Nippon Broadcasting System
{{Short description|Radio station in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Redirect|Nippon Hōsō|Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai|NHK}}
{{Expand Japanese|ニッポン放送|date=May 2009}}
{{Infobox company|
name = Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.|
logo = NipponBroadcasting86.svg|
logo_size = 150px|
logo_caption = Logo used since 1986|
image = ニッポン放送 有楽町本社.jpg|
image_caption = Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo|
native_name = 株式会社ニッポン放送|
romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Hōsō|
type = Subsidiary KK|
foundation = {{start date|2006|4|1}} (spun off from the former Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. founded in 1954) |
location = 9-3, Yūrakuchō|
location_city = Chiyoda, Tokyo|
location_country = Japan|
key_people = {{ill|Maki Hiwara|ja|檜原麻希}} (president and CEO)|
industry = Broadcasting|
num_employees = 121 (June 2021) |
parent = Fuji Media Holdings|
website = https://www.jolf.co.jp/
}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = JOLF
| logo =
| city = Tokyo
| area = Kanto region
| branding = {{nihongo|AM Radio 1242 Nippon Hōsō|AMラジオ1242ニッポン放送|AM Rajio ichi ni yo ni Nippon Hōsō}}
| frequency = 1242 kHz (AM), 93.0 MHz (FM)
| language = Japanese
| power = 100,000 watts (AM 1242 kHz)
7,000 watts (FM 93 MHz)
| erp = 57,000 watts (FM 93 MHz)
| airdate = {{start date and age|1954|7|15}}
| licensing_authority = MIC
| affiliations = National Radio Network
| webcast = https://radiko.jp/#LFR
(Japan only)
| website = https://www.1242.com
}}
{{Nihongo|Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.|株式会社ニッポン放送|Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Hōsō}}, or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, headquartered near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group.{{cite web |url=http://www.fujisankei-g.co.jp/pdf/fcglist_up_150626.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.fujisankei-g.co.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015921/http://www.fujisankei-g.co.jp/pdf/fcglist_up_150626.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings and both companies are affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group.
Reportedly the most listened-to radio station in the world in 1990,{{cite news |title=Asia, and then the world |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19910131-1.2.59.7.2?qt=fujisankei,%20communications,%20international&q=fujisankei%20communications%20international |work=The Straits Times |date=October 31, 1990 |quote=...the Nippon Broadcasting System, which is the most listened-to station in the world;...}} Nippon Broadcasting System was instrumental in the creation of several companies including Fuji Television in 1957, Pony Canyon in 1966 and the Fujisankei Communications Group in 1967.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-29-mn-2454-story.html|title = Archives|website = Los Angeles Times| date=29 October 1990 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/comp/profile.html|title=ポニーキャニオン公式企業サイト|accessdate=9 July 2023|language=ja|archive-date=1 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601222541/http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/comp/profile.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=【ベンチャー三国志】vol.19 楽天、ＴＢＳ買収に挑む／楽天会長兼社長 三木谷浩史 |url=http://kigyoka.com/news/magazine/magazine_20130508.html |work=Kigyoka Club |date=April 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907225427/http://kigyoka.com/news/magazine/magazine_20130508.html |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |language=ja}} Nippon Broadcasting System is also the home of the long-running radio program All Night Nippon.
History
Founded in 1954, it is together with Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, the flagship station of the National Radio Network. From July 15, 1954, to September 30, 1967, the station used the abbreviation "NBS" derived from Nippon Broadcasting System. Since October 1, 1967, it has used the call sign JOLF and identified itself with the last two letters "LF".
In 1990, Nippon Broadcasting System sued its rival Radio Nippon to prevent it from using both the "R · F · Radio Japan" and "Radio Japan" trademarks. Nippon Broadcasting System lost the lawsuit.{{cite web |title=Courts document |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/674/014674_hanrei.pdf |language=ja}}
In 1992, Nippon Broadcasting System started broadcasting in C-QuAM stereo, continuing until March 31, 2024.{{cite web |title=4月1日（月）AM放送の変更（ステレオ→モノラル）および ベリカード（受信確認書）発行終了のお知らせ |url=https://www.1242.com/information/314870/ |website=Nippon Broadcasting System |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209093102/https://www.1242.com/information/314870/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |language=ja |date=March 24, 2024}}
A labor union was formed at Nippon Broadcasting System for the first time in September 12, 2005.{{cite web |url=http://it.nikkei.co.jp/business/special/fuji_livedoor.aspx?i=2005091210241ra |title=ニッポン放送に労働組合が誕生・雇用維持に備え ビジネス-フジテレビ／ライブドア:It-Plus |website=it.nikkei.co.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225201232/http://it.nikkei.co.jp/business/special/fuji_livedoor.aspx?i=2005091210241ra |archive-date=25 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}
Nippon Broadcasting System was historically the parent company of Fuji Television despite the latter being a much larger company than the former.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sUUehPO7CdwC&q=japan+upswing+fuji+nippon&pg=PA216 |title = Japan on the Upswing: Why the Bubble Burst and Japan's Economic Renewal|isbn = 9780875864631|last1 = Iwamoto|first1 = Yoshiyuki|year = 2006| publisher=Algora }} Both companies were founded in the 1950s and were part of the Fujisankei Communications Group.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/business/japanese-get-music-stake.html?pagewanted=1|title = Japanese Get Music Stake|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 3 October 1989}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/30/obituaries/nobutaka-shikanai-is-dead-at-78-founder-of-japanese-media-group.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-01-20 |archive-date=2015-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525204226/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/30/obituaries/nobutaka-shikanai-is-dead-at-78-founder-of-japanese-media-group.html |url-status=dead }} In 2005, the relation between the two companies was reversed and Nippon Broadcasting System became the subsidiary of Fuji Television.{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/25/business/nbs-officially-announces-it-will-be-fuji-tv-subsidiary/#.Wk2N3HlG21s|title = NBS officially announces it will be Fuji TV subsidiary|date = 25 June 2005}}
In April 2006, the radio broadcaster and its station license was spun off into a new separate company called "Nippon Broadcasting System" owned by Fuji Television.{{cite news|url=http://www.fujimediahd.co.jp/en/ir/pdf/er/fy2006/er1125_1.pdf|title=Organization of the Fuji Television Network Group|website=fujimediahd.co.jp|access-date=9 July 2023}} Fuji Television absorbed the rest of the old Nippon Broadcasting System company that was founded in 1954 and took over its assets. As a result, former subsidiaries of Nippon Broadcasting System such as Pony Canyon were transferred to Fuji Television who was later renamed Fuji Media Holdings in 2008.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.1242.com/|JOLF}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Official website|www.jolf.co.jp/|Corporate Home Page}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Radio stations in Japan
Category:Mass media companies based in Tokyo
Category:Radio stations established in 1954