Iwate Broadcasting Company

This article is about the television station in Iwate Prefecture. For the Philippine television network, see Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation.

Iwate Broadcasting Co., Ltd (株式会社IBC岩手放送, Kabushiki-gaisha IBC Iwate Hōsō), also known as IBC, is a Japanese television and radio station affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN). Their headquarters are located in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture.

JODF-DTV

Iwate Prefecture, Japan
City	Morioka
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	IBC Television
Programming
Affiliations	Japan News Network
Ownership
Owner	Iwate Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
Founded	December 7, 1953
First air date	September 1, 1959
Former call signs	JODF-TV (1959–2012)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1959–2012)
Former affiliations	All secondary: NET/ANN (1959–1996) Fuji TV/FNN/FNS (1959–1991) NTV/NNN/NNS (1959–1970)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Links
Website	www.ibc.co.jp

Network

• TV: Japan News Network (JNN)
• RADIO: Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN)

Since April 2010, the station is available on Cable Networks Akita replacing TV-U Yamagata.

Stations

Analog TV

• Morioka (Main Station) JODF-TV 6ch (ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2012)

Digital TV(ID:6)

• Morioka (Main Station) JODF-DTV 16ch

RADIO

• Morioka (Main Station) JODF 684 kHz; 90.6 MHz FM

Rival Stations

• Television Iwate (TVI)
• Iwate Menkoi Television (MIT)
• Iwate Asahi Television (IAT)

External links

• Iwate Broadcasting Company