ABC Broadcasting Corporation

Asahi Broadcasting Corporation was registered in Osaka on 15 March 1951, put its radio service on air that November and absorbed Osaka Television in 1959; it has served the Kansai region on both bands ever since. On 1 April 2018 it converted into a holding company, Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings, with radio and television split into separate subsidiaries. Concert promotion has long run alongside the broadcasting, visiting orchestras included.