Gifu Broadcasting System
Gifu Broadcasting System is a regional radio and television service serving Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its radio service is an independent AM station, and its television service is a member of JAITS. The station is branded as Gifu Chan.
Capital composition
As of March 31, 2021:| Capital | Value per share | Total number of shares issued | Number of shareholders |
| 3,000,000,000 yen | 5000 yen | 600,000 shares | 100 |
History
Gifu Radio decided to apply for a television broadcast license the year after it started broadcasting. It initially planned to obtain a broadcast license for VHF channel 7. On August 23, 1963, Gifu Radio submitted an application to open a UHF TV channel. However, this idea did not become a reality until 1965, when the Postal Ministry agreed to open the UHF band for television broadcasting. On October 2, 1967, the Postal Ministry issued the first UHF television frequency allocation plan, with Gifu being 1967 in Japanese television#First tranche of UHF [television stations in Japan|one of the first 18 regions to obtain UHF frequencies]. At that time, in addition to Gifu Radio, two other companies in Gifu Prefecture applied for television broadcasting licenses. Later, with the mediation of Saburo Hirano, the then governor of Gifu Prefecture, the three companies agreed to integrate the application. Gifu Broadcasting also increased its capital in order to prepare for broadcasting.At 9:00 on July 20, 1968, Gifu Broadcasting began test television broadcasts. At 8:50 on August 12 of the same year, Gifu Broadcasting officially started broadcasting its television station. The first program broadcast was Gifu Nichinichi Shimbun News. Gifu Broadcasting thus became Japan's first commercial UHF television station. Gifu Broadcasting purchased a piece of land adjacent to the Gifu Nichibana News Agency in Imakomachi, Gifu City in 1977, and started building a new headquarters on November 1, 1979. On September 30 of the following year, Gifu Broadcasting's new headquarters was completed. On October 1, Gifu Broadcasting began broadcasting programs from the new headquarters.
Starting in 1992, Gifu Broadcasting Television has implemented full-day broadcasting from 9 a.m. Gifu Broadcasting began broadcasting digital TV on April 1, 2005, and the remote control number was changed to channel 8. At the repeated invitation of the Gifu City Government, Gifu Broadcasting moved to Gifu [City Tower 43] in front of Gifu Station in 2007, and began broadcasting programs from City Tower 43 on November 11 of the same year. On July 24, 2011, Gifu Broadcasting stopped broadcasting analog TV signals. Gifu Broadcasting celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012. As part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the broadcast, Gifu Broadcasting held the Marc Chagall exhibition at the Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art. In June 2020, Gifu Broadcasting opened the news website "Gifu Chan DIGITAL" to provide information all over Japan, Introducing news from Gifu Prefecture.