RBA

The Regional Broadcasters Association (RBA), sometimes known as Channel 12, is a Jonathian free-to-air public television network. It was launched in 1955 to provide competition to JBC Television (established in 1936). It was the JBC's largest competitor until 1958 when NBC launched it's television service. The RBA is the oldest commercial network in Jonathia.
RBA is a network of twenty separate companies which provide regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise is owned by a different company. Since the new millennium, however, broadcasters have been emphasizing the national branding without fully abandoning their regional identity as other regional networks like 4NET's 8NET line of regional networks had done in 2002.
The RBA, as are the other public broadcasters in Jonathia, is a member of the Tapanthian Broadcasting Union. The RBA's twenty franchisees all are members of the TBU through the RBA.
== Current licensees ==
There are twenty regional licences covering all of Jonathia's nineteen provinces (there are separate weekday and weekend licences for the Jetzeburg region), and one national licence for the breakfast service. All licences listed here were renewed in 2015 until the end of 2026. It is likely these franchises will be re-renewed once more when the time comes.
The RBA auctioned licenses for the seven provinces in 2022. These networks launched on September 1st, 2023.
License service area 	License holder	Parent company 	Service name 	On-air name 	Logo
 	 	Border plc. 	Border Television 	Border Television	
 	 	Central Productions 	Central Television 	RBA Central 	
 	 	GTV plc. 	Gelta Television 	GTV 	
 	 	Jersey Television plc. 	Jersey Television 	JTV 	
(weekends) 	 	Jetzeburg Weekend Television 	Jetzeburg Weekend Television 	JWT 	
(weekdays) 	 	Riverside Media 	Riverside Television 	Riverside 	
 	 	Meridian Productions 	Meridian Broadcasting 	Meridian 	
 	 	Trident Television 	Sanc-Liet Television 	SLTV 	
 	 	UTV Regional Broadcasting LLC	Unadia Television 	UTV 	
 	 	Westcountry Television plc 	Westcountry Television 	Westcountry 	
 	 	ETV Enterprises 	Eastern Television 	ETV 	
 	 	Lynskip Regional Broadcasting	Lynskip Television 	LTV 	
 	 	Trident Television 	Yorkshire Television 	Yorkshire 	
 	 	Trident Television 	Independent Television Service Dorritadia	ITSD 	
 	 	9story Media Limited 	Liberland United Television 	LUtv 	
 	 	Argosy Media Corporation 	Argosy Television 	Argosy 	
 	 	North Point Television 	North Point Television 	NPTV 	
 	 	MTM Enterprises Inc. 	MTM Enterprises Broadcasting 	MTM 	
 	 	Breil Entertainment 	Breil Television 	Breil Television 	
 	 	Rapier Multimedia 	Rapier Television 	Rapier 	
National breakfast time	 	RBA plc. 	RBA Breakfast 	RBA Breakfast 	
== Logo history ==
RBA logo (1989).png|1989 - 1998
RBA logo (1998).png|1998 - 2006
RBA logo (2006).png|2006 - 2013
RBA logo.png|2013 - present
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