Osaka Broadcasting Corporation

Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (大阪放送株式会社, Ōsaka Hoso Kabushiki-gaisha, OBC) is an AM radio station of National Radio Network (NRN) in Osaka, Japan, and it is known as "Radio Osaka (ラジオ大阪 Rajio Ōsaka)". It is also a company of Sankei Shimbun Group in Fujisankei Communications Group. Radio Osaka started broadcasting on July 1, 1958.

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Osaka
Broadcast area	Kansai region
Frequency	1314 kHz; 91.9 MHz FM
Programming
Format	Talk, Sports
Affiliations	NRN
Ownership
Owner	Sankei Shimbun
History
First air date	1 July 1958 (1958-07-01)
Technical information
Power	50,000 watts
Links
Webcast	http://radiko.jp/#OBC
Website	OBC1314

Offices of Radio Osaka

• The Headquarters - ORC200, 2-4, Benten Itchome, Minato-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Tokyo office - Musashi 7 Building, 2-4, Ginza Nanachome, Chūō, Tokyo

Changing Frequency of Radio Osaka

• 1958 - 1971: 1380 kHz, 3 kW
• 1971 - 1978: 1310 kHz, 50 kW
• 1978–Present: 1314 kHz, 50 kW

Broadcasting

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• Osaka - 1314 kHz, 50 kW; 91.9 MHz FM
• Kyoto - 1314 kHz, 300W
• Total:50.3 kW to 55 kW

Time signal

880 Hz (A5)

Supplement

• The "OBC Song (OBCソング)" (lyrics by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), music by Taku Izumi (いずみ たく)) is Japan's first commercial broadcasting station's song produced in 1961.
• The present headquarters and performance place are located on the fourth floor of the harp hall of the large-sized building "ORC200" near Bentencho Station in Benten Itchome, Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the stereophonic broadcast is performed from the time transferred here.

Programs

• Yes! This is Toshiharu Harada (ほんまもん!原田年晴です)
• Beppin Radio (高岡美樹のべっぴんラジオ)
• Radio Yoshimoto Genki Super (ラジオよしもとむっちゃ元気スーパー)
• 5 up Yoshimoto Gachimori (5upよしもと ガチモリ)
• OBC Dramatic Keiba (OBCドラマティック競馬)
• Sankei Express News (news bulletin)
• 1314 V-STATION, etc.
• Programs from other radio stations via network
  • A Wake-up Call for You (あなたへモーニングコール, produced by TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. (TBS R&C), from 5 (JST) until 6 (JST) every day)
  • All Night Nippon (オールナイトニッポン, produced by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (LF), from 25 (JST) until 27 (JST) every Monday to Saturday)

Item

• Kansai TV

Other radio stations in Osaka

• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, 朝日放送)
• Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS, 毎日放送)
• FM OSAKA (851, FM大阪)
• FM802 (802, FM802)
• FM COCOLO (COCOLO, 関西インターメディア)

External links

• The official website of Radio Osaka (OBC)