Miyagi Television Broadcasting (宮城テレビ放送) is the Nippon TV station (
NNN and
NNS) for Sendai. The channel is branded as Miyatere (ミヤテレ).
It opened in 1970 as the third commercial station in
Miyagi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akit ...
. It was a combination of
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...
and NET (now
TV Asahi
JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as , and better known as , is a Japanese television station serving the Kanto region as the flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network. It is owned-and-operated by the a subsidiary of , itself controlled by ...
). In 1975, after the opening of TV Asahi affiliate commercial station in the Miyagi Prefecture, it became the dominant station of the Nippon Television network in the
Tohoku region.
In 2015, it celebrated its 20 year anniversary of the information program it produced, ''OH! Bandes'', which started in 1995. Miyagi is also known for producing many other in-house programs such as ''Miya TV Stadium'', and other net programs broadcast nationwide, securing its position as a TV station with strong local roots.
History
*January 17, 1970 - MMT was founded.
*October 1, 1970 - MMT began broadcasting as a dual affiliate of ANN and NNN. The station was originally branded ''MTB''.
*September 1, 1975 - The station was rebranded as MM34 (JO''MM''-TV, channel ''34'').
*September 30, 1975 - KHB began broadcasting. MMT becomes a sole NNN/NNS station.
*October 1, 1985 - The station was rebranded, this time as ''MMT''.
*March 31, 2012 - Analog broadcasts ceased.
References
External links
Official site
Nippon News Network
Mass media in Sendai
Television stations in Japan
Television channels and stations established in 1970
Companies based in Sendai
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