TV Kanagawa (テレビ神奈川, Terebi Kanagawa) (tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972. Its call sign is JOKM-DTV (JOKM-TV during the analog broadcasting period) and occupies the UHF channel 18 on the airwaves.
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| Television Kanagawa Inc. | |
Native name | 株式会社テレビ神奈川 |
Romanized name | Kabushikigaisha Terebikanagawa |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Television broadcasting |
| Founded | April 20, 1971 |
| Headquarters | 2-23 Otamachi, Naka-ku, , Japan |
Key people | Yoshikazu Kumagai (President) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references Data from its Corporate Profile | |
| City | Yokohama |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | tvk |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Independent (JAITS) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Television Kanagawa, Inc. |
| History | |
| Founded | April 20, 1971 |
First air date | April 1, 1972 |
Former channel number(s) | 42 (analog UHF, 1972–2011) |
Call sign meaning | JO Kanagawa Media |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | MIC |
| ERP | 10 kW (Analog) 1 kW (Digital) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.tvk-yokohama.com |
The station is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations.
History edit
Although there were already five main broadcasters in the Kanto region in the late 1960s, they actually lacked information on what was happening outside the Tokyo Prefecture. Therefore, prefectures in the Kanto region became involved in opening TV stations covering solely their prefectures.[1]: 6 In 1969, the Ministry of Posts would issue UHF TV licenses for the six Kanto prefectures. Immediately, 12 companies in Kanagawa Prefecture were interested for operating a TV station.[1]: 7
Programming edit
As an independent station, tvk's programming consists mostly of local information, alternative music (some of whose musicians continue to appear on tvk, even after mainstream success), local sports, educational programmes, and anime.
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A Television Kanagawa camera filming an on location shoot, 2023
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b テレビ神奈川35年史 [35 Years of TVK] (in Japanese). Television Kanagawa. 2007. OCLC 857921862.
External links edit
- (in Japanese) Company website
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