Biwako Broadcasting

{{Distinguish|BBC Japan|BBC Three|Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation}}

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{{Infobox television station

| name =

| callsign = JOBL-DTV

| logo = Bbc logo.svg

| logo_size = 200px

| logo_caption = Logo used since 1990

| logo_alt =

| image = Biwako Broadcasting.jpg

| image_size = 235px

| caption = Headquarters in Otsu

| location = Shiga Prefecture

| country = JP

| city = Otsu

| branding =

| analog =

| digital = 20 (UHF)

| virtual = 3

| subchannels =

| translators = see below

| affiliations = Independent (member of JAITS)

| owner = Biwako Broadcasting, Co., Ltd.

| operator =

| founded = May 22, 1971

| airdate = April 1, 1972

| last_airdate =

| callsign_meaning = JO Biwa Lake

| sister_stations =

| former_callsigns = JOBL-TV (1972-2011)

| former_channel_numbers = Analog:
30 (UHF, 1972–2011)

| former_affiliations =

| licensing_authority =MIC

| erp =

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| class =

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| website = {{URL|http://www.bbc-tv.co.jp/}}

}}

{{nihongo|Biwako Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (BBC)|びわ湖放送株式会社|Biwako Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha|lit. Lake Biwa Broadcasting}}, is a fee-free commercial terrestrial television station serving Shiga Prefecture of Japan. {{Cite web|title=会社概要|url=https://www.bbc-tv.co.jp/corp/corp.php|access-date=2023-03-04|website=BBC}} It was started broadcasting in 1972. {{Cite web|title=民放テレビ開局一覧|url=https://j-ba.or.jp/category/data/jba101207|access-date=2023-03-04|website=JBA}}

It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS, Popular name Independent UHF Station). {{Cite web|title=独立UHF局の仲間たち|url=https://www.chiba-tv.com/link/index.html|access-date=2023-03-04|website=chiba tv}} In October 2006, Biwako Broadcasting starts digital TV broadcasting. {{Cite web|title=近畿地区の地上デジタルテレビ放送局|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/soutsu/kinki/2011/schedule/index.html|access-date=2023-03-04|website=MIC}}