ABS N6

ABS N6 is an evening news bulletin airing at 6:00pm every weekday on ABS.
== History ==
ABS N6 was the first original program and one of the first programs shown on the first day of ABS' on October 1, 1987.
The first newscast has hosted by Michael Kaeruyama, who then went on to host N6 until 2005. Many other newsreaders have since his presentation on the program.
In 2007, N6 started to produce in high definition.
In 2014, A new studio within the ABS Broadcasting Center became ABS N6's main set.
== Identity ==
The first ABS N6 bulletins opened with a traditional Japanese flute/shamisen melody, played live in the studio. It was lasted until 1996 and replaced by a more modern synth theme.
Kabushiki Gaisha ABS' formation to another change in identity, and the theme music changed once again, this time to a more refined version of the 1996 theme.
In 2005, the theme was composed again but now features backing from the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
In 2010, ABS announced that the theme of Telediario was to be used with Television Espanola, hailing from Spain. As a result, ABS N6 bulletins past this point now use the same theme borrowed from Telediario.
thumb|241x241px|The opening theme of TVE's Telediario, previously used by Kabushiki Gaisha ABS' flagship N6 news bulletin.
With the Telediario revising its theme music in 2012, ABS N6's theme changed. However, when TVE recomposed it again in 2014, ABS decided to stick with the old 2012 mix for the N6 bulletin, while all other editions (including 24/7 updates on ABS N24 and regional N-Local editions) would use the new theme.
In late 2015, ABS announced the news music package by David Lowe for its newscasts. The music was composed for BBC News and has been used exclusively since 1999. ABS was the first company use the music outside of the UK and the first non-BBC channel to have used it in its 16 years of existence.
== Broadcasting ==
ABS N6 is airing nationwide at 6:00 pm every weekday, across Kabushiki Gaisha ABS' network of owned-and-operated digital terrestrial television stations, via Broadcast Satellite (BS) on ABS Sat.1, on the ABS N24 cable/satellite channel, and on the overseas service ABS International.
TThe O&Os also produce their local bulletins (under the name "ABS N6 Local", previously ABS N-Local). These local bulletins air immediately after ABS N6's main national newscast, and take the following names:
* SBS N6 Hokkaido
* TAB N6 Tohoku
* HBS N6 Kansai
* CAT N6 Chubu
* STB N6 Shikoku
* KRB N6 Kyushu
* KRB N6 Okinawa
* CTS N6 Chugoku
* TVA N6 Aichi
CTS N6 Chugoku was formerly known as ATH N-Chugoku before the closure of ABS Television Hiroshima ("ATH") and renamed for its relaunch as the Chugoku Television System.
CAT does not air its N6 Chubu bulletin in Yamanashi Prefecture, and it simulcasts ABS' regular post-N6 programming instead.
As a result of the CAT issue, ABS itself (JOBX-DTV) does not have a local news program.
Category:Aso Broadcasting System
Category:Television programs established in 1987