Sapporo Television Broadcasting

The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Native name
札幌テレビ放送株式会社
Sapporo Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha
Company typePrivate KK
IndustryMedia
Founded8 April 1958; 66 years ago (1958-04-08)
Headquarters8-1-1, North-1-West,
Chūō-ku, Sapporo
,
Japan
Area served
Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Key people
Ken Inoue (President)
Services
  • Telecasting
  • Planning
  • Production and sales of TV programs
OwnerNippon Television Holdings (29.9%)
The Yomiuri Shimbun Group (11.9%)
SubsidiariesSTVradio
Saporro Video production
STV Development
STV Development Center
Websitewww.stv.jp
JOKX-DTV
CitySapporo
Channels
BrandingSTV
Programming
AffiliationsNippon Television Network System and Nippon News Network
Ownership
OwnerThe Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
First air date
April 1, 1959
Former call signs
JOKX-TV (1959-2011)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
5 (VHF, 1959-2011)
Fuji TV/FNN/FNS (secondary; April 1, 1959 – March 31, 1972)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
ERP27 kW
Links
Websitehttp://www.stv.jp/
JOWF
  • Sapporo
Broadcast areaHokkaido Prefecture
Frequency1440 kHz
BrandingSTVradio
Programming
FormatTalk, Sports
AffiliationsNRN
Ownership
OwnerThe STVradio Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
First air date
December 15, 1962
Technical information
Power50,000 watts
Links
Websitehttps://www.stv.jp/radio/index.html
STV News Center "D・Tera・s"

The Sapporo Television Broadcasting, Co., Ltd. (札幌テレビ放送株式会社, Sapporo Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a TV station of Nippon News Network (NNN) and Nippon Television Network System (NNS) in Hokkaidō, Japan. Headquartered in Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaidō prefecture, the TV station was established on April 8, 1958. It is usually called "STV" for short, which is used as a name in a number of TV programs.

Since December 15, 1962, the company has worked as both television and radio station until July 12, 2005, when the radio section was split into the STVradio Broadcasting, Co., Ltd. (STVラジオ株式会社, STV Rajio Kabushiki Gaisha) was established. Currently, the STV Radio is a radio station of National Radio Network (NRN) in Hokkaidō, Japan. The license of the radio broadcasting was succeeded to the STV Radio, and started radio broadcasting on October 1, 2005.