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裏番組 (うらばんぐみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

裏うら番ばん組ぐみ

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Meanings

1

competing program in the same timeslot; counterprogram

Refers to a TV or radio program scheduled opposite another station's program, often as a competitive counterprogramming strategy.

裏うら番ばん組ぐみに人にん気きドラマが始はじまったので、視し聴ちょう率

りつ

が

下さ

がっ

た

。

A popular drama started as a competing program in the same timeslot, so our ratings dropped.

あの局きょくはいつも裏うら番ばん組ぐみに強つよいバラエティをぶつけてくる。

That station always puts a strong variety show up against our program.

Kanji

裏back, amidst, in
番turn, number in a series
組association, braid, plait

Related words

視し聴ちょう率りつ
視聴率 is the audience rating itself, while 裏番組 is the competing program that affects it.
タイムテーブル
タイムテーブル is the broadcast schedule; 裏番組 is a specific program placed in the same slot as another.

Built from

裏うら+番ばん組ぐみ

Etymology

Compound of 裏 (ura, 'back, reverse, opposite') and 番組 (bangumi, 'program'). The term literally means 'opposite-side program' and is used in broadcasting contexts.