Kyoto Broadcasting System - History

History

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  • 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 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.
  • 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

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