Shin-etsu Broadcasting

Shin-etsu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Native name
信越放送株式会社
Shin-etsu Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha
FormerlyShinano Broadcasting (March 8, 1951 - April 29, 1952)
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryTelevision and Radio broadcasting
FoundedOctober 18, 1951; 72 years ago (1951-10-18)
Headquarters1200 Toigoshomachi, ,
Japan
Key people
Masayoshi Watanabe
(President and CEO)
SubsidiariesEstate Nagano Corporation
Contents Vision Inc.
SBC Housing Corporation
INC Nagano Cable TV
Nagano Prefecture Culture Center
Websitesbc21.co.jp
Footnotes / references
Data from its Company Profile and Company History
JOSR-DTV
CityNagano
Channels
BrandingSBC
Programming
AffiliationsJapan News Network
Ownership
OwnerShin-etsu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
FoundedOctober 18, 1951
First air date
October 25, 1958
Former call signs
JOSR-TV (1958–2011)
Former channel number(s)
11 (analog VHF, 1958–2011)
Secondary: NTV/NNN/NNS (October 25, 1958-March 31, 1969 (partial Nippon TV programs) & September 30, 1980 (remaining Nippon TV programs))[1]: 14 
Tertiary: NET/ANN (March 1, 1959 - March 31, 1969 (partial NET programs) & March 31, 1991 (remaining TV Asahi programs))[1]
Quaternary: Fuji TV/FNN (March 1, 1959 - March 31, 1969)[1]
Call sign meaning
"Shin'etsu Radio"
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
Links
Websitesbc21.co.jp

Shin-etsu Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (信越放送株式会社, Shin-etsu Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as SBC, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN) for TV and JRN/NRN for radio. Their headquarters are located in Nagano Prefecture.

The broadcaster was the first radio station outside Japan's five metropolitan prefectures.[a][2]

  1. ^ a b c 信越放送の50年 [50 Years of Shin-etsu Broadcasting] (in Japanese). Shin-etsu Broadcasting. 2001. OCLC 676428586.
  2. ^ "関連資料・データ | 一般社団法人 日本民間放送連盟" [List of Commercial Radio Stations]. Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-11-15.


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