| Year |
Month |
Activities of TBS |
| 1951 |
May |
Establishment of Radio Tokyo Inc. |
| |
December |
Launch of radio broadcasting |
| 1955 |
April |
Launch of television broadcasting |
| 1959 |
April |
Live broadcast of the imperial wedding parade |
| |
August |
Formation of Japan News Network (JNN) |
| |
December |
Launch of Japan Record Awards |
 |
 |
 |
| Japan News Network (JNN) |
Mitokomon:
the Shogun's Uncle |
Come on! It's 8PM |
|
| 1960 |
September |
Launch of color TV broadcasting |
| |
November |
Company name changes to Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) |
| 1963 |
November |
Broadcast of assassination of Kennedy (first live satellite broadcast) |
| 1964 |
October |
Live broadcast of Tokyo Olympics |
| 1965 |
May |
Formation of Japan Radio Network (JRN) |
| 1969 |
July |
Broadcast of Apollo 11 moon landing |
| |
August |
Launch of TV drama "Mitokomon: the Shogun's Uncle" |
| |
October |
Launch of "Come on! It's 8PM" |
| 1981 |
October |
First broadcast of Beijing Marathon |
| 1986 |
May |
Launch of "Takeshi's Castle" |
| 1990 |
October |
Launch of Sugako Hashida's TV drama "Relentlessness is Found Everywhere" |
| |
December |
Japan's first astronaut TBS journalist Toyohiro Akiyama heads into space |
 |
 |
 |
Relentlessness is Found
Everywhere |
TBS journalist Toyohiro
Akiyama |
The Great Wall |
|
| 1991 |
November |
TV documentary "The Great Wall", commemorating TBS' 40th anniversary |
| 1994 |
April |
Works completed on the TBS Broadcasting Center |
| 1995 |
April |
Establishment of TBS website |
| 1998 |
February |
Broadcast of the Nagano Winter Olympics |
| |
April |
Launch of 24hr satellite broadcasting (JNN NEWS BIRD) |
| |
November |
Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with President Clinton on "News 23" |
| 2000 |
October |
Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji |
| |
December |
Launch of digital satellite broadcasting (BS-i) |
 |
 |
 |
| Tell Me That You Love Me |
Chinese Premier
Zhu Rongji |
President Clinton on “News 23” |
|
| 2001 |
October |
TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. begins operations as a subsidiary |
| 2002 |
January |
Acquisition of the Yokohama BayStars professional baseball team |
| |
February |
Broadcast of the first Japanese-Korean drama co-production "Friends" |
| |
July |
Launch of satellite broadcasting (C-TBS) |
| 2003 |
June |
Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun |
| |
December |
Launch of digital terrestrial broadcasting |
| 2004 |
August |
Broadcast of Athens 2004 Olympic Games |
| 2005 |
August |
Broadcast of the special drama production "Hiroshima: August 6, 1945," in commemoration
of the 50th anniversary of TBS television broadcasting |
| 2006 |
April |
Launch of Mobile TV "One Segment broadcasting" |
| 2007 |
April |
Launch of the new digital radio station “OTTAVA” |
| |
August |
Host broadcaster of the 11th IAAF World Championships in
Athletics Osaka 2007 |
| 2008 |
March |
Opening of multipurpose complex "akasaka Sacas" |
| |
April |
Broadcast of Town Hall Meeting with Korean President Lee Myung-bak |
| 2009 |
February |
"Departures" wins Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 Academy Awards |
| |
April |
TBS becomes an certified broadcast holding company, changing its name to Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. |
 |
 |
 |
Korean President
Lee Myung-bak |
Friends |
High School Teacher |
|
