All-Nippon News Network
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | Japan |
| Availability | National |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Owner | TV Asahi Corporation (株式会社テレビ朝日) |
Key people | Masao Kimiwada |
Launch date | February 1, 1959 (TV Asahi) January 1, 1970 (as ANN) |
Picture format | 1080i (HD) |
Callsign meaning | All-Nippon News Network |
Official website | ANN Official Website |
All-Nippon News Network (オールニッポンニュース・ネットワーク, Ōru Nippon Nyūsu Nettowāku), or ANN, is a commercial television news network in Japan run by TV Asahi Corporation.
ANN is the broadcast supplier of news programmes and news exchange to all ANN-affiliated stations. It also operates the 24-hour satellite and cable news channel Asahi Newstar.
All-Nippon News Network stations
| Station abbreviation | Station | Call sign | Broadcast area (Prefectures) | LCN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX | TV Asahi/テレビ朝日 | JOEX-DTV | Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Yamanashi | 5 |
| ABC | Asahi Hoso / 朝日放送 | JONR-DTV | Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Tokushima and Wakayama | 6 |
| NBN | Mētele / メ～テレ | JOLX-DTV | Aichi, Gifu and Mie | 6 |
| AAB | Akita Asahi Hoso / 秋田朝日放送 | JOXX-DTV | Akita | 5 |
| ABA | Aomori Asahi Hoso / 青森朝日放送 | JOAH-DTV | Aomori | 5 |
| eat | Ehime Asahi TV / 愛媛朝日テレビ | JOEY-DTV | Ehime | 5 |
| FBC | Fukui Hoso / 福井放送 | JOPR-DTV | Fukui | 7 (NNN) |
| KBC | Kyushu Asahi Hoso / 九州朝日放送 | JOIF-DTV | Fukuoka and Saga | 1 |
| KFB | Fukushima Hoso / 福島放送 | JOJI-DTV | Fukushima | 5 |
| HOME | Hiroshima Home TV / 広島ホームテレビ | JOGM-DTV | Hiroshima and central and eastern Shimane | 5 |
| HTB | Hokkaido TV / 北海道テレビ | JOHH-DTV | Hokkaidō | 6 |
| HAB | Hokuriku Asahi Hoso / 北陸朝日放送 | JOWY-DTV | Ishikawa and Toyama | 5 |
| IAT | Iwate Asahi TV / 岩手朝日テレビ | JOIY-DTV | Iwate | 5 |
| KSB | Setonaikai Hoso / 瀬戸内海放送 | JOVH-DTV | Kagawa, Okayama and Tottori | 5 |
| KKB | Kagoshima Hoso / 鹿児島放送 | JOTI-DTV | Kagoshima | 5 |
| KAB | Kumamoto Asahi Hoso / 熊本朝日放送 | JOZI-DTV | Kumamoto | 5 |
| KHB | Higashinippon Hoso / 東日本放送 | JOEM-DTV | Miyagi | 5 |
| UMK | TV Miyazaki / テレビ宮崎 | JODI-DTV | Miyazaki | 3 (FNN, NNN) |
| abn | Nagano Asahi Hoso / 長野朝日放送 | JOGH-DTV | Nagano | 5 |
| NCC | Nagasaki Bunka Hoso / 長崎文化放送 | JOXI-DTV | Nagasaki | 5 |
| UX | Niigata TV 21 / 新潟テレビ21 | JOUX-DTV | Niigata | 5 |
| OAB | Oita Asahi Hoso / 大分朝日放送 | JOBX-DTV | Oita | 5 |
| QAB | Ryukyu Asahi Hoso / 琉球朝日放送 | JORY-DTV | Okinawa | 5 |
| SATV | Shizuoka Asahi TV / 静岡朝日テレビ | JOSI-DTV | Shizuoka | 5 |
| YTS | Yamagata TV / 山形テレビ | JOYI-DTV | Yamagata | 5 |
| yab | Yamaguchi Asahi Hoso / 山口朝日放送 | JOYX-DTV | Yamaguchi and western Shimane | 5 |
| There are no affiliates in Kōchi (served by eat and KSB), San-in (consisting of Shimane and Tottori; served by yab and HOME for Shimane, and KSB for Tottori), Tokushima (served by ABC), Toyama (served by NBN and later by KNB of NNN), and Yamanashi prefectures (served by EX). | ||||
| BSA | BS Asahi / ビーエス朝日 | -- | Japanese whole area (Broadcasting Satellite) | 5 (BS) |
