasting] (in Japanese). Japan: RKB Mainichi Broadcasting. 1962. OCLC 881300518.