is a broadcasting station in
Osakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
,
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, affiliated with
Japan Radio Network (JRN)Japan Radio Network or JRN is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. .-Japan Radio Network stations:...
,
National Radio Network (NRN)National Radio Network is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Incorporated and Nippon Broadcasting System, Incorporated . It is not connected in any way with the National Radio Network in the United States.-National Radio Network stations:...
, Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (TBSHD), TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
,
TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation (TXHD)is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...
,
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting CorporationRKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporationis a broadcasting station in Fukuoka, Japan, and it is affiliated with Japan Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network.-Radio:*Fukuoka: 1278 kHz JOFR 50 kW...
, BS-TBS, Incorporated and FM 802 Co., Ltd.
Offices and studios
- the Headquarters - 17-1, Chayamachi, Kita-ku
is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Economy:West Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Nihon Bussan has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Dentsu and Yomiuri Shimbun have branch offices in Kita-ku. Mazda has an office in the Umeda Sky Building Tower East. Air France has an office on the...
, Osaka-shiis a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
- a 5-minute walk from Chayamachiguchi gate of Umeda Station
is a railway station located in Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in Western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005.Umeda Station is served by the following railways:...
on Hankyu Railwayis a Japanese private railway that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of major businesses operated by Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. The railway's main terminal is at Umeda Station in Osaka...
- a 10-minute walk from Osaka Station
is a station on the West Japan Railway Company located in the Umeda district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the city's main rail terminal in the north....
on JR West, Umeda Station on Hanshin Railway and the Osaka Subway Midosuji Line, Nakatsu Stationis a train station in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midōsuji Line. There is also a station named Nakatsu Station operated by Hankyu Railway, but the two stations are not connected.-Layout:...
on the Osaka Subway Midosuji Line, Higashi-Umeda Stationis a train station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station is located along Whity Umeda.-Connecting lines from Higashi-Umeda:*Osaka Municipal Subway**Midōsuji Line...
on the Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line, and Nishi-Umeda Stationis the terminus of the Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line in Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, close to Herbis OSAKA and Herbis ENT operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd...
on the Osaka Subway Yotsubashi Line
- MBS Studio in USJ - Universal Studios Japan
, located in Osaka, is one of four Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd. . The park is similar to Universal Orlando Resort, since it contains many of the same rides. Most visitors are Japanese tourists or tourists from other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong,...
, 1-33, Sakurajima Nichome, Konohana-kuis one of 24 wards of Osaka city, Japan.-External links:*...
, Osaka-shi
- MBS Senrioka Myrica Center - 1-2, Senrioka-kita, Suita-shi
is a city located in northern Osaka, Japan. As of August 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 356,751 and the density of 9,880 persons per km². The total area is 36.11 km²....
, Osaka-fuis a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...
- Tokyo Branch Office - Akasaka Biz Tower (28th floor), 3-1, Akasaka Gochome, Minato-ku
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
, Tokyo-to
- Nagoya Branch Office - Sakaemachi Building (6th floor), 23-31, Nishiki Sanchome, Naka-ku
is the heart of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Largely hemmed in by Sakura-dōri , Ōtsu-dōri , Fushimi-dōri and Tsurumai-dōri , it contains the main shopping area of Sakae, a massive air-conditioned 5 square-kilometer underground mall) and the 'after-five' semi-red light districts of Nishiki and...
, Nagoya-shi
Advertising sloganAdvertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. A strapline is a British term used as a secondary sentence attached to a brand name...
- The lion on Channel 4 (らいよんチャンネル) - The reason why the mascot character of MBS is Liyon-chan (らいよんチャン).
History of MBS
- December 27, 1950: The predecessor of MBS, , was founded.
- September 1, 1951: NJB started radio broadcasting from Hankyu Department Store
is a Japanese department store chain owned by , a subsidiary of H2O Retailing Corporation.-Stores:*Umeda, Osaka - Main Store **Hankyu Department Store Ings Annex**Hankyu Men's*Kobe*Takarazuka*Kawanishi*Senri*Kitahanada, Sakai*Sanda...
as the second commercial one in Japan.
