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Kyoto Broadcasting System

Logo: Kyoto Broadcasting System Company Limited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Radio and television station in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd. (株式会社京都放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Hōsō; KBS) is a commercial broadcasting station headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It is doing business in Kyoto Prefecture as KBS Kyoto (KBS京都) and in Shiga Prefecture as KBS Shiga (KBS滋賀). Its radio station serves Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures and is a member of National Radio Network (NRN).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1951Founded1

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Photo: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd. (株式会社京都放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Hōsō; KBS) is a commercial broadcasting station headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It is doing business in Kyoto Prefecture as KBS Kyoto (KBS京都) and in Shiga Prefecture as KBS Shiga (KBS滋賀).2

Corporate structure

Kyoto Broadcasting System sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kyoto Broadcasting System Kamigyō-ku
    • KBS Shiga Subsidiary · Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Main source:

24 December 1951: 京都放送 (Kyōto Hōsō, KHK) opens as Radio Kyoto (ラジオ京都, Rajio Kyōto).

1964: Changes company name to Kinki Broadcasting System (近畿放送, Kinki Hōsō; KBS).

1968: Starts television test transmission from Mount Hiei.

1969: Starts television broadcasting service. Networking with Tokyo 12 channel (now TV Tokyo) and Nippon Educational Television (now TV Asahi.) (Currently KBS is not a member of eithers' network.)

1981: Began doing business as "KBS Kyoto".

It was involved with the Itoman fraud case for a certain period of time in 1990s which risked the company to bankruptcy.

1994: Some employees went to court for Corporation Reorganization Law (会社更生法, Kaisha Kōsei Hō) to save KBS.

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1995: Changed to company name to Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd. (株式会社京都放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyōto Hōsō; KBS), reviving the original Japanese name.

1999: The corporation reorganization procedure begins.

1 April 2005: Starts digital television broadcasting.

2007: The corporation reorganization procedure is complete.

2008: Well known toy brand Tomy releases a Kyoto Broadcasting System Choro-Q toy van edition [1]

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

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Kyoto Shimbun

Subsidiaries

  • KBS Shiga

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1995Renamed Name changed to 株式会社京都放送1
  2. Oct 1964Renamed Name changed to 株式会社近畿放送1
  3. 1951Founded Founded1

Sources

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