Fuji News Network (FNN) is a Japanese commercial

television network A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid ...

run by Fuji Television Network, Inc., part of the

Fujisankei Communications Group , abbreviated FCG, is a keiretsu in Japan. In 1991, it was the fourth-largest media company in the world and the largest one in Japan. In the same year, the company's yearly revenue was $5 billion. Many of its affiliates are owned by Fuji Media ...

. The network's responsibility includes the syndication of national television news bulletins to its regional affiliates, and news exchange between the stations. Distribution of non-news television programmes is handled by Fuji Network System (FNS), another network set up by Fuji TV.

History

The network formed in October 3, 1966 which comprised 7 television stations:

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

(the

flagship station In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalt ...

Sendai Television Sendai Television Inc. (株式会社仙台放送, OX) is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) serving in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, headquartered in Sendai. It was established on October 1, 1962. TV ...

, Tōkai TV,

Kansai TV JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Hol ...

, Hiroshima Telecasting (now affiliated with NNN and NNS),

Nihonkai Telecasting Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd. (日本海テレビジョン放送株式会社, NKT) is a Japanese TV station broadcast in Tottori Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture. NKT is a TV station of Nippon News Network (NNN) and Nippon Television Network ...

, and Television Nishinippon Corporation. Presently the network has 26 full members, and two (Television Oita System Co., Ltd and

TV Miyazaki Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd. (abbreviation: UMK, Japanese name: 株式会社テレビ宮崎) is a Japanese TV station in Miyazaki. Currently branded as TV Miyazaki (テレビ宮崎), it is affiliated with NNN/ NNS, FNN/ FNS, and ANN. Thi ...

). In terms of the number of participating stations, it is the third largest in Japan, following NNN ( NTN group) and JNN ( TBS-group). FNS does not currently have any affiliates in four prefectures:

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total are ...

, Yamanashi, Yamaguchi, and

Tokushima is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the nort ...

Fuji News Network stations

Former stations

Bold indicates former primary affiliate

References

External links

* {{Japan television networks 24-hour television news channels in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1966