The NHK Tokushima Broadcasting Station (NHK徳島放送局, NHK Tokushima Hoso Kyoku) is a unit of the

NHK , also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee. NHK ope ...

that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in

Tokushima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 682,439 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,146 Square kilometre, km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture b ...

History

NHK started radio broadcasts in Tokushima on July 23, 1933 (JOXK). Since 1973, NHK only operates one AM radio station in the prefecture, as the Radio 2 station (JOXB) was shut down in order for the Osaka station to increase its power. The Ikeda relay station, which used to relay the

Osaka station is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population ...

, has switched in the 2000s to the jurisdiction of the Matsuyama station following the conversion of television signals to digital. In the late 1960s, the Tokushima station held two firsts in Japanese broadcasting. On February 20, 1968, it opened the first UHF television station in Japan, which was the Tokushima station of

NHK Educational TV , abbreviated on-screen as NHK E, is the second television service of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). It is a sister service of NHK General TV, showing programs of a more educational, documentaries, cultural, children's or intellectual n ...

. In March 1969, NHK Tokushima started its FM broadcasting, and in September, NHK Tokushima held the first televised public opinion broadcast for the elections for the post of governor of Tokushima Prefecture. On March 20, 1973, NHK Tokushima Radio 2 station was abolished in order for the Osaka station to increase its power. In September 1985, NHK Tokushima emergency warning broadcast begins. In August 1986, NHK Tokushima General TV audio multiplex broadcasting begins. On September 4, 2006, NHK Tokushima starts broadcasting from the current building, and digital terrestrial television broadcasting begins in October. On May 22, 2023, local programs were added to the

NHK+ NHK+ (NHKプラス) is NHK's official streaming service. It provides simulcasts and already-carried programs seen on both NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV , abbreviated on-screen as NHK E, is the second television service of NHK (Japan B ...

platform. In case the

Nankai Trough The is a submarine trough located south of the Nankaidō region of Japan's island of Honshu, extending approximately offshore. The underlying fault, the ''Nankai megathrust,'' is the source of the devastating Nankai megathrust earthquakes, ...

Earthquake happens, the NHK Tokushima Broadcasting Station has a satellite studio located at a short distance from the main building to allow the continuation of broadcasting and editing in case of emergency.

References

External links

Official website
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