Iwate Menkoi Television


Iwate Menkoi Television Co., Ltd. is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Morioka, Iwate.
The station functions as a default FNN affiliate for neighboring Aomori Prefecture, which does not have a Fuji Television-affiliated station of its own.
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History

JOYH-DTV began broadcasting on 1 April 1991 as JOYH-TV, becoming the first dedicated affiliate of FNN in the northeastern portion of Tōhoku. Prior to the station's sign-on, some cable providers in Iwate Prefecture carried Sendai Television, which was receivable over the air in the prefecture's extreme southern reaches.
Digital broadcasting began on 1 July 2006, and was expected to continue until July 2011. The 11 March 2011 earthquake resulted in the postponement of the shutdown date for all analog television signals in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures. The station finally shut down its analog television service on 31 March 2012.