- December 1, 1956: NJB founded with Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...
(ABC).
- June 1, 1958: NJB was renamed "Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc."
- March 1, 1959: After selling all stocks of OTV to ABC, MBS started analog terrestrial television broadcasting independently from OTV on, and made a network with Nippon Educational Television Co., Ltd. (NET, the predecessor of TV Asahi
, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
Corporation).
- 1960: A broadcasting studio was completed in Senri.
- 1964: MBS formed a radio network with TBS Radio
is the flagship radio station of Japan Radio Network in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded by Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. on March 21, 2000...
and RKB RadioRKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporationis a broadcasting station in Fukuoka, Japan, and it is affiliated with Japan Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network.-Radio:*Fukuoka: 1278 kHz JOFR 50 kW...
, which evolved into Japan Radio Network (JRN)Japan Radio Network or JRN is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. .-Japan Radio Network stations:...
in 1965.
- 1974: MBS joined a television news network called All-Nippon News Network (ANN)
, or ANN, is a commercial television news network in Japan run by TV Asahi Corporation.-All-Nippon News Network stations:-Remote Controller Buttons of Digital TV:*1: Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting*3: TV Miyazaki*5: 20 ANN stations...
.
- March 31, 1975: MBS changed to a news network called Japan News Network (JNN) because the president of the Asahi Shimbun
The is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun...
in those days ordered ABC to change the flagship station to NET.
- May 15, 1977: The frequency of MBS Radio changed from 1210 kHz to 1180 kHz.
- 5 a.m., November 23, 1978: the frequency of MBS Radio changed again from 1180 kHz to 1179 kHz.
- 1990: The new headquarters and new broadcasting studio was completed in Chayamachi, Kita-ku
is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.-Economy:West Japan Railway Company has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Nihon Bussan has its headquarters in Kita-ku. Dentsu and Yomiuri Shimbun have branch offices in Kita-ku. Mazda has an office in the Umeda Sky Building Tower East. Air France has an office on the...
, Osakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
for the 40th anniversary of starting broadcasting. The registered headquarters moved from former Osaka Head Office of the Mainichi ShimbunThe is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by .-History:The history of the Mainichi Shimbun begins with founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper...
, and the broadcasting studio moved from Senri.
- September 1, 1991: 40th anniversaty of MBS's starting broadcasting
- March 31, 2001: A broadcasting studio called "MBS Studio in USJ" was opened at Universal Studios Japan.
- September 1, 2001: 50th anniversaty of MBS's starting broadcasting
- 11 a.m., December 1, 2003: MBS started digital terrestrial TV broadcasting.
- September 1, 2006: 55th anniversaty of MBS's starting broadcasting
- May 15, 2010: MBS started the Internet protocol simulcast radio service via "radico" together with ABC, OBC, FM 802, FM Osaka, and FM Cocolo.
- noon, July 24, 2011: MBS terminated analog terrestrial TV broadcasting.
- September 1, 2011: The corporate logo of MBS was renewed for the 60th anniversaty of the station's starting broadcasting.
Broadcasting
Radio
JOOR
- Frequency: 1210kHz → 1180kHz → 1179 kHz
- Power
- Osaka: 50 kW
- Kyoto: 300 W
- Broadcasting hours: from 4:30 on Mondays until 26:30 on Sundays (with daily starting at 4 the hour from Tuesday until Sunday)
- Time signal: 1046.502Hz (C6
C or Do is the first note of the fixed-Do solfège scale. Its enharmonic is B.-Middle C:Middle C is designated C4 in scientific pitch notation because of the note's position as the fourth C key on a standard 88-key piano keyboard...
