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Nagasaki Broadcasting
Nagasaki Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (長崎放送株式会社, Nagasaki Hōsō kabushiki gaisha), also known as NBC, is a broadcasting station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It founded in 1952, and it is the only commercial broadcasting that provides both TV and radio services in Nagasaki prefecture. Nagasaki Broadcasting is affiliated with the JNN (TV), JRN, NRN (RADIO).
Nagasaki Broadcasting started radio broadcasting in 1953. Its radio station also covers Saga Prefecture by means of a separate radio station (NBC Radio Saga). NBC started television broadcasting in 1959, and started digital terrestrial television broadcasting in 2006. In 2021, NBC moved into its new headquarter, and started to use new logo. This network has no correlation to the American broadcaster of the same name despite the identical abbreviations.
Nagasaki Broadcasting, like all Japanese TV stations, ended analog broadcasting on July 24, 2011, as it transitions into full-time digital broadcasting, which started in the early 2000s. The shut down also includes the Sasebo relay (JOMF-TV), which is now incorporated into the main NBC Nagasaki digital feed. While most of JNN's stations air on virtual channel "6" just like mother station, TBS, Nagasaki Broadcasting is one of 6 JNN stations that air their programs on virtual channel "3".
With the promulgation of the Three Radio Laws in 1950 (Radio Law, Broadcasting Law and Radio Supervisory Establishment Committee Law), two commercial radio stations in Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki Peace Broadcasting (長崎平和放送) and Radio Nagasaki (ラジオ長崎) solicited a private broadcasting license. In October that year, the licenses were merged into Nagasaki Peace Broadcasting. A preliminary license was obtained in December 1951 and began preparations for its launch. On September 12, 1952, the company was officially registered with a capital of 12.5 million yen. The name was changed to Radio Nagasaki in December (the name of Nagasaki Peace Broadcasting's competing bid). On February 24, 1953, experimental broadcasts began, becoming regular on March 1.
Due to the large distance between Nagasaki, in the south of the prefecture, and Sasebo, in the north, as well as its mountainous terrain, it was near impossible for listeners in the north to pick up broadcasts from NBC. As consequence, local investors set up Radio Sasebo (ラジオ佐世保) in 1953, with the aim of obtaining a local license to operate. However, NBC was also interested in establishing a transmitting station there. With the "one station per prefecture" rule imposed by the regulator, a conflict between Radio Sasebo and NBC erupted, ending in 1954 with Radio Sasebo obtaining its license, while NBC would merge with it only after its broadcasts began. On April 1, 1954, Radio Sasebo began broadcasting, subsequently merging with NBC on October 1.
In 1957, NBC obtained profits for the first time, surpassing 100 billion yen. That same year, it obtained a broadcasting license in Saga Prefecture. This became Radio Saga (ラジオ佐賀), whose broadcasts started on August 1, 1958, later renamed NBC Radio Saga (NBCラジオ佐賀). With that, NBC became the only broadcaster in Japan to have licenses for two prefectures.
A preliminary television license was obtained in January 1956, to cover both Nagasaki and Sasebo. In order to begin television work, its capital was raised by 150 million yen in 1958. Test broadcasts started on December 24, 1958. On January 1, 1959, at 7am, NBC started television broadcasts to Nagasaki, while on February 20, it started broadcasts to Sasebo. With the rapid growth of television broadcasting and infrastructure, NBC moved to its current headquarters in 1961. The building has nine floors, one below ground and eight above, with a total area of 6,610 square meters. It cost 480 million yen and was concluded in June 1962. As a result, NBC moved away from the Nagasaki Chamber of Commerce and Industry and now had premises of its own. At launch in 1953, its revenue was of 47 million yen, rising to 222 million in 1958 and, in 1960, 229 million for radio and 341 million for television. In 1968, on the eves of the launch of KTN, its revenue was of 311 million yen for radio and 1,828 billion for television, totalling 2.145 billion combined, surpassing the two billion benchmark for the first time.
The station invited the Vienna Boys' Choir for a performance in Nagasaki in 1961. Beginning in 1962, it started television coverage of the Nagasaki Kunchi festival. In 1966, the station started broadcasting color programming. Up until KTN's launch (on April 1, 1969), NBC was the only private television station in the prefecture, airing programs from the commercial networks in Tokyo without facing competition. In 1977, revenue surpassed five billion yen; later, six billion yen in 1979.
