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 Company Profile

Company Name
Biwako Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.(BBC)
Establishment
May 22,1971
Launch of broadcasting
April 1,1972
Representative Director & President
Tadao Nishikawa
Capital fund
80 million yen
Head office
16-1, Tsurunosato, Otsu 520-8585 Japan
HISTORY
1971
Established.

1972
Launched broadcasting on April 1st,1972.

1974
Launched the special program “Mother’s volleyball tournament”.

1977
Built up a movement to refrain from using synthetic detergent.

1980
Our program ”Yomigaere Biwako”(Revitalize Lake Biwa) was accepted for broadcasting activities category in Kinki area of JBA Awards.

1981
Our program ”TV syuwa-kyoshitsu”(TV sign language lessons) was accepted for broadcasting activities category in Kinki area of JBA Awards.

1982
Launched the daily morning program”Ohayo Biwako”(Good morinig Lake Biwa).

1983
Our program ”Watashitachi-no-gakko”(Our school) was accepted for broadcasting activities category in Kinki area of JBA Awards.

1986
Organized the first “Biwako Honobono Awards” to celebrate our company’s 15th anniversary.
★This project had held for 33 years before it was renamed “Biwako Challenge Awards” in 2019.

1989
Organized “Boat of boys” that elementary school students in Shiga go from Osaka to Okinawa on a ship to study about Sea. Launched multiplex broadcasting.

1991
Organized the first “Biwako dragon boat tournament”.

1996
Launched the early evening infotainment program “Burururubu Biwako”.

1998
Launched the weekly program “Interesting home room” targeting young people.

2003
Launched the first business program “The front line of Shiga’s economy”.
★This program was renamed “Shiga’s economy now” in 2005.

2006
Terrestrial digital TV broadcasting, data casting and one-segment mobile TV started on October 1st.

2007
Launched the report-type program “Walk in Omi”.

2008
“Aminchu-project”started.

2009
Changed the public nickname of our company to “Aminchu-TV BBC”.

2011
Completed the transition from analog to terrestrial digital TV broadcasting.
Released the movie “Smile bakkazu” that local character and citizen in Shiga took part in.
Organized the environmental awareness project “Yasu-no-ossan walks around Biwako” to celebrate 30th anniversary of “Biwako-no-hi”(Lake Biwa’s day).


2015
Broadcasted documentary program “Life in an underpopulated village”.


2017
Started the activities of protecting Lake Biwa and ocean for the future.


2019
Started the project to cut ocean pollution.
Organized the first “Biwako Challenge Awards”.


2020
Launched the first prime-time program “Omoro-Shiga Friday”.


2023
Joined the SDG Media Compact.