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Asahi Broadcasting Aomori

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Television station in Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Asahi Broadcasting Aomori Co., Ltd. (青森朝日放送株式会社, Aomori Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as ABA, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. It broadcasts to Aomori Prefecture from studio facilities located in Aomori City.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 15, 1990Founded1

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ABA-Aomori
Photo: Aomorin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Asahi Broadcasting Aomori Co., Ltd. (青森朝日放送株式会社, Aomori Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as ABA, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. It broadcasts to Aomori Prefecture from studio facilities located in Aomori City.2

The story

In the 1990s, the opening of new Heisei stations led to the growing impetus for the creation of a third commercial television station in Aomori Prefecture. The Asahi Shimbun invested in ABA's establishment and had its launching costs evaluated at approximately six billion yen.

October 1, 1991 - Station launch.

July 1, 2006 - Start of digital terrestrial television service (Aomori main station).

July 24, 2011 - All analog TV stations were abolished.

From Wikipedia’s article on Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. May 15, 1990Founded Founded1

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