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The '''Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station''' (Japanese: '''週刊ポケモン放送局''' ''Shūkan Pokémon Hōsōkyoku''), also known as ''Hōsō'', was a show that aired every Tuesday night on TV Tokyo from October 15, 2002 to September 28, 2004.  The episodes were hosted by {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, who just introduced the episode and closed the episode. There were three types of episode:
The '''Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station''' (Japanese: '''週刊ポケモン放送局''' ''Shūkan Pokémon Hōsōkyoku''), also known as ''Hōsō'', was a show that aired every Tuesday night on TV Tokyo from October 15, 2002 to September 28, 2004.  The episodes were hosted by {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, who just introduced the episode and closed the episode. There were three types of episode:
* '''Variety shows''': These would often include episode clips and live action segments featuring a man in a {{p|Treecko}} suit, {{wp|KABA-chan}}, and a random group of elementary school children. KABA-chan, who is probably best known to non-Japanese for his cameo in [[M07|Destiny Deoxys]] as the guy getting on the subway at the last second, played a major role in most of the variety show episodes.
* '''Variety shows''': These would often include episode clips and live action segments featuring a man in a {{p|Treecko}} suit, {{wp|KABA.chan}}, and a random group of elementary school children. KABA.chan, who is probably best known to non-Japanese for his cameo in [[M07|Destiny Deoxys]] as the guy getting on the subway at the last second, played a major role in most of the variety show episodes.
* '''Encore''' -  Sometimes, an old episode would be rerun, and other times full-length movies and TV specials would be aired.  Many times these episodes would be requested by fans.
* '''Encore''' -  Sometimes, an old episode would be rerun, and other times full-length movies and TV specials would be aired.  Many times these episodes would be requested by fans.
* '''Side stories''' - New animated episodes featuring recurring side characters such as the [[Pichu Brothers]], {{an|Casey}} and [[Ritchie]]. These episodes were dubbed into English for the series [[Pokémon Chronicles]]. These special episodes are commonly referred to by fans as "Hosos" or "Housous", a derivative of the show's title.
* '''Side stories''' - New animated episodes featuring recurring side characters such as the [[Pichu Brothers]], {{an|Casey}} and [[Ritchie]]. These episodes were dubbed into English for the series [[Pokémon Chronicles]]. These special episodes are commonly referred to by fans as "Hosos" or "Housous", a derivative of the show's title.
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