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Nagasaki Broadcasting
Nagasaki Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (長崎放送株式会社, Nagasaki Hōsō kabushiki gaisha), also known as NBC, is a broadcasting station in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It founded in 1952, and it is the only commercial broadcasting that provides both TV and radio services in Nagasaki prefecture. Nagasaki Broadcasting is affiliated with the JNN (TV), JRN, NRN (RADIO).
Nagasaki Broadcasting started radio broadcasting in 1953. Its radio station also covers Saga Prefecture by means of a separate radio station (NBC Radio Saga). NBC started television broadcasting in 1959, and started digital terrestrial television broadcasting in 2006. In 2021, NBC moved into its new headquarter, and started to use new logo. This network has no correlation to the American broadcaster of the same name despite the identical abbreviations.
Nagasaki Broadcasting, like all Japanese TV stations, ended analog broadcasting on July 24, 2011, as it transitions into full-time digital broadcasting, which started in the early 2000s. The shut down also includes the Sasebo relay (JOMF-TV), which is now incorporated into the main NBC Nagasaki digital feed. While most of JNN's stations air on virtual channel "6" just like mother station, TBS, Nagasaki Broadcasting is one of 6 JNN stations that air their programs on virtual channel "3".
With the promulgation of the Three Radio Laws in 1950 (Radio Law, Broadcasting Law and Radio Supervisory Establishment Committee Law), two commercial radio stations in Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki Peace Broadcasting (長崎平和放送) and Radio Nagasaki (ラジオ長崎) solicited a private broadcasting license. In October that year, the licenses were merged into Nagasaki Peace Broadcasting. A preliminary license was obtained in December 1951 and began preparations for its launch. On September 12, 1952, the company was officially registered with a capital of 12.5 million yen. The name was changed to Radio Nagasaki in December (the name of Nagasaki Peace Broadcasting's competing bid). On February 24, 1953, experimental broadcasts began, becoming regular on March 1.
Due to the large distance between Nagasaki, in the south of the prefecture, and Sasebo, in the north, as well as its mountainous terrain, it was near impossible for listeners in the north to pick up broadcasts from NBC. As consequence, local investors set up Radio Sasebo (ラジオ佐世保) in 1953, with the aim of obtaining a local license to operate. However, NBC was also interested in establishing a transmitting station there. With the "one station per prefecture" rule imposed by the regulator, a conflict between Radio Sasebo and NBC erupted, ending in 1954 with Radio Sasebo obtaining its license, while NBC would merge with it only after its broadcasts began. On April 1, 1954, Radio Sasebo began broadcasting, subsequently merging with NBC on October 1.
In 1957, NBC obtained profits for the first time, surpassing 100 billion yen. That same year, it obtained a broadcasting license in Saga Prefecture. This became Radio Saga (ラジオ佐賀), whose broadcasts started on August 1, 1958, later renamed NBC Radio Saga (NBCラジオ佐賀). With that, NBC became the only broadcaster in Japan to have licenses for two prefectures.
A preliminary television license was obtained in January 1956, to cover both Nagasaki and Sasebo. In order to begin television work, its capital was raised by 150 million yen in 1958. Test broadcasts started on December 24, 1958. On January 1, 1959, at 7am, NBC started television broadcasts to Nagasaki, while on February 20, it started broadcasts to Sasebo. With the rapid growth of television broadcasting and infrastructure, NBC moved to its current headquarters in 1961. The building has nine floors, one below ground and eight above, with a total area of 6,610 square meters. It cost 480 million yen and was concluded in June 1962. As a result, NBC moved away from the Nagasaki Chamber of Commerce and Industry and now had premises of its own. At launch in 1953, its revenue was of 47 million yen, rising to 222 million in 1958 and, in 1960, 229 million for radio and 341 million for television. In 1968, on the eves of the launch of KTN, its revenue was of 311 million yen for radio and 1,828 billion for television, totalling 2.145 billion combined, surpassing the two billion benchmark for the first time.
The station invited the Vienna Boys' Choir for a performance in Nagasaki in 1961. Beginning in 1962, it started television coverage of the Nagasaki Kunchi festival. In 1966, the station started broadcasting color programming. Up until KTN's launch (on April 1, 1969), NBC was the only private television station in the prefecture, airing programs from the commercial networks in Tokyo without facing competition. In 1977, revenue surpassed five billion yen; later, six billion yen in 1979.
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