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Shikoku Broadcasting
Company typeKabushiki kaisha
IndustryMedia
FoundedApril 7, 1952
Headquarters2-5-2 Nakatokushima, ,
Japan
Key people
Okamoto Nao
(President and CEO)
Number of employees
118 (April 2021)
Footnotes / references
Data from its Corporate Profile
JOJR-DTV
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsNNN/NNS
Ownership
OwnerShikoku Broadcasting
History
FoundedApril 7, 1952
First air date
April 1, 1959
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
1 (VHF; 1959–2011)
All secondary:
Fuji News Network, All-Nippon News Network, Japan News Network (1959-1972)
Links
Websitehttp://www.jrt.co.jp/

Shikoku Broadcasting (Template:Lang-ja, Rōmaji: Shikoku Hōsō) is a radio and TV station based in Tokushima, Japan. It is affiliated to the Nippon News Network for TV and JRN/NRN for radio.

Despite holding a local monopoly in commercial television to the prefecture, commercial television stations from Kansai region are easily available.

History

After the establishment of the "Three Radio Laws" (Radio Law, Broadcasting Law, and Radio Supervisory Committee Establishment Law) in 1950, Japan established a system where public broadcasting (NHK) and commercial broadcasting coexisted.

  • April 7, 1952: Shikoku Broadcasting is established.
  • July 1, 1952: JR (as in JOJR) commences radio transmissions.
  • April 1, 1959: Television transmissions commence.
  • April 5, 1971: JR Television begins their morning show, Good Morning Tokushima (おはようとくしま).
  • April 1982: The abbreviation is changed to JRT.
  • December 1984: JRT moves to their current headquarters in Nakatokushima.
  • July 1988: Bi-lingual TV broadcasts for certain shows commence.
  • February 6, 2006: Digital terrestrial tests commence.
  • October 1, 2006: Regular digital terrestrial broadcasts commence.
  • March 31, 2011: Good Morning Tokushima is cancelled.
  • July 24, 2011: Analog terrestrial broadcasts conclude.
  • April 1, 2015: JRT joins the radiko project.

Stations

Radio:

Tokushima master station:

  • Calls: JOJR
  • Frequency: 1269 kHz
  • Output: 5 kW

Ikeda station:

  • Calls: (was JOJO)
  • Frequency: 1269 kHz
  • Output: 1 kW

Mugi station:

  • Frequency: 1269 kHz
  • Output: 100 W

Hiwasa station:

  • Frequency: 1269 kHz
  • Output: 100 W

Television:

Tokushima master station:

  • Calls: JOJR-DTV
  • Frequency: 581.142857 MHz
  • Output: 1 kW
  • ERP: 6.5 kW