, also known as SBC, is a Japanese

broadcast network A terrestrial network (or broadcast network in the United States) is a group of radio stations, television stations, or other electronic media outlets, that form an agreement to air, or broadcast, content from a centralized source. For example, ...

affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN) for TV and JRN/ NRN for radio. Their headquarters are located in

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

. The broadcaster was the first radio station outside Japan's five metropolitan prefectures.

Network

* TV:

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(JNN) * RADIO:

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(JRN), National Radio Network (NRN)

History

After the establishment of the "Three Radio Laws" ( Radio Law, Broadcasting Law, and Radio Supervisory Committee Establishment Law) in 1950, the

Shinano Mainichi Shimbun Shinano may refer to: * Shinano, Nagano, a town in Nagano prefecture, Japan * Shinano River, the longest river in Japan * Shinano Province, one of the old provinces of Japan (Nagano Prefecture now) * Japanese aircraft carrier ''Shinano'', an aircr ...

attempted to establish a private broadcasting service.At its first meeting in March 1951, several companies, politicians, and financial institutions elected Shuntaro Katsuta (the then vice president of Shinano Mainichi Shimbun) as the president of Shinano Broadcasting.On October 18 of the same year, they obtained a preparatory broadcast license. On March 25, 1952 at 5pm, Shinano Broadcasting started to be on air as the first commercial radio broadcaster in the prefecture. Upon its launch, the coverage area was limited to Nagano City, which led to its expanding its coverage area to other cities in Nagano Prefecture between 1953 and 1957. A week later, the company name was changed to Shin-etsu Broadcasting after it receive funding from the local government of Jōetsu City in Niigata Prefecture. In June 1953, Shin-etsu Broadcasting receive an application for a TV license. Due to the mountainous terrain of Nagano Prefecture, the broadcaster started to build a main transmitter on Mount Utsukushigahara, the first in Japan to have a broadcast transmitter on a mountaintop. On March 14, 1958, it receive a broadcast license. And on October 25, 1958 11:30am, SBC started broadcasting on TV. At that time, it aired programs from TBS and

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. On March 1, 1959, it also aired programs from

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

and NET (currently known as

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), the same day the networks started to go on air (Nippon TV, TV Asahi, and Fuji TV programming gradually moved to TV Shinshu, Nagano Broadcasting, and Nagano Asahi Broadcasting when they opened). In August 1959, SBC joined the

. On October 1, 1964, SBC started broadcasting in color on the eve of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. As part of the 15th anniversary of the broadcaster, they participated in the establishment of Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum on October 1, 1966. In 1979, SBC alongside Minaminihon Broadcasting, Aomori Broadcasting, and Shikoku Broadcasting won the Broadcast Cultural Fund Award. *1 October 2006

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was started (Utsukushigahara Main Station, Zenkoji-daira Station, Matsumoto Station, Okaya-Suwa Station, Ina Station and Iida Station).

Stations

Analog TV

* Utsukushigahara (Main Station) JOSR-TV 11ch 1 kW * Sakae-Mura 37ch 10w * Iiyama-Kuwanagawa 56ch 3w * Iiyama 6ch 3w * Iiyama-Narasawa 44ch 0.1w * Iiyama-Atago 56ch 0.1w * Okaya-Kawagishi 50ch 3w * Shirakabako 58ch 1w * Kurumayama 44ch 0.1w * Tatsuno 5ch 3w * Suwa 6ch 75w * Fujimi 32ch 10w * Fujimi-Sezawa 40ch 0.1w * Ina-Nosoko 45ch 0.1w * Takato 12ch 3w * Ina 55ch 100w * Komagane-Nakazawa 56ch 10w * Nakagawa-Kowada 54ch 0.1w * Nakagawa-Tajima 54ch 0.1w * Nagiso 10ch 10w * Iida 6ch 250w * Iida-Achi 55ch 30w * Iida-Kawaji 54ch 3w *

Anan Anan or ANAN may refer to: People * Anan (name) Places * Anan, Haute-Garonne, a commune in the Haute-Garonne ''département'', France * Anan, Nagano, a town in Nagano, Japan * Anan, Tokushima, a city in Tokushima, Japan Other uses * ''Anan'' ( ...

10ch 10w * Anan-Kitajo 58ch 0.1w * Toyama 46ch 10w * Tenryu-Hiraoka 54ch 3w * Shin'no 10ch 3w *

Matsumoto Matsumoto (松本 or 松元, "base of the pine tree") may refer to: Places * Matsumoto, Nagano (松本市), a city ** Matsumoto Airport, an airport southwest of Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto, Kagoshima (松元町), a former town now part of the c ...

40ch * Zenkoji-daira 48ch

Digital TV(ID:6)

* Utsukushigahara (Main Station) JOSR-DTV 16ch * Iida 36ch * Suwa 51ch *

23ch * Zenkoji-daira 36ch * Ina 23ch

RADIO

* Nagano (Main Station) JOSR 1098 kHz *

JOSO 864 kHz; 92.2 MHz FM * Ueda JOSL 1062 kHz * Ina 1098 kHz * Iida JOSW 1098 kHz; 94.2 MHz FM * Suwa JOSE 1197 kHz *

Saku Saku may refer to: Places *Saku, Nagano, a city in Japan *Saku, Nagano (Minamisaku), a town in Japan *Saku Parish, a rural municipality in Harju County, Estonia **Saku, Estonia, a small borough in Saku Parish, Harju County, Estonia *Saku Constituen ...

1458 kHz *

Karuizawa is a resort town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 20,323 in 9897 households, and a population density of 130 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Karuizawa is one of the oldest and most ...

1485 kHz * Shiojiri 94.2 MHz FM

Programs

TV

*Shinshu Marugoto Wide Catch! - from 16:54 until 18:55 on Weekdays *Maji Tele - from 13:05 until 14:00 on Saturdays *SBC Special - from 18:55 until 19:54 on Thursdays *Naruhodo! NAGANO - from 19:54 until 19:58 on Mondays *Wonderful Shinshu-jin!! - from 22:54 until 23:00 on Sundays

RADIO

*Morning Wide Radio J - from 6:30 until 10:20 on Weekdays *Wakuwaku Wide! Appare Odori - from 11:25 until 15:00 on Weekdays

Rival Stations

* Nagano Broadcasting Systems (NBS) * TV. Shinshu (SBC) *

Asahi Broadcasting Nagano , also known as abn, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Nagano Prefecture. History *1991-04-01 It was set up as Nagano Prefecture's fourth broadcasting station. *2006-10-01 its Digital terre ...

(abn)

References

External links

Shin-etsu Broadcasting
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shin-Etsu Broadcasting Japan News Network Television stations in Japan Radio in Japan Companies based in Nagano Prefecture 1951 establishments in Japan Mass media in Nagano (city)