Mainichi Broadcasting System
Logo used since 2011 | |
Headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka | |
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| City | Osaka |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | Mainichi Broadcasting, MBS TV, MBS |
| Programming | |
| Language | Japanese |
| Affiliations | Japan News Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | March 1, 1959 |
Former call signs |
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Former channel numbers | Analog: 4 (VHF, 1959–2011) |
| NET/ANN (1959–1975) | |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | MIC |
| ERP | 25 kW |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°40′38.01″N 135°40′44.27″E / 34.6772250°N 135.6789639°E |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as Mainichi Broadcasting System (Japanese: 毎日放送, Hepburn: Mainichi Hōsō; MBS) (formerly known as Mainichi Broadcasting System Television from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network. It is owned and operated by Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings, with its studios based in the Kita-ku ward of Osaka.
From its inception in 1959 until 2021, MBS operated as a unified broadcaster, with its radio and television operations remaining intact until 2017, when a major restructuring placed the operations under the second incarnation of MBS. In 2021, the radio division was spun off as a separate, wholly owned subsidiary.