Mainichi Broadcasting System

JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as MBS TV (MBS（エムビーエス）テレビ, Emubīesu Terebī) or Mainichi Broadcasting System (毎日放送, Mainichi Hōsō) (formerly known as Mainichi Broadcasting System Television from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the <a href="/facts/Kansai_region/ubuBp4Au">Kansai region</a> <a href="/facts/Flagship_(broadcasting)/0T33zr3u">key station</a> of the <a href="/facts/Japan_News_Network/1qAEap7a">Japan News Network</a>, owned-and-operated by Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/MBS_Media_Holdings/RCr29fwo">MBS Media Holdings</a> with its studios being based in the <a href="/facts/Kita-ku,_Osaka/MdG18EW7">Kita-ku</a> ward of <a href="/facts/Osaka/sbS1N7sl">Osaka</a>.
From its sign on in 1959 to 2021, MBS operated as a unified broadcaster, with its radio and television operations being intact until 2017 when a major restructuring caused the operations to be held under the second incarnation of MBS. In 2021, the radio division was spun-off as a separate wholly-owned subsidiary.

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Mainichi Broadcasting System