Editing Nippon Broadcasting System (section)

==History==

Founded in 1954, it is together with [[Nippon Cultural Broadcasting]], the flagship station of the [[National Radio Network (Japan)|National Radio Network]]. From July 15, 1954, to September 30, 1967, the station used the abbreviation "NBS" derived from Nippon Broadcasting System. Since October 1, 1967, it has used the call sign JOLF and identified itself with the last two letters "LF".

In 1990, Nippon Broadcasting System sued its rival [[Radio Nippon]]  to prevent it from using both the "R · F · Radio Japan" and "Radio Japan" trademarks. Nippon Broadcasting System lost the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courts document |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/674/014674_hanrei.pdf |language=ja}}</ref>

In 1992, Nippon Broadcasting System started broadcasting in [[C-QUAM|C-QuAM stereo]], continuing until March 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=4月1日（月）AM放送の変更（ステレオ→モノラル）および ベリカード（受信確認書）発行終了のお知らせ |url=https://www.1242.com/information/314870/ |website=Nippon Broadcasting System |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209093102/https://www.1242.com/information/314870/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |language=ja |date=March 24, 2024}}</ref>

A [[labor union]] was formed at Nippon Broadcasting System for the first time in September 12, 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://it.nikkei.co.jp/business/special/fuji_livedoor.aspx?i=2005091210241ra |title=ニッポン放送に労働組合が誕生・雇用維持に備え ビジネス-フジテレビ／ライブドア:It-Plus |website=it.nikkei.co.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225201232/http://it.nikkei.co.jp/business/special/fuji_livedoor.aspx?i=2005091210241ra |archive-date=25 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nippon Broadcasting System was historically the parent company of [[Fuji Television]] despite the latter being a much larger company than the former.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sUUehPO7CdwC&q=japan+upswing+fuji+nippon&pg=PA216 |title = Japan on the Upswing: Why the Bubble Burst and Japan's Economic Renewal|isbn = 9780875864631|last1 = Iwamoto|first1 = Yoshiyuki|year = 2006| publisher=Algora }}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Both companies were founded in the 1950s and were part of the [[Fujisankei Communications Group]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/business/japanese-get-music-stake.html?pagewanted=1|title = Japanese Get Music Stake|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 3 October 1989}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/30/obituaries/nobutaka-shikanai-is-dead-at-78-founder-of-japanese-media-group.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-01-20 |archive-date=2015-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525204226/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/30/obituaries/nobutaka-shikanai-is-dead-at-78-founder-of-japanese-media-group.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005, the relation between the two companies was reversed and Nippon Broadcasting System became the subsidiary of Fuji Television.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/06/25/business/nbs-officially-announces-it-will-be-fuji-tv-subsidiary/#.Wk2N3HlG21s|title = NBS officially announces it will be Fuji TV subsidiary|date = 25 June 2005}}</ref>

In April 2006, the radio broadcaster and its station license was spun off into a new separate company called "Nippon Broadcasting System" owned by Fuji Television.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fujimediahd.co.jp/en/ir/pdf/er/fy2006/er1125_1.pdf|title=Organization of the Fuji Television Network Group|website=fujimediahd.co.jp|access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> Fuji Television absorbed the rest of the old Nippon Broadcasting System company that was founded in 1954 and took over its assets. As a result, former subsidiaries of Nippon Broadcasting System such as [[Pony Canyon]] were transferred to Fuji Television who was later renamed Fuji Media Holdings in 2008.