History of Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation

*1951may, Dentsu, Japan's largest advertising agency and production company, established "Tokyo Radio Co., Ltd." (Tokyo), headquartered in Shimonoseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The broadcasting service was started on February 25th of the same year. 10.

*1953 65438+The abbreviation of "KRT" began to be used in February (Kabusikigaisha Radio Tokyo, namely "Tokyo Radio Co., Ltd.").

* 1955 1 April, 2008, Akasaka, Tokyo Port Area, started TV broadcasting service with the name "KR TV" and the call sign "JOKR-TV".

* 1959, the Japanese Crown Prince (today's Emperor Akihito) got married. In order to fight against NHK, Japan's first TV network-JNN (Japan News Network) was established under the leadership of KRT.

* 1960, listed in the first part of Tokyo Stock Exchange; In the same year165438+1October 29th, the company name was changed to Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation, abbreviated as "TBS".

* 196 1 year, and the company name is unified as "TBS".

* 1969, the Japanese record awards began to broadcast live, and the program was called "Hui! Japan レコード has become a landmark project at the end of each year.

*1994 in March, the head office moved to the "TBS Broadcasting Center" in Akasaka.

* In February 2000, the unified emblem "ジン" (person) of TBS Group, JNN and TBS Broadcasting Network came into use.

* On June 65438+1October 65438+March 2005, Lotte Co., Ltd., a large Japanese network company, announced that it would hold TBS 15.46% of its shares and prepare to merge, but it was resisted by TBS; Finally, in the same year165438+1October 28th, the two sides reconciled and changed to the direction of cooperation.

* On April 1 day, 2006, digital TV for ground action was broadcast in Tokyo, and "JNN News Bird" was renamed as "TBS News Bird".

* On March 20th, 2008, the "Akasaka Sacas" demolished and rebuilt by Tokyo Broadcasting Library was completed and opened.