TV Miyazaki
Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd. callsign JODI-DTV is a Japanese TV station in Miyazaki. Currently branded as TV Miyazaki, it is affiliated with FNN/FNS, NNN and ANN.
This is the only TV station in Japan that has joined three TV networks at the same time.
History
On July 16, 1968, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announced its second UHF TV allocation plan, releasing 14 station licenses in 14 areas, including Miyazaki Prefecture. 12 of the 14 licenses were then merged into one by request from the prefectural government of Miyazaki. On February of the following year, the owners of the 12 licenses agreed into one company to apply of a TV license and were granted a reserved license by the following month.On March 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki started trial broadcasts. And by April 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki official started broadcasting. In 1971, TV Miyazaki set up 7 relay stations alongside Miyazaki Broadcasting. In 1973, TV Miyazaki completed the switch to color. TV Miyazaki introduced its color OB van in 1979, and was first used in the 34th National Sports Festival held in Miyazaki.
In 1980, TV Miyazaki completed its sports studio, a first for Japanese TV broadcasting. TV Miyazaki also started hosting large-scale events, with the NASA Space Science Fair in 1982 as its first event. FM Miyazaki was established by TV Miyazaki and started in 1984. During Japan's bubble economy, TV Miyazaki began promoting business diversification, and started to enter the real estate business. In 1991, they also invested in the establishment of the golf course, UMK Country Club. In March 2000, they invested in building their new headquarters in preparation for digital broadcasting which was later completed in August of the following year and formally used in February 2002.
On December 1, 2006, digital broadcasting has started and ceased analog transmissions on July 24, 2011. In 2020, TV Miyazaki has unveiled its current logo, in time for its 50th anniversary.
Programming
Since its inception until 1973, TV Miyazaki hasn't been officially part in any network. At that time, it aired 60% of Fuji TV programming and 20% of programming each for Nippon TV and TV Asahi. In April 1973, TV Miyazaki became an FNN/FNS affiliate. Then in April 1976, they also joined ANN as its secondary affiliate. And by April 1979, they finally joined NNN as its tertiary affiliate.Currently, the news provider every morning and primetime comes from FNN, the lunch news bulletin comes from ANN, and the late night news comes from NNN.
Their primetime schedule is also a mix of programs mostly from Nippon TV and Fuji TV, which also leaves no simulcast slots for TV Asahi programming.
Because some programs are not simulcasted by the broadcaster, there are currently two ways to watch them:
- Selected programs from Nippon TV and TV Asahi are then aired on its rival broadcaster Miyazaki Broadcasting, or
- Cable operators in Miyazaki Prefecture provide channels from Kagoshima or Kumamoto Prefectures.