JBC

The Jonathian Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) is a Jonathian public service broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in Westwharf, Jetzeburg, Jonathia. It is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest broadcaster in the world in terms of employee count, employing over 22,000 staff in total, of whom more than 16,000 are in public sector broadcasting. The total number of JBC staff amounts to 35,402 including part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff.
The JBC is established under a National Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of Media and Entertainmenthttps://www.jbc.co.jn/about-us JBC, 1 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2021., and is overseen by the JBC Trust and the Department of Media and Entertainment. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all Jonathian households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. The fee is set by the Jonathian Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the JBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of Jonathia. Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the JBC World Service (launched in 1932), which broadcasts in twenty-eight languages and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in Japanese and Polish.
== History ==
=== The birth of Jonathian broadcasting, 1920 to 1922 ===
=== From private company towards public service corporation, 1923 to 1926 ===
=== 1927 to 1937 ===
=== Great War ===
=== Later 20th century ===
=== 2000 to 2011 ===
=== 2011 to present ===
== Headquarters and regional offices ==
== Services ==
=== Radio ===
Logo	Name 	Launched	Description
 	JBC Radio 1 	1922 	generalist
 	JBC Radio 2 	1957 	70s, 80s, 90s
 	JBC Radio 3 	1967 	rock, 60s, 50s, 40s
 	JBC Radio 4 	1967 	classical, orchestra
 	JBC Radio 5 	2002 	dance, pop
 	JBC Radio 6 	2002 	sport
 	JBC Radio 7 	2002 	comedy, drama, soap
 	JBC World Service	1968 	world service
===Television===
Channel numbers vary by provider. The numbers listed here are the ones used on Freeview.
Logo	Name 	Channel	Type 	Launched 	Description
 	JBC One 	1 	Free-to-airSatellite	2 Nov 1936 	generalist and regional programming
 	JBC Two 	2 	Free-to-airSatellite	21 Apr 1964	generalist and family-oriented
 	JBC Three 	18 	Free-to-airSatellite	9 Feb 1991 	teens
 	JBC Four 	19 	Free-to-airSatellite	2 Mar 1992 	culture, documentaries
 	JBC Lifestyle 	29 	Free-to-airSatellite	1 Jul 2007 	lifestyle
 	JBC News 	89 	Free-to-airSatellite	9 Nov 1997 	all news
 	JBC Parliament	90 	Free-to-airSatellite	13 Jan 1992	government programming
 	JBC Earth 	105 	Free-to-airSatellite	1 Feb 2015 	documentaries, nature
 	JBC Kids 	132 	Free-to-airSatellite	11 Feb 2002	kids
 	JBC Sport 	160 	Free-to-airSatellite	17 Feb 1998	sports
== Commercial activities ==
JBC Studios (formerly JBC Worldwide) is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the JBC, responsible for the commercial exploitation of JBC programmes and other properties, including a number of television stations throughout the world. It was formed following the restructuring of its predecessor, JBC Enterprises, in 1995.
The company owns and administers a number of commercial stations around the world operating in a number of territories and on a number of different platforms. The channel JBC Entertainment shows current and archive entertainment programming to viewers in Tapanthia, Allangria, and Andoladia, with the JBC Studios channels JBC Eruowood (joint venture with [TBA]) and JBC Serapuria (joint venture with [TBA]) showing similar programming in the Alparian region and JBC JNTV in New Croxley and the Isle of Mebellia. The company also runs the channels JBC Earth, broadcasting factual and learning programmes, JBC Kids, broadcasting kids programming, and JBC Lifestyle, broadcasting programmes based on themes of Food, Style and Wellbeing.
==Cultural significance==
==Criticism and controversy==
Throughout its existence, the JBC has faced numerous accusations regarding many topics: the Hebrelese Civil War, politics, ethics and religion, as well as funding and staffing. It also has been involved in numerous controversies because of its coverage of specific news stories and programming. In October 2014, the JBC Trust issued the "JBC complaints framework", outlining complaints and appeals procedures. However, the regulatory oversight of the JBC may be transferred to the Bureau of Broadcasting Standards.
The JBC has long faced accusations from conservatives of liberal and left-wing bias. Accusations of a bias against the Republicans and Nationals were often made against the JBC by members of those parties, with Reuben Stanford considering the broadcaster's news coverage to be biased and irresponsible.
Conversely, writing for The Guardian, the left-wing columnist Orville Jodrell stated "the truth is the JBC is stacked full of rightwingers," and cited as an example of bias its employment of "ultra-Klantonite" Alastair Napthine as a politics presenter. Teck Roeber, a former Economics Editor of the JBC's Newsnight programme, criticised the JBC as "nationalist", and said its senior employees tended to be of a "neo-liberal" point of view. The JBC has also been characterised as a pro-republic institution. A 2018 opinion poll found that 40% of the Jonathian public think that the JBC is politically partisan, with a nearly even split between those that believe it leans to the left or right.
== Logo and symbols of the JBC ==
Prior to 1946, the JBC did not have one single logo, instead different stations used various symbols to identify themselves. Between 1936 and it's original closedown in 1940, JBC One (then known as JBC Television Service) used three interlocking circles with the letters "JBC" in each. Said letters were in the Times New Roman font.
JBC's most famous logo is, arguably, the JBC Eyes, used between May 1, 1978, and November 30, 1995.
In 2022, the JBC began rolling out a refreshed logo, which removed the outer ring of the logo, changed the font to a custom font known as JBC Reith, and changed the main colour to purple. The logo was launched in celebration of what was then the upcoming 100th anniversary of the JBC. The previous logo was phased out and was completely removed from JBC's assets in early 2023.
JBC logo (1946 - 1951).png|1946 - 1951
JBC logo (1951 - 1959).png|1951 - 1959
JBC logo (1960 - 1978).png|1960 - 1978
JBC logo (1978 - 1995.png|1978 - 1995
JBC logo (1995 - 2010).png|1995 - 2010
JBC logo.png|2010 - 2023
File:JBC logo 2022 (with wordmark).png|2022 - present
==See also==
==References==
Category:JBC
Category:Television
Category:Radio
Category:Broadcasting
Category:Jonathia