, on the hour every hour)
Branch stations of TV broadcasting
Osaka Prefecture
- Kashiwara (analog): Channel 54
- Kashiwara (digital): Channel 16
- Misaki-Fuke (analog): Channel 54
- Misaki-Fuke (digital): Channel 16
- Naka-Nose (digital): Channel 16
- Nishi-Nose (digital): Channel 16
Nara Prefecture
- Ikoma-Asukano (analog): Channel 37
- Tochihara (analog): Channel 33
- Tochihara (digital): Channel 39
- Yoshino (analog): Channel 34
Shiga Prefecture
- Otsu (analog): Channel 36
- Otsu (digital): Channel 16
- Otsu-Ishiyama (analog): Channel 18
- Otsu-Ishiyama (digital): Channel 44
- Hikone (analog): Channel 54
- Hikone (digital): Channel 16
- Koka (analog): Channel 55
- Koka (digital): Channel 16
Kyoto Prefecture
- Yamashina, Kyoto (analog): Channel 54
- Yamashina, Kyoto (digital): Channel 39
- Kameoka (analog): Channel 33
- Kameoka (digital): Channel 16
- Fukuchiyama (analog): Channel 54
- Fukuchiyama (digital): Channel 16
- Maizuru (analog): Channel 53
- Maizuru (digital): Channel 16
- Miyazu (analog): Channel 33
- Miyazu (digital): Channel 16
- Mineyama (analog): Channel 34
- Mineyama (digital): Channel 16
Hyogo Prefecture
- Kobe (mountain area) (analog): Channel 31
- Kobe (mountain area) (digital): Channel 16
- Nada, Kobe (analog): Channel 54
- Hokutan-Tarumi (analog): Channel 53
- Hokutan-Tarumi (digital): Channel 16
- Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi (analog): Channel 55
- Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi (digital): Channel 16
- Inagawa (analog): Channel 35
- Inagawa (digital): Channel 38
- Tatsuno (analog): Channel 34
- Tatsuno (digital): Channel 16
- Miki (analog): Channel 34
- Miki (digital): Channel 16
- Himeji (analog): Channel 54
- Himeji (digital): Channel 16
- Himeji-nishi (analog): Channel 33
- Himeji (digital): Channel 16
- Ako (analog): Channel 54
- Ako (digital): Channel 16
- Wadayama (analog): Channel 54
- Wadayama (digital): Channel 16
- Kinosaki (analog): Channel 54
- Kinosaki (digital): Channel 16
- Kasumi (analog): Channel 33
- Kasumi (digital): Channel 16
- Sasayama (analog): Channel 33
- Sasayama (digital): Channel 16
- Hikami (analog): Channel 33
- Kasumi (digital): Channel 16
- Aioi (analog): Channel 33
- Aioi (digital): Channel 16
- Yamasaki (analog): Channel 33
- Yamasaki (digital): Channel 21
- Fukusaki (analog): Channel 33
- Fukusaki (digital): Channel 16
- Sayo (analog): Channel 33
- Yoka (analog): Channel 34
- Yoka (digital): Channel 16
Wakayama Prefecture
- Wakayama (analog): Channel 42
- Wakayama (digital): Channel 16
- Kainan (analog): Channel 54
- Kainan (digital): Channel 16
- Hashimoto (analog): Channel 54
- Hashimoto (digital): Channel 42
- Gobo (analog): Channel 53
- Gobo (digital): Channel 47
- Kibi (analog): Channel 54
- Kibi (digital): Channel 47
- Tanabe (analog): Channel 54
- Tanabe (digital): Channel 47
- Arida (analog): Channel 35
- Arida (digital): Channel 16
- Shingu (analog): Channel 36
Radio
News and Variety
- Tenkomori from the morning (子守康範 朝からてんコモリ!) - on MBS from 5:00 until 8:00 on weekdays, hosted by Yasunori Komori (子守 康範)
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- Kayokyoku without vocal (歌のない歌謡曲) - on MBS from 7:30 until 7:45 during "Tenkomori" (MBS is the first radio station broadcasting that program.)
- Thank you. This is Jun Hamamura (ありがとう浜村淳です) - on MBS from 8:00 until 10:30 on weekdays
- Thank you. This is Jun Hamamura. It is Saturday today. (ありがとう浜村淳です 土曜日です) - only on MBS from 8:00 until 11:30 on Saturdays
Music
- MBS Utagumi Smile×Songs (MBSうたぐみ Smile×Songs) - on MBS from 22:00 until 24:30 from Monday to Wednesday.
