Mass media in Saitama Prefecture
This article lists and describes the features of mass media based in Saitama Prefecture of Japan. Most are based in the capital and most populous city Saitama City's Urawa ward. Unless mentioned otherwise the language is
Japanese.
Like other parts of Kantō region incorporating the Greater Tokyo Area, media based in Tokyo dominate the attention of the residents. Tokyo's major radio and television stations are licensed to cover the whole Kantō region. See Japanese media for them. They have larger readership or rates than the locally based media.
Newspapers
The below are about paid daily newspapers. There are less frequently published community papers and magazines.- The Saitama Shimbun is headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama. It has strong readership among local governments, their suppliers and employees.
Broadcasting
The below are stations whose licensed area of coverage is the whole or the most of Saitama Prefecture.Television
- Teletama or Television Saitama is a commercial station headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama and serves the prefecture.
- NHK the national public broadcaster has NHK Saitama Broadcasting Station in Urawa-ku, Saitama. It has a news gathering base and a television studio but they are to feed contents for programming produced in Tokyo.
Radio
Prefectural service
- FM NACK5 is a commercial station headquartered in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama.
- NHK Saitama FM transmits some scheduled programming produced in Urawa-ku, Saitama to insert between ones produced in Tokyo.
Community service
- FM Urawa in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Flower Radio in Kōnosu and FM-Chappy in Iruma, Smile FM in Asaka are community stations.
Other services
Broadcasting services that may be available but are not limited to Saitama include:- Cable television and cable radio are available in many areas in the prefecture. They often have non-Japanese channels and / or programs. They occasionally broadcast locally produced programs. See :ja:ケーブルテレビ局の一覧#埼玉県 and :ja:有線ラジオ放送 for the list.
- InterFM, a multilingual commercial station based in Tokyo officially serves Saitama City also.
- Tokyo's major radio and television stations which are licensed to cover the whole Kantō region. See Japanese media for them. The television stations offer English interpretation upon some news programs.
- Japanese domestic satellite television, satellite radio MobaHo! and shortwave Radio Nikkei are meant to cover whole Japan. The former two offer channels in languages other than Japanese.
- The Open University of Japan broadcasting on television and radio in Japanese, produced in Chiba city.
- Stations based in and intended to cover nearby prefectures. These include American Forces Network English language AM radio transmitted from Wakō, Saitama.