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Nishinippon Broadcasting

Logo: Nishinippon Broadcasting Company, Limited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Radio and television broadcaster in Takamatsu, Japan

Nishinippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (西日本放送株式会社, Nishinippon Hōsō Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese television and radio broadcaster in Kagawa and Okayama. The abbreviation, RNC originates in the radio service name (Radio Nishinippon Broadcasting Company, 西日本放送ラジオ). It is affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Nippon News Network (NNN), and Nippon Television Network System (NNS).2 It is part of The Shikoku Shimbun.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1953Founded1

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Nishinippon Broadcasting Company Headquarters
Photo: ラハール, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Nishinippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (西日本放送株式会社, Nishinippon Hōsō Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese television and radio broadcaster in Kagawa and Okayama. The abbreviation, RNC originates in the radio service name (Radio Nishinippon Broadcasting Company, 西日本放送ラジオ). It is affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Nippon News Network (NNN), and Nippon Television Network System (NNS).2

Corporate structure

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

  • Nishinippon Broadcasting Takamatsu
    • Marugame Hirai Museum Owned · Marugame, 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.

What it owns

What Nishinippon Broadcasting reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Marugame Hirai Museum

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The company was founded as Radio Shikoku on July 29, 1953 by members of the Shikoku Shimbun Company and the prefecture's chamber of commerce and industry; regular broadcasts started on October 1, using the JOKF callsign on 1060kc, output 100W. On December 25, nearly three months after opening, it was renamed to Radio Kagawa. Taro Hirai was its first president, but was replaced by Jinnosuke Hirai on December 1, 1955. On October 1, 1956, it changed its name to the current Nishinippon Broadcasting, increasing its output to 1 kW. Its television broadcasts started on July 1, 1958, becoming the eighth commercial television station overall to begin broadcasting in Japan (JOKF-TV, channel 9, video output 1 kW, audio 250W). In October, it opened an office in Hiroshima and in November, in Imabari, later in 1959, two further offices opened in Himeji and Fukuyama.

On October 5, 1964, RNC started color broadcasts.

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

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • The Shikoku Shimbun

Divisions

  • RNC Radio
  • RNC Television

Also owns

  • Marugame Hirai Museum

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1953Founded Founded1

Sources

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