Private company

Ehime Broadcasting

Logo: Ehime Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Television station in Ehime Prefecture, Japan

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.2 It employed 71 people in 2026.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 20, 1969Founded1
EBC Matsuyama HQ 20090808-001
Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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.2

The story

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.In July 1968, these applications were later merged by the Prefectural Government which was later approved in October of the same year.On October 26, 1969, TV Ehime started trial broadcasts and followed by its first official broadcast on December 10 of the same year.

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.

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

Employees over time

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Timeline

  1. 2006Renamed Name changed to 株式会社テレビ愛媛1
  2. Jan 20, 1969Founded Founded1

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