NHK Saga Broadcasting Station
| NHK Saga Broadcasting Station | |
| |
Broadcast area | Saga Prefecture |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 963 kHz (AM) |
| Programming | |
| Language | Japanese |
| Format | Public broadcasting |
| Affiliations | NHK Radio 1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) |
| History | |
First air date | December 28, 1941; 84 years ago (1941年12月28日) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | MIC |
| Power | 1 kW |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
The NHK Saga Broadcasting Station (NHK佐賀放送局, NHK Saga Hōsō Kyoku) is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Saga Prefecture. It uses the JOSP call sign (JOSD was used for NHK Educational TV until centralization of all stations under Tokyo in 2025; despite this, the callsign is still used for legal identifications).
History
[edit ]Radio station JOSP started broadcasting on December 28, 1941, while the FM counterpart began on March 22, 1965 (88.1).[1]
On March 17, 1968, the television facilities were completed, in time for the start of regular television broadcasts.[2] These started on March 15, 1969, with the establishment of JOSP-TV (NHK General TV, channel 38) and JOSD-TV (NHK Educational TV, channel 40), both broadcasting on UHF[3] from the Kumayama transmitter.[4] At the same time, transmitters in Karatsu, Imari, Taku and Arita, used to relay neighboring NHK stations, were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Saga station.[5] Due to an increase in power at the NHK Radio 2 station in Kumamoto, the local Radio 2 station (JOSD) closed on March 20, 1974.[6]
NHK Saga moved to new premises on September 30, 2021, after delays due to slowdowns caused by the pandemic.[7] It became fully-operational on May 9, 2022.[8] On May 15, 2023, local programming was added to NHK+.[9]
References
[edit ]- ^ "NHK主要放送局の周波数・電力一覧(2023年度)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2025.
- ^ NHK Yearbook 1968, p.355
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1113-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ NHK Yearbook 1969, p.272
- ^ NHK Yearbook 1969, p.276
- ^ NHK Yearbook 1974, p.168
- ^ "NHK新放送会館が完成 2022年5月上旬ごろ運用開始". Saga Shimbun. 2021年10月01日. Retrieved 2022年05月09日.
- ^ "NHK佐賀、工事に遅れ 運用開始は22年5月". Saga Shimbun. 2020年12月19日. Retrieved 2022年05月09日.
- ^ Expanding local news distribution with NHK Plus
External links
[edit ]- Official website (in Japanese)