is a

TV station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the eart ...

affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in

Akita is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto ...

, Japan.

History

In 1967, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (currently the

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Of ...

) announced that it would open UHF bands for television use, and in October of the same year, it was decided that 18 UHF stations would be allowed to open, but there was no quota for the Tohoku region. The Ministry of Posts requested the then Governor of Akita Prefecture Isajiro Obata to consolidate the license applications. In the end, all parties agreed to apply for Akita UHF TV, with each applicant's contribution to the capital of the new company limited to 10%. On October 5, 1968, Akita UHF TV held its first founders' meeting and was granted a license on November 1. On December 26 of the same year, Akita UHF TV held its general meeting and decided to call the company "AKT" and use "Akita TV" as a common name. On May 30, 1969, Akita UHF TV changed its company name to Akita Television.On September 10 of the same year, Akita TV started test broadcasts. At 07:45am on October 1, 1969, Akita TV started broadcasting becoming the first UHF TV station in Tohoku region, and initially joined FNN on its first broadcast. On April 1, 1981, Akita TV joined

ANN Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in th ...

and became a dual affiliated station (FNN being their primary affiliate and ANN their secondary affiliate). Akita TV withdrew from ANN in 1987, which led to the opening of

Akita Asahi Broadcasting , also known as AAB, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the ANN. Their headquarters are located in Akita Prefecture. Headquarters *233-209 Kawajiri-machi aza Okobata Akita-city, Akita 010-0941 JAPAN History *1992 October 1: It was ...

in 1992. Digital broadcasting started on October 1, 2006; analog broadcasts ended on July 24, 2011.

Technical information

Location map

Announcers

* Toshifumi Takeshima

Former announcers

* Yoetsu Suzuki

References

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