Television_Kanagawa

Television Kanagawa

Television Kanagawa

Television station in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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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The station is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations.

History

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

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.

  • A Television Kanagawa camera filming an on location shoot, 2023

See also

References

  1. [1]
    テレビ神奈川35年史 [35 Years of TVK] (in Japanese). Television Kanagawa. 2007. OCLC 857921862.


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