- MBS Utagumi U.K. BEAT FLYER (MBSうたぐみ U.K. BEAT FLYER) - on MBS from 21:00 until 21:55 on Saturdays, hosted by U.K. really named U-jiro Kusunoki
Variety
- Gochamaze! (ゴチャ・まぜっ!) - on MBS from 25:00 until 26:00 from Monday to Wednesday
- Hundred Radio (ハンドレッドラジオ) - Part 1 is on MBS from 22:00 until 24:30 on Thursdays. Part 2 is on MBS from 25:00 until 26:00 on Thursdays.
- Waraimeshi Hour (笑い飯の金曜お楽しみアワー) -
- Madamada Gochamaze! (まだまだゴチャ・まぜっ!〜集まれヤンヤン〜) on MBS from 26:00 until 28:56 on Saturdays
- Gochamaze! Sunday (ゴチャ・まぜっ!日曜日) - on MBS from 25:00 until 25:30 on Sundays
Travel
- MBS Tabigumi Travel Radio (MBSたびぐみ とっておき旅ラジオ) - on MBS from 18:30 until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays in the off-season of Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport
- MBS Tigers Live (MBSタイガースライブ, Baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers
The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly...
)
- MBS Toragumi Tigers Live (MBSとらぐみ タイガースライブ) - on MBS in the off-season of Nippon Professional Baseball, from 17:54 until 18:30 from Tuesday to Friday, from 17:59 until 18:30 on Saturdays and Sundays
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament of Japan, commonly known as "Spring Kōshien" or "Senbatsu" , is an annual high school baseball tournament....
(選抜高等学校野球大会, semifinal and final)
- Sunday horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
live Minna no Keiba (サンデー競馬中継 みんなの競馬)
TV
News
- MBS News (MBSニュース)
- VOICE - Weekdays news program in the Kansai region
Information
- Chichin Puipui (ちちんぷいぷい) - only on MBS from 14:55 until 17:45 on weekdays
- Shittoko! (知っとこ!) - nationalcast from 8:00 until 9:25 on Saturdays
- Seyanen! (せやねん!) - only on MBS from 9:25 until 12:54 on Saturdays
Variety
- Maki's Magic Restaurant (水野真紀の魔法のレストラン) - on MBS from 19:00 on Wednesdays
- Akashiya TV (痛快!明石家電視台) - on MBS from 23:55 on Mondays
- Rokemitsu (ロケみつ) - on MBS, BSN, BSS, RSK, RKK and OBS from 23:55 on Thursdays, also on CBC, TBS, KUTV, ITV, UTY and RCC on different days
- Japan Channel 47 SUPER - nationalcast from 21:00 till 22:54 on Wednesdays
- Past: Baribari Value
is a weekly panel game show that is currently being broadcast from 22:00 until 22:54 every Wednesday; it is produced by Mainichi Broadcasting System in Osaka, Japan....
(世界バリバリバリュー) → Teppan Note (明日使える心理学 テッパンノート) → TV tte yatsu wa! → Kumepipo → Who knows the most? (anything) → special programs → The 8 per 100 Million→ Japan Channel 47 - nationalcast from 22:00 on Wednesdays
- Past: Kuraberu Kuraveller (くらべるくらべらー) - nationalcast from 21:00 on Wednesdays
- EXILE Damashii (EXILE魂) - nationalcast from 22:00 on Sundays, collaboration with TBS
Documentary
- Jonetsu-Tairiku (情熱大陸) - nationalcast from 23:00 on Sundays, presented by Asahi Breweries
Asahi Breweries, Ltd. is a leading brewery and soft drink company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company has a 40% share of the Japanese beer market....
and Mazdais a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...
- Video Documentary Kanasi (映像) - only on MBS in midnight on the 3rd Sunday every month (from 24:50)
Dramas produced by MBS
- Dorama 30 (- September 2008)
- Inochino Gembakara (いのちの現場から)
- Ya, Ku, So, Ku (ヤ・ク・ソ・ク)
- Designer (デザイナー)
- Shin Inochino Gembakara (新・いのちの現場から)
- The Daughter at the Public Sento!? (銭湯の娘!?)
