Kumamoto Television System

The Kumamoto Television System (KTS) is a soon-to-launch television station that will serve Kumamoto Prefecture, operating under the ownership of Kyushu-Ryukyu Broadcasting and Kabushiki Gaisha ABS.

Plans
Kabushiki Gaisha ABS announced on the day of ABS Television Aichi's launch (the 25th of November, 2015) that new ABS upstart stations would be allowed to serve more focused areas than before. Kyushu-Ryukyu Broadcasting announced that it had intentions to create an offshoot network that would serve the Kumamoto region with ABS' diverse assortment of shows interspersed with local news and entertainment programmes. A teaser image released on KRB's Twitter page confirmed the station's launch date: Sunday 7th February, 2016. The Government of Kumamoto also announced a partnership with KRB that would make the region's famous bear mascot, Kumamon, the new network's mascot.

It was announced that KTS would not outright replace KRB; the network will sit alongside KRB, occupying channel number 9 (KRB broadcasts on channel 10).

KTS states that its mission is to "engage, inform and entertain the people of Kumamoto, and introduce them to the fascinations of other cultures in Japan and abroad".

Some PaRappa The Rapper fans have nicknamed the network "the Katy Kat network" after one of the main characters in the show. (KaTy = K.T. = KTS).