Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting

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JOZI-DTV

Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
City	Kumamoto City
Channels	Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Programming
Affiliations	All-Nippon News Network
Ownership
Owner	Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
History
Founded	December 16, 1988
First air date	October 1, 1989
Former call signs	JOZI-TV (1989–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 16 (UHF; 1989–2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Links
Website	www.kab.co.jp

Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (熊本朝日放送株式会社, Kumamoto Asahi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as KAB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Kumamoto Prefecture.

In the 1980s, following the Ministry of Post's (currently Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) policy of making four well-known private TV stations accessible nationwide, Kumamoto Prefecture was allocated the fourth private TV broadcaster in 1984, and attracted 482 applicants (215 of which belonged to the Asahi Shimbun Group) to apply.^{[1]: 38–39} In 1986, the Ministry of Posts commissioned the Kumamoto Prefectural Government to consolidate the applications.^[1]: 39 After nearly 2 years of the consolidated applications, the other companies agreed to integrate into one for application.^[1]: 40 On October 5, 1988, before the opening of the station, the name of the station was decided as Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting.^[1]: 41 A month later, they have obtained a preliminary license and a day before its opening, a general meeting was held.^[1]: 41 In July 1989, KAB moved into the Technology Plaza Building in Hanabata-cho, Kumamoto City, and started testing TV broadcasts on August 15.^[1]: 41 On September 22, KAB was granted an official license and started another trial broadcasts.^[1]: 42

On October 1, 1989, KAB started broadcasting, becoming the fourth station in the Prefecture (TV Asahi/ANN programming aired from RKK & TKU also moved into the new station).^[1]: 43 On its second year, it started broadcasting the Kumamoto Prefecture qualifiers of the Japan High School Baseball Championship.^[1]: 44 In 1991, when Kumamoto Prefecture was hit by Typhoon Mireille, some of its relay stations were damaged forcing to go off air.^[1]: 45

KAB's Kumamoto main station commenced their digital terrestrial television broadcasting service on December 1, 2006.^[1]: 67

• Kumamoto(Main Station) JOZI-TV 16ch
• Hitoyoshi 36ch
• Minamata 32ch
• Ushibuka 20ch
• Oguni 23ch
• Aso 50ch
• Matsubase 52ch
• Misumi 17ch
• Amakusa 31ch

• Kumamoto(Main Station) JOZI-DTV 49ch

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