- Shin Inochino Gembakara 2 (新・いのちの現場から2)
- Gakincho~Return Kids~ (がきんちょ ～リターン・キッズ～), etc.
- Hirudora (November 2008 - March 2009)
- Panda is coming to town (パンダが町にやってくる)
- Ochaberi (おちゃべり)
- Friday midnight drama (2009-2010)
- Drifting Net Cafe
is a Japanese seinen manga by Shuzo Oshimi that is currently serialized in the manga magazine, Manga Action. Drifting Net Cafe is a science fiction mystery involving a group of patrons trapped in a internet café, which has become a strange universe of its own...
(漂流ネットカフェ)
- Tei-Oh (帝王)
- Shinya Shokudō
is a Japanese manga series by Yarō Abe. It won the 55th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga and it was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taishō. It was adapted into a 10-episode live-action television drama in 2009....
(深夜食堂)
- Peace Maker (新撰組PEACE MAKER)
- Thursday midnight drama 1 (2010-2011)
- Akechi the Third (三代目明智小五郎〜今日も明智が殺される〜)
- Dohyo Girl! (土俵ガール!)
- Ushijima the Loan Shark
is a Japanese manga series by Shohei Manabe. It won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. It was adapted into a live action television drama series in 2010 and it will be adapted into a live action film in 2012.-External links:*...
(闇金ウシジマくん)
- Quartet (カルテット)
- Saturday midnight drama (2011)
- Muscle Girl! (マッスルガール!)
- Arakawa Under the Bridge
is a Japanese manga series created by Hikaru Nakamura. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Young GanGan starting December 3, 2004. An anime adaptation by Shaft was broadcast in Japan between April 4, 2010 and June 27, 2010 on TV Tokyo...
(荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ)
- Thursday midnight drama 2 (2011-)
- Shinya Shokudō
is a Japanese manga series by Yarō Abe. It won the 55th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga and it was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taishō. It was adapted into a 10-episode live-action television drama in 2009....
2 (深夜食堂2)
- Special
- Sen no Rikyu
, is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha...
(1990) - 40th anniversary
- Message -The Commercial Message Director Toshi Sugiyama- (2005) - 55th anniversary, presented by Shiseido
- Toilet no Kamisama
is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Kana Uemura, recounting her thoughts about her late grandmother. It was the leading track from her extended play Watashi no Kakera-tachi, released on March 10, 2010...
(2011) - 60th anniversary, mainly presented by INAX
- Hanayome no Chichi (lit. "Bride's father", 2011) - 60th anniversary
Anime
Sport
- MBS Tigers Baseball Live
The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly...
(MBS激闘プロ野球〜猛虎魂〜, Nippon Professional Baseball)
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament of Japan, commonly known as "Spring Kōshien" or "Senbatsu" , is an annual high school baseball tournament....
(選抜高等学校野球大会, semifinal and final)
- National High School Rugby Tournament
The National High School Rugby Tournament is held annually since 1917 at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in East Osaka, Japan from the end of December to early January...
(全国高等学校ラグビーフットボール大会)
- Tsuruya Open
The is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1994. The tournament's to-par record is -17 set by Katsumasa Miyamoto in 1998. The aggregate record is 268 set by Brendan Jones in 2007. The course measures 6,770 yards and the par is 71...
- Masters GC Ladies
Masters GC Ladies is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on LPGA of Japan Tour.. It is usually played in October and in recent years at the Masters Golf Club, Miki, Hyogo...
- Mizuno Classic
The Mizuno Classic is an annual women's professional golf tournament, jointly sanctioned by the two richest women's professional tours: the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was an unofficial money event on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975...
- Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
The is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November at the Phoenix Country Club and attracts some of the leading international golfers.-Winners:*2011 Toshinori Muto - Japan*2010 Yuta Ikeda - Japan*2009 Edoardo Molinari - Italy...
