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26-533: The orchestra was established on June 22, 1956, as the exclusive subsidiary orchestra under the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting . Akeo Watanabe served the first chief conductor of the orchestra, from 1950 to 1968, with the titles of music director, permanent conductor, and executive director. Watanabe recorded the symphonies of Jean Sibelius with the orchestra twice, first in the 1960s for Nippon Columbia Company , and second for Denon, in 1981. In 1958,

52-492: A commercial broadcaster. In 1958, the station started professional baseball broadcasts, with Toshiba as the title sponsor at the time. On November 29, 1960, Radio Tokyo changed its name to TBS. Newspapers still listed it under its old name for some time. TBS adopted a new logo in August 1961, and on October 12, 1961, TBS opened its first corporate headquarters at Akasaka Media Building, relocating from its initial headquarters at

78-466: A lack of emphasis on profit. There were also rumors that the content of the broadcast was biased to the extent that it was said to be "a broadcast aimed at communist Japan", and that it was "taken over by the left-leaning and anti-American Japan Labor Union General Council (Sohyo)". The business world, feeling a sense of crisis, decided to take countermeasures in cooperation with publishers such as Obunsha and Kodansha , as well as companies from all over

104-586: A license to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (the current Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ) on January 10, 1951. Subsequently the license was approved on April 21 and the company was established on May 17. A transmitter in Toda was inaugurated on August 9. The installation was complete on November 20, a 50kW transmitter (RCA BTA-50Fi) provided by RCA from the United States. The first test broadcast

130-404: A press release issued on June 24 of the same year, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting stated that it would not participate in the demonstration experiment to be conducted from 2024 regarding AM suspension, and that it would not be able to continue AM broadcasting at the time of license renewal in the fall of 2028. The plan is to decide whether to continue as usual or quit (switch to FM broadcasting). It

156-697: Is headquartered at QR Media Plus - 31, Hamamatsuchō 1-chōme, Minato , Tokyo , Japan. 35°39′25″N 139°45′26″E  /  35.656912°N 139.757162°E  / 35.656912; 139.757162 TBS Radio TBS Radio, Inc. ( Japanese : 株式会社TBSラジオ ) is a radio station in Tokyo, Japan, the flagship radio station of the Japan Radio Network (JRN). The company was founded by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS, presently named Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.) on March 21, 2000. TBS Radio started broadcasting on October 1, 2001. Radio Tokyo presented

182-822: Is one of the two flagship radio stations of National Radio Network (NRN) (the other station is Nippon Broadcasting System , Inc. ( 株式会社ニッポン放送 ) ) and is a member of the Fujisankei Communications Group . The station was established in 1951 by the Society of St. Paul to promote Catholic religion on the Japanese culture. JOQR went on the air on March 31, 1952 as the Japan Cultural Broadcasting Association . The station initially broadcast on 1310kc (10 kW output) but moved to 1130kc (former frequency of TBS Radio ) on August 15, 1953 in order for

208-738: The Mainichi Shimbun office in Yurakucho. From December 1, 1961, TBS became the sole official name. On April 13, 1962, TBS obtained a preliminary license for AM stereo broadcasts (the first in Japan) using the AFM (AM/FM) method and the experimental callsign JOK2R . The test signals for AM stereo broadcasting launched on June 21, 1962. The license was obtained on June 30 and experimental broadcasts (30 to 45 minutes per night) are conducted from July 21, after TBS Radio had signed off. A second license for such broadcasts

234-534: The Nippon Broadcasting System to use JOQR's former frequency. At the time of its opening, the mission was to "improve Japanese culture, spread the ideals of truth, goodness, justice, and a sound democratic ideology based on humanity , and contribute to the rise of the nation and the prosperity of the people". However, due to self-righteous management by Priest Paolo Marcelino of the Sisters of St. Paul, who

260-597: The Fujisankei Communications Group and has a 3.30% ownership in Fuji Media Holdings , the company it helped established with Nippon Broadcasting System in 1957 as Fuji Television. JOQR moved the head office from Wakaba, Shinjuku to QR Media Plus in Hamamatsuchō, Minato on July 24, 2006, and started broadcasting from Hamamatsuchō at 13:00 on the same day. Society of St. Paul holds 30 percent of

286-540: The JPO announced the appointment of Wong as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2023-2024 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc. ( 株式会社文化放送 , Kabushiki-gaisha Bunka Hōsō , JOQR , QR or simply Cultural Broadcasting ) is a Japanese radio station in Tokyo which broadcasts to the Kanto area. It

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312-562: The company name changed from Radio Tokyo to KRT: the initials coming from the callsign JO KR with the T creating the Japanese name K.K. Radio Tokyo and also forming JO KR - T V. On April 17, 1955, the station premiered Hi-Fi Time, which was the first program that played Hi-Fi tracks in Japan. In 1956, it broadcast the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , the first time the Olympics were carried out by

