Japan News Network

Japan News Network (ジャパン ニュース ネットワーク, Japan Nyūsu Nettowāku), or JNN, is a commercial television news network in Japan. The network is run by Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. (TBS).

Japan News Network
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
Japan
AvailabilityNationwide
FoundedAugust 1, 1959
OwnerTokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.
Picture format
1080i (HD)
Callsign meaning
Japan News Network
Official website
JNN Official Website

JNN is the broadcast supplier of news programmes and news exchange to all JNN-affiliated stations. It also operates the 24-hour satellite and cable news channel TBS News.

Japan News Network stations

Station abbreviationStationCall signBroadcast area (Prefectures)
TBSTBS TV / TBSテレビJORX-DTVTokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, and Tochigi
MBSMainichi Hōsō / 毎日放送JOOR-DTVOsaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, and Wakayama
CBCCBC TV / CBCテレビJOGX-DTVAichi, Gifu, and Mie
ATVAomori TV / 青森テレビJOAI-DTVAomori
ITVi-TV / あいテレビJOEH-DTVEhime
rkbRKB Mainichi Hōsō / RKB毎日放送JOFR-DTVFukuoka
TUFTV-U Fukushima / テレビユー福島JOKI-DTVFukushima
RCCChūgoku Hōsō / 中国放送JOER-DTVHiroshima
HBCHokkaidō Hōsō / 北海道放送JOHR-DTVHokkaidō
MROHokuriku Hōsō / 北陸放送JOMR-DTVIshikawa
IBCIBC Iwate Hōsō / IBC岩手放送JODF-DTVIwate
MBCMinaminihon Hōsō / 南日本放送JOCF-DTVKagoshima
KUTVTV Kochi / テレビ高知JORI-DTVKōchi
RKKKumamoto Hōsō / 熊本放送JOBF-DTVKumamoto
TBCTohoku Hōsō / 東北放送JOIR-DTVMiyagi
MRTMiyazaki Hōsō / 宮崎放送JONF-DTVMiyazaki
SBCShin-etsu Hōsō / 信越放送JOSR-DTVNagano
NBCNagasaki Hōsō / 長崎放送JOUR-DTVNagasaki
BSNNiigata Hōsō / 新潟放送JODR-DTVNiigata
OBSOita Hōsō / 大分放送JOGF-DTVOita
RSKRSK San-yō Hōsō / RSK山陽放送JOYR-DTVOkayama and Kagawa
RBCRyūkyū Hōsō / 琉球放送JORR-DTVOkinawa
BSSSan-in Hōsō / 山陰放送JOHF-DTVShimane and Tottori
SBSShizuoka Hōsō / 静岡放送JOVR-DTVShizuoka
TUTTulip TV / チューリップテレビJOJH-DTVToyama
TUYTV-U Yamagata / テレビユー山形JOWI-DTVYamagata
tysTV Yamaguchi / テレビ山口JOLI-DTVYamaguchi
UTYTV Yamanashi / テレビ山梨JOGI-DTVYamanashi
There are no affiliates in Akita, Fukui, Saga and Tokushima prefectures.
BS-TBSBS-TBS (formerly BS-i)--Japanese whole area (Broadcasting Satellite)

Former stations

Station abbreviationStationCall signNotes
FTVFTV / 福島テレビJOPX-TVAffiliated with JNN from June 1, 1971 to March 31, 1983. Owing to network decisions, it changed networks to FNN. TBS/JNN programming returned to Fukushima in December of that year when TUF launched.
ABCAsahi Hōsō / 朝日放送JONR-TVAffiliated with JNN from August 1, 1959 to March 30, 1975. Swapped networks with MBS, which at the time was with TV Asahi/ANN, owing to shareholder issues with the network.
NKTNKT TV / 日本海テレビジョン放送JOJX-TVAffiliated with JNN from August 1, 1959 to December 14, 1959. Changed networks to NNN when BSS started broadcasting and took TBS's programming.

◆ = former primary affiliate

DTV virtual channel number

  • 1: HBC, TBC, MBC
  • 3: RCC, tys, NBC, RKK, OBS, RBC
  • 4: MBS, rkb
  • 5: CBC, BSN (former)
  • 6: 16 JNN stations (TBS, etc.)


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