- Koshien Bowl
The Koshien Bowl is the annual Japanese American college football national championship game, usually played in December at Koshien Stadium.From the 2009 season until 2010 season, the game is held as the final game of Japan University American Football Championship...
(甲子園ボウル, American footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
championship, until 2008)
Special events hosted by MBS
- MBS Radio Walk (MBSラジオウォーク)
- MBS Radio Festival (MBSラジオまつり)
- Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
's 9th SymphonyThe Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire, and has been adapted for use as the European Anthem...
with a Cast of 10,000 (サントリー1万人の第九), etc.
Radio and TV
- Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
is a regional radio and television broadcaster headquartered in Osaka, Japan, serving in the Kansai region.-Offices:*Headquarters: 1-30, Fukushima Itchome, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-shi, Japan...
(朝日放送, JRNJapan Radio Network or JRN is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. .-Japan Radio Network stations:...
･NRNNational Radio Network is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Incorporated and Nippon Broadcasting System, Incorporated . It is not connected in any way with the National Radio Network in the United States.-National Radio Network stations:...
･ANN, or ANN, is a commercial television news network in Japan run by TV Asahi Corporation.-All-Nippon News Network stations:-Remote Controller Buttons of Digital TV:*1: Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting*3: TV Miyazaki*5: 20 ANN stations...
)
- Kyoto Broadcasting System
is a commercial broadcasting station headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It is doing business in Kyoto Prefecture as and in Shiga Prefecture as Its radio station serves Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures and is a member of National Radio Network . Its television station serves Kyoto Prefecture and is a...
(京都放送, NRN･UHFThe , is a group of Japan's reception fee-free commercial terrestrial television stations which are not members of the major national networks that has flagship in Tokyo and Osaka....
)
TV only
- Kansai TV
, often called or , is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System in Osaka, serving the Kansai region of Japan...
(関西テレビ, FNNFuji News Network is a commercial television news network in Japan. The network is run by Fuji Television Network, Inc..-Fuji News Network stations:-External links:*...
)
- Yomiuri TV
is a TV station joining Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System in Osaka Business Park, Osaka, Japan founded as "" on February 13, 1958...
(読売テレビ, NNNNippon News Network is a commercial television news network in Japan. The network is owned by Nippon Television, which itself is controlled by publishing company Yomiuri Shimbun. NNN operates a 24-hour news network, News 24, and its programming is aired on NTV stations.-Nippon News Network...
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- TV Osaka
is a TV station affiliated with TXN in Osaka, Japan. The mascot character is "Takoru-kun" .-Offices:*The headquarters - 1-2-18, Otemae, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan...
(テレビ大阪, TXN- TV Tokyo Network stations :-External links:*...
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- SUN-TV
is a commercial television station headquartered in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations .-Office:...
(サンテレビ, UHF)
- Nara TV (奈良テレビ, UHF)
- Biwako Broadcasting
is a fee-free commercial terrestrial television station serving Shiga Prefecture of Japan.It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations .Popular name Independent UHF Station .-Offices:...
(びわ湖放送, UHF)
- TV Wakayama (テレビ和歌山, UHF)
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- Radio Osaka
is an AM radio station of National Radio Network in Osaka, Japan, and it is known as "Radio Osaka ". It is also a company of Sankei Shimbun Group in Fujisankei Communications Group...
(ラジオ大阪, NRN)
- Radio Kansai (ラジオ関西, independent)
- FM OSAKA
is a radio station in Osaka, Japan. It is an affiliated station of Japan FM Network .- History of FM OSAKA :On April 1, 1970, FM OSAKA started broadcasting as the first private FM station in Nakanoshima, Osaka nationwide as the only FM radio station affiliated with Japan FM Network in the Kansai...
(JFN)
- FM 802 (JFL
The Japan FM League is a commercial radio broadcasting network in Japan. It is owned by JOAV-FM .JFL's main ideal is to respect the operation of each of its affiliates, letting each affiliate flourish under its own terms. The network is a co-operative, with each affiliate offering its resources...
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