Japan News Network

The Japan News Network (ジャパン ニュース ネットワーク, Japan Nyūsu Nettowāku), or JNN, is a Japanese commercial television network run by TBS Television. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. Its member stations also broadcast non-news programs originating from TBS Television.

Japan News Network
TypeBroadcast television network
CountryJapan
Programming
Picture format1080i (HD)
Ownership
OwnerTBS Holdings
History
FoundedAugust 1, 1959[1]: 150-151 
Links
WebsiteJNN Official Website

It also operates the 24-hour satellite and cable news channel TBS News.

Japan News Network stations
Digital channel assignments of JNN affiliates

Bold indicates founding members[2]: 150-151 

Station abbreviationStationCall signBroadcast area (Prefectures)
TBSTBS TV / TBSテレビJORX-DTVTokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, and Tochigi
MBSMBS TV / MBSテレビJOOY-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 (served by IBC), Fukui (served by MRO and MBS), Tokushima (served by MBS and RSK), and Saga prefectures (served by RKB)
BS-TBSBS-TBS (formerly BS-i)--Japanese whole area (Broadcasting Satellite)

Former stations

Bold indicates former primary affiliate

Station abbreviationStationCall signNotes
FTVFukushima TV / 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.[3]: 30 
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.[4]: 105, 125, 201-206 
NKTNihonkai 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.[5]: 30 

References
  1. TBS50年史 [50 Years of TBS] (in Japanese). Tōkyō Broadcasting System. 2002. OCLC 835030477.
  2. TBS50年史 [50 Years of TBS] (in Japanese). Tōkyō Broadcasting System. 2002. OCLC 835030477.
  3. 福島テレビ30年史 [Fukushima TV at 30] (in Japanese). Fukushima Television. 1993. OCLC 47486662.
  4. 朝日放送の50年 [Asahi Broadcasting's 50 Years] (in Japanese). Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. 2000. OCLC 166459267.
  5. 日本海テレビのあゆみ [50 Years of Nihonkai Telecasting] (in Japanese). Nihonkai Television. 2009. OCLC 674596047.


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