, also known as KFB, is a Japanese
broadcast network
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affiliated with the
ANN
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. Their headquarters are located in
Kōriyama City,
Fukushima Prefecture
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.
History
Pre-launch
Prior to its launch, there were already 2 stations set up in the prefecture:
Fukushima Television
, also known as FTV, is a television network headquartered in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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(affiliated to
Fuji TV
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,
TV Asahi
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, and
TBS)
and
Fukushima Central TV (affiliated to
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).
In June 1980, the
Ministry of Posts (now known as the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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) opened applications for Fukushima's third private broadcaster, attracting 112 companies.
After talks between the four main commercial networks in Japan and
Radio Fukushima
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in December 1980, it was agreed that the affiliate for the new station would be from TV Asahi.
Both TV Asahi and TBS, which were interested in applying for a broadcast license, hoped to use "Fukushima Broadcasting" as a tentative name for the new regional broadcaster. Later, TV Asahi made plans to either use "Fukushima Asahi Broadcasting" or "Fukushima Asahi Television" as its names, but neither name was approved by the Ministry of Posts.
On December 19 of the same year, the new broadcaster obtained a license under the name Fukushima Broadcasting.
Fukushima Broadcasting chose Koriyama City as the location of its headquarters as Koriyama is the largest economic city in the prefecture.
On February 4, 1981, the broadcaster was founded.
Launching and further developments
After its headquarters completed on August 10, 1981,
pilot broadcasts began on September 15 of the same year.
At 6:20am on October 1, 1981, Fukushima Broadcasting started its broadcasting operations.
The broadcaster also entered into event sponsorships such as Fukushima Summer Festival and NASA Space Science Expo.
In addition, the broadcaster also held cultural activities such as the performing of the
Vienna Boys' Choir
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in the prefecture.
When TV-U Fukushima started broadcasting in 1983, Fukushima already had 4 commercial broadcasters in the prefecture.
In 1985, a broadcasting union was established.
KFB first used the
electronic news-gathering
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system in 1989.
In order to update the main control room equipment, KFB began to renovate the headquarters in 1997.
This series of works was completed in April 1998. On September 6, 1998, a mechanical failure occurred at the Fukushima Broadcasting Aizuwakamatsu broadcasting station, causing about 87,500 households in the Aizu area to be unable to watch the Fukushima Broadcasting program for 8.5 hours.
Stations
Analog
*Fukushima(Main Station) JOJI-TV 35ch
*Aizuwakamatsu 41ch
*Iwaki 36ch
*Tomioka 40ch
*Haramachi 48ch
*Shirakawa 46ch
*Takine 61ch
*Mizuishi 60ch
*Hanawa 42ch
*Bandai-Atami 21ch
*Fukushima-Shinobu 47ch
*Tsuchiyu 53ch
*Nihonmatsu 57ch
*Watari 62ch
*Naganuma 54ch
*Yanaizu-Mishima 58ch
*Futaba-Kawauchi 56ch
*Ishikawa 43ch
*Tajima 35ch
*Iidate 48ch
*Iwaki-Tono 52ch
*Aizu-Higashiyama 59ch
*Iidate-Mukōshi 54ch
*Iidate-Sekizawa 53ch
*Iwaki-Yotsunami 39ch
*Ten'ei 59ch
*Kōriyama-Kawachi 54ch
*Bandai-Takatama 50ch
*Warabidaira 39ch
*Kawamata 43ch
*Iwaki-Yumoto 50ch
*Nishiaizu 59ch
*Nishiaizu-Okugawa 52ch
*Higashi-Kaneyama 52ch
*Tsukidate 57ch
*Yamatsuri 57ch
*Funehiki 43ch
*Ōsato 41ch
*Kaneyama 59ch
*Nishi-Kaneyama 59ch
*Arami 60ch
*Kōriyama-Tamura 41ch
*Miharu 50ch
*Shōwa 38ch
*Higashi-Tadami 61ch
*Higashi-Shōwa 58ch
*Tadami 42ch
*Nangō 38ch
*Kita-Kawamata 40ch
*Nishi-Furudono 57ch
*Furudono 25ch
*Higashi-Urabandai 60ch
*Urabandai 48ch
*Nishigō-Yachinaka 53ch
*Izumizaki-Ōtagawa 48ch
*Furudono-Matsukawa 60ch
*Ina 58ch
*Tanagura-Tomioka 41ch
*Inugami 39ch
*Minami-Kawamata 52ch
*Nishigō-Nagasaka 38ch
*Tōwa-Harimichi 42ch
*Nishigō-Mushikasa 39ch
*Hobara-Tomizawa 52ch
*Fukushima-Ōnami 54ch
*Yomogita 26ch
Digital(ID:5)
*Fukushima(Main Station) JOJI-DTV 29ch
Programs
Rival Stations
References
External links
Fukushima Broadcasting
{{TV-tohoku
All-Nippon News Network
Asahi Shimbun Company
Companies based in Fukushima Prefecture
Television stations in Japan
Mass media in Kōriyama
Television channels and stations established in 1981
1981 establishments in Japan