Tohoku-ABS Broadcasting

Tohoku-ABS Broadcasting (兵庫ABS放送, Tohouku Eibiesu Housou) is an ABS affiliated television station serving the Tohoku region in Japan.
== History ==
TAB was founded by ABS' Sendai Annexe on July 19th, 1991.
In 1999, the station was made one of the newly-founded Kabushiki Gaisha ABS company's "key stations", in this case serving the entire Tohoku region of Japan.
Amidst the Great East Japan Earthquake of the 11th of March 2011, TAB's main transmitter was damaged and left Tohoku region ABS viewers without programming for 2 days.
In mid-2012, TAB permanently ceased all analog transmissions. The date was originally to coincide with the nationwide shutdown of the 24th of July 2011, but the Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate areas were given another year to prepare for the digital switchover after the quake.
TAB is currently celebrating its 25th year of operation.
== Headquarters ==
The station was initially based in the offices of the Kabushiki Gaisha ABS Sendai Annexe. The Great East Japan Earthquake, however, damaged the aging office building "beyond any possible type of repair", forcing TAB to move temporarily to the main ABS Broadcasting Center in Shinjuku. These events lead to the construction of a new TAB headquarter building; The Michinoku-Dewa New Media Center.
This new building is located on the site of the old Kabushiki Gaisha ABS Sendai Annexe, and was designed by the same group responsible for designing the Sendai Anpanman Children's Museum and Mall; the MDNMC shares some of the same characteristics as its sister building, with a large glass façade and a colorful interior for visitors.
== Affiliates ==
TAB works with numerous other secondary prefecture-level ABS affiliates:
*Miyagi Cultural Broadcasting (MCB)
*Yamagata Cultural Broadcasting (YCB)
*Aomori Aso Television (AAT)
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