338-487: The first late night radio show, the English Hour, started, whose target was Occupation Forces soldiers and their families. The station changed its frequency from 1130 to 950kc. on August 15, 1953, with the former frequency being taken over by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting , who had moved from its former frequency of 1310kc. due to the launch of the Nippon Broadcasting System . Aiming for the start of television broadcasts,

364-497: The largest shareholder of the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd., and have sent one director to the company. In 1957, Cultural Broadcasting established Fuji Television as part of a joint venture with Nippon Broadcasting System . Cultural Broadcasting was one of the founding companies behind the creation of the Fujisankei Communications Group in 1967. To this day, Cultural Broadcasting remains associated with

390-455: The orchestra announced the appointment of Inkinen as its new chief conductor, effective in 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years. Other conductors with whom the orchestra has a regular working relationship include Neeme Järvi , who has served as principal guest conductor of the orchestra, and James Loughran , who was appointed as honorary conductor in November 2006. In 2016, Pietari Inkinen

416-482: The orchestra foundation was dissolved. Seiji Ozawa was the principal conductor and the music adviser at the time. One-third of those original members left to form the New Japan Philharmonic in 1972, led by Ozawa, with Naozumi Yamamoto as conductor and secretary-general. The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Association was subsequently founded in 1973, newly formed as a self-organized orchestra. Václav Smetáček

442-577: The orchestra gave the first Japanese performance of Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande , conducted by Jean Fournet . In 1959, the orchestra made a subsidiary contract with Fuji Television . Between 1961 and 1989, the orchestra performed regular concerts in the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan hall. Its first overseas tour took place in 1964 in Canada and America. In March 1972, the contracts with Nippon Cultural Broadcasting and Fuji Television subsidiary ended, and

468-520: The output was increased to 100kW. With the approval of the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 , effective November 23, 1978, TBS Radio moved its frequency to 954kHz. On October 1, 2001, the radio station inherited the AM broadcasting station license from Tokyo Broadcasting. Along with this, the calling name "Tokyo Broadcasting" was abolished. TBS R&C converted to a general broadcasting company, inherited

494-456: The station's shares, followed by Shogakukan (17.1%), Kodansha (9.0%) and Dai Nippon Printing (8.5%). As for future plans, in order to eliminate the burden of equipment renewal costs due to slumping advertising revenue and double investment with Wide FM, JOQR will work with 43 commercial broadcasters that provide AM broadcasting nationwide, excluding Hokkaido and Akita, to shift to FM broadcasting, announced on June 15, 2021. Subsequently, in

520-500: The world, and as a result, the Sisters of St. Paul and the Sisters of St. Paul were forced to withdraw from the management of the station. As a result, the Japan Cultural Broadcasting Corporation was formally dissolved on February 16, 1956. However, since the Sisters of St. Paul had invested in equipment such as the company building and transmitting station at the time, they were given matching shares, and are now

546-575: Was appointed as a guest conductor. The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Association chorus was formed end of the year. The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Association once again became a foundation in 1985. The orchestra formed a regular relationship with Suginami City in July 1994. The orchestra also established a residency in Yokohama at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall in 1998. The Suginami Public Hall

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572-457: Was appointed chief conductor. The most recent extension of Inkinen's JPO contract, announced in May 2021, is through August 2023. Inkinen stood down as chief conductor of the JPO in August 2023. In March 2021, Kahchun Wong first guest-conducted the JPO. In August 2021, the JPO appointed Wong as its principal guest conductor, effective September 2021, with an initial contract of 2 years. In May 2022,

598-407: Was at 1p.m. on December 7. The license was granted on December 15 ( JOKR , frequency 1130kc., output 50kW) and held regular test broadcasts from December 17. On December 24, an opening ceremony was held from Shinbashi Enbujo and was broadcast live. Regular broadcasts started the following day at 6:30a.m. It became the sixth commercial radio station in Japan to sign on. On April 1, 1952, at 11p.m.,

624-481: Was granted on June 14, 1963, lasting until 1964. Since no re-license application was made after that, the license was granted in the same year, and the experimental broadcasts ceased. TBS Radio formed the Japan Radio Network with the station as its flagship on May 2, 1965. On March 8, 1969, the Tokyo Broadcasting Labor Union conducted a partial strike demanding a raise in bases. In November 1971,

650-431: Was in charge, and the hiring of a large number of employees who had been red-purged from NHK at the time of its opening, labor disputes occurred frequently, and religious overtones occurred. The company's business conditions deteriorated and its representatives changed frequently due to concerns from those around it, low audience ratings due to a lack of entertainment programs, a narrow broadcasting area due to low output, and

676-488: Was re-opened, after remodeling, in June 2006, which the orchestra uses for rehearsals and other events. The orchestra reorganised its financial basis in 2013, transitioning to a publicly held foundation basis. Alexander Lazarev was principal conductor of the orchestra from 2008 to 2016, and now has the title of conductor laureate with the orchestra. Pietari Inkinen was principal guest conductor from 2009 to 2016. In April 2015,

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