Osaka Broadcasting Corporation

JOUF

City of license	Osaka
Broadcast area	Kansai region
Frequency	1314 kHz
First air date	July 1, 1958
Format	Talk, Sports
Power	50,000 watts
Affiliations	NRN
Owner	Sankei Shimbun
Webcast	http://radiko.jp/#OBC
Website	OBC1314

Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (大阪放送株式会社, Osaka Hoso Kabushiki-gaisha, OBC) is an AM radio station of National Radio Network (NRN) in Osaka, Japan, and it is known as "Radio Osaka (ラジオ大阪 Rajio Osaka)". It is also a company of Sankei Shimbun Group in Fujisankei Communications Group. Radio Osaka started broadcasting on July 1, 1958.

Offices of Radio Osaka

• The Headquarters - ORC200, 2-4, Benten Itchome, Minato-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Tokyo office - Musashi 7 Building, 2-4, Ginza Nanachome, Chūō, Tokyo

Changing Frequency of Radio Osaka

• 1958 - 1971: 1380 kHz, 3 kW
• 1971 - 1978: 1310 kHz, 50 kW
• 1978–Present: 1314 kHz, 50 kW

Broadcasting

JOUF

• Osaka - 1314 kHz, 50 kW
• Kyoto - 1314 kHz, 300W

Time signal

880 Hz (A5)

Supplement

• "OBC Song (OBCソング)" (the lyrics by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), music by Taku Izumi (いずみ たく)) is Japan's first commercial broadcasting station's song produced in 1961.
• The present headquarters and performance place are located on the fourth floor of the harp hall of the large-sized building "ORC200" near Bentencho Station in Benten Itchome, Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the stereophonic broadcast is performed from the time transferred here.

Programs

• Yes! This is Toshiharu Harada (ほんまもん!原田年晴です)
• Beppin Radio (高岡美樹のべっぴんラジオ)
• Radio Yoshimoto Genki Super (ラジオよしもとむっちゃ元気スーパー)
• 5 up Yoshimoto Gachimori (5upよしもと ガチモリ)
• OBC Dramatic Keiba (OBCドラマティック競馬)
• Sankei Express News (news bulletin)
• 1314 V-STATION, etc.
• Programs from other radio stations via network
  • A Wake-up Call for You (あなたへモーニングコール, produced by TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. (TBS R&C), from 5 (JST) until 6 (JST) every day)
  • All Night Nippon (オールナイトニッポン, produced by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (LF), from 25 (JST) until 27 (JST) every Monday to Saturday)

Item

• Kansai TV

Other radio stations in Osaka

• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, 朝日放送)
• Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS, 毎日放送)
• FM OSAKA (851, FM大阪)
• FM802 (802, FM802)
• FM COCOLO (COCOLO, 関西インターメディア)

External links

• The official website of Radio Osaka (OBC)
• Osaka Broadcasting Corporation on Twitter