Former stations
| Station abbreviation | Station | Call sign | Reasons of the switch | Channel number at time of switch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATV | Aomori TV/青森テレビ | JOAI-TV | Dropped the secondary affiliation after a violation on their agreement in 1975. Currently the station airs TBS shows, as well as some Fuji TV and TV Tokyo shows. ANN/TV Asahi moved to RAB until 1991. | 38 |
| RAB | Aomori Hoso / 青森放送 | JOGR-TV | Secondary affiliation, dropped with launch of ABA in 1991. | 1 |
| TVI | TV Iwate / テレビ岩手 | JOII-TV | Now fully affiliated to NNN, ANN programming moved in 1996 to IAT. Some ANN programs that were not cleared by TVI aired on IBC. | 35 |
| MMT | Miyagi TV / 宮城テレビ放送 | JOMM-TV | Became a full affiliate of NNN/NNS when KHB began broadcasting in 1975. | 34 |
| NST | NST TV / 新潟総合テレビ | JONH-TV | Secondary affiliation. NST was a triple affiliate of FNN, NNN and ANN. NNN programming moved to TNN/TeNY in 1981 and TV Asahi programming moved to NT21/ux in 1983. | 35 |
| TSB | TV Shinshu / テレビ信州 | JONI-TV | Became a full NNN affiliate when ABN started broadcasting in 1991, taking over the TV Asahi schedule from TSB. | 30 |
| CTV◆ | Chūkyō TV / 中京テレビ放送 | JOCH-TV | Switched networks with TV Nagoya (NBN) in 1973. Now an NNN/NNS affiliate. | 35 |
| MBS◆ | MBS TV / 毎日放送 | JOOR-TV | Swapped networks with ABC in 1975 because of ownership issues: all stations owned (and linked) to the Asahi Shimbun were now required to become affiliates of TV Asahi. As a result, MBS was now a JNN/TBS affiliate, and is still a significant producer for the network. | 4 |
| NKT | Nihonkai TV / 日本海テレビジョン放送 | JOJX-TV | Secondary affiliation, from the founding of the network until 1989. BSS and TSK now carry some TV Asahi shows on their schedules. There is currently no primary ANN affiliate in the San-in area. | 1 |
| tys | TV Yamaguchi System / テレビ山口 | JOLI-TV | Changed networks to a dual network affiliate of JNN and FNN. ANN programming moved to KRY in 1978, then to yab in 1993. | 38 |
| KRY | KRY TV / 山口放送 | JOPF-TV | Dropped ANN programming in favor of a full NNN/NNS affiliation in 1993. TV Asahi programming moved to yab. | 11 |
| OHK | OHK TV / 岡山放送 | JOOH-TV | Became a full FNN affiliate in 1979. ANN programming moved to KSB. The reason this was made was because the station, unlike KSB, did not broadcast to Kagawa until 1979. | 35 |
| TKU | TV Kumamoto / テレビ熊本 | JOZH-TV | Now a full affiliate of FNN. KAB is the current ANN affiliate. | 34 |
| TOS | TV Oita / テレビ大分 | JOOI-TV | Secondary affiliation, ANN programming moved to OAB in 1993. Currently, TV Oita is an affiliate of NNN, holding a secondary affiliation with FNN. | 36 |
| KTS | Kagoshima Television Station / 鹿児島テレビ放送 | JOTI-DTV | ANN programming moved to KKB in 1982. The station is now affiliated to FNN. | 38 |
◆ = former primary affiliate
Remote Controller Buttons of Digital TV
- 1: KBC Television1
- 3: UMK3
- 5: 20 ANN stations (EX2, BSA, etc.)
- 6: HTB, NBN, ABC Television1
- 7: FBC Television1, 3
1 Operating on TV and radio. 2 ANN key station. 3 Also under other networks.
