Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting

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Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting, known as QAB, is a television station serving Okinawa Prefecture from Naha. It broadcasts on digital channel 16 (UHF) and uses virtual channel 5, branding itself as Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting (QAB). QAB is an All-Nippon News Network (ANN) affiliate.

The station is owned by Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation. Major shareholders include TV Asahi Holdings and The Asahi Shimbun. The headquarters are in the RBC-QAB Media Center in the Kumoji district of Naha, and many staff also work from the nearby Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation (RBC).

QAB was founded on June 10, 1994, and began broadcasting on October 1, 1995. It was the first commercial TV station to open in Okinawa after the 1972 reversion to Japan and the first UHF station there. It grew out of a plan to run two stations under one company, with close cooperation between RBC and TV Asahi.

In its early years, QAB produced the local news program Station Q, which featured all-female presenters and later became Q Plus in 2013. The station also airs a morning show, covers major events like the Koshien high school baseball tournament, and produces documentaries. In 2013, QAB began collaborating with the Taiwanese network ETTV to share news items.

QAB began digital broadcasting in 2006, with analog broadcasts ending in 2011. It remains an ANN affiliate, with some production and transmission work handled in collaboration with RBC.