Nippon Cultural Broadcasting
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History | |
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First air date | March 31, 1952 |
Technical information | |
Power | 100,000 watts (AM 1134 KHz) 7,000 watts (FM 91.6 MHz) |
ERP | 57,000 watts (FM 91.6 MHz) |
Links | |
Website | JOQR |
Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc. (株式会社文化放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Bunka Hōsō, JOQR, QR or simply Cultural Broadcasting) is a Japanese
History
The station was established in 1951 by the
At the time of its opening, the mission was to "improve Japanese culture, spread the ideals of truth, goodness, justice, and a sound democratic ideology based on humanity , and contribute to the rise of the nation and the prosperity of the people". However, due to self-righteous management by Priest Paolo Marcelino of the Sisters of St. Paul, who was in charge, and the hiring of a large number of employees who had been red-purged from NHK at the time of its opening, labor disputes occurred frequently, and religious overtones occurred. The company's business conditions deteriorated and its representatives changed frequently due to concerns from those around it, low audience ratings due to a lack of entertainment programs, a narrow broadcasting area due to low output, and a lack of emphasis on profit. There were also rumors that the content of the broadcast was biased to the extent that it was said to be "a broadcast aimed at communist Japan", and that it was "taken over by the left-leaning and anti-American Japan Labor Union General Council (Sohyo)".[2]
The business world, feeling a sense of crisis, decided to take countermeasures in cooperation with publishers such as Obunsha and Kodansha, as well as companies from all over the world, and as a result, the Sisters of St. Paul and the Sisters of St. Paul were forced to withdraw from the management of the station. As a result, the Japan Cultural Broadcasting Corporation was formally dissolved on February 16, 1956. However, since the Sisters of St. Paul had invested in equipment such as the company building and transmitting station at the time, they were given matching shares, and are now the largest shareholder of the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd., and have sent one director to the company.
In 1957, Cultural Broadcasting established
JOQR moved the head office from Wakaba,
As for future plans, in order to eliminate the burden of equipment renewal costs due to slumping advertising revenue and double investment with Wide FM, JOQR will work with 43 commercial broadcasters that provide AM broadcasting nationwide, excluding Hokkaido and Akita, to shift to FM broadcasting, announced on June 15, 2021.[3][4] Subsequently, in a press release issued on June 24 of the same year, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting stated that it would not participate in the demonstration experiment to be conducted from 2024 regarding AM suspension, and that it would not be able to continue AM broadcasting at the time of license renewal in the fall of 2028. The plan is to decide whether to continue as usual or quit (switch to FM broadcasting).[5]
Headquarters
It is headquartered at QR Media Plus - 31, Hamamatsuchō 1-chōme, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
References
- ^ Tokyo Broadcasting System History Editorial Office, "The History of Tokyo Broadcasting", Tokyo Broadcasting, May 10, 1965, p. 580.
- ^ Masao Sakai, "The Beginning of TV Shopping", Fusosha, 2008, Part 1: The formation of Fuji Media Holdings and the living route "Reconstruction of Cultural Broadcasting". ISBN 978-4-594-05565-3
- ^ 全国の民放AMラジオ、令和10年までにFM転換. 産経ニュース. 産経デジタル. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ 民間AM局の大半、7年後までにFM化へ 対応端末必要. 朝日新聞デジタル. 朝日新聞社. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ 民放AMラジオ局の在京3社(TBSラジオ、文化放送、ニッポン放送)を含む全国の民放ラジオ局44局は2028年秋までにFMラジオ局への転換を目指します。. 文化放送 (in Japanese). 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)