Mainichi Broadcasting System Co., Ltd. - Mainichi Broadcasting

Japanese: 毎日放送[株] - まいにちほうそう

A private television and radio broadcasting company. Abbreviated as MBS. Headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. Established in 1951 as Japan's first private radio broadcasting station, "Shin Nihon Broadcasting," the company changed its name to Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. in 1958 and opened a television station the following year, becoming a dual-use company. In 1975, the company switched its network in the Tokyo/Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area, which it had previously shared with NET (now TV Asahi), to a network with Tokyo Broadcasting System, becoming part of the JNN group. It has a broadcasting center in Senrioka, near Osaka, and has a well-developed production system.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

民間テレビ･ラジオ放送会社。略称MBS。本社，大阪市北区。日本初の民間放送ラジオ局〈新日本放送〉として1951年発足，同58年(株)毎日放送と社名を変更し，翌年テレビ局を開局して兼営社となった。75年にそれまでNET(現，テレビ朝日)と組んでいた東京･京阪神地区のネットワークを東京放送とのネットワークに転換し，JNN系列に属すことになった。放送センターを大阪近郊の千里丘にもち，制作体制は充実している。

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