Ehime Broadcasting (original) (raw)

This article is about a TV network in Ehime Prefecture. For the same abbreviation of English name of "東森電視", see Eastern Broadcasting Company.

Ehime Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Trade name EBC
Native name 株式会社テレビ愛媛
Romanized name Kabushikigaisha terebiehime
Company type Kabushiki gaisha
Founded January 20, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-01-20)
Headquarters 110 Masago-cho, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Key people Makio Otani (President and Representative Director)
Number of employees 72 (2023)
Website www.ebc.co.jp
Footnotes / referencesCorporate information from its Corporate Profile

Television station in Ehime Prefecture, Japan

JOEI-DTV

Ehime Prefecture, Japan
City Matsuyama
Channels Digital: 27 (UHF)Virtual: 8
Branding TV EhimeEBC
Programming
Affiliations Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System
Ownership
Owner Ehime Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
Founded January 20, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-01-20)
First air date December 10, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-12-10)
Former call signs JOEI-TV (1969–2011)
Former channel number(s) Analog: 37 (UHF, 1969–2011)
Former affiliations All secondary: JNN (1969–1992) NET/ANN (1969–1995)
Call sign meaning EhIme
Links
Website www.ebc.co.jp

Ehime Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (株式会社テレビ愛媛, Kabushiki-gaisha Television Ehime), also known as EBC, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the Fuji News Network and the Fuji Network System. Their headquarters are located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture.

In 1964, 14 companies applied for a broadcast license for the second commercial broadcaster in Ehime Prefecture. Among the applicants were Matsuyama Mainichi Broadcasting, Ehime Asahi Broadcasting (no relation with Ehime Asahi Television), Kitashikoku TV, Iyo TV, Matsuyama Sankei TV, Matsuyama TV, Ehime Utsumi TV and Matsuyama Yomiuri TV.[1]: 25 In July 1968, these applications were later merged by the Prefectural Government which was later approved in October of the same year.[1]: 27 On October 26, 1969, TV Ehime started trial broadcasts and followed by its first official broadcast on December 10 of the same year.[1]: 27

TV Ehime won its first Triple Crown Ratings in October 1976 with an average rating of 16% for all day and 29.9% for primetime.[1]: 41 [2]: 28

Digital Stations (ID:8)

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  1. ^ a b c d テレビ愛媛写真史 : 20th anniversary [_Television Ehime Photo History: 20th Anniversary_] (in Japanese). Ehime Broadcasting. 1989. OCLC 919111448.
  2. ^ 放送番組表にみるテレビ愛媛30年のあゆみ [_TV Ehime's 30th Anniversary: As seen in program guides_] (in Japanese). 2000. OCLC 919111425.

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