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TV Aichi

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JOCI-DTV
Headquarters in Naka-ku, Nagoya
CityNagoya
Channels
BrandingTV Aichi
TVA
Programming
LanguageJapanese
AffiliationsTX Network
Ownership
OwnerAichi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
FoundedDecember 1, 1982
First air date
September 1, 1983
Former call signs
JOCI-TV (1983-2011)
Former channel numbers
Analog (1983–2011):
25 (UHF, Nagoya)
52 (UHF, Toyohashi)
Call sign meaning
AiChI
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
Links
Websitewww.tv-aichi.co.jp

Aichi Television Broadcasting Company, Ltd. (TVA; Japanese: テレビ愛知株式会社, romanized: Terebi Aichi kabushiki gaisha), also referred to as TV Aichi (テレビ愛知, Terebi Aichi), with the callsigns JOCI-DTV (channel 10) is a Japanese television station in Nagoya serving as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Aichi prefecture.[1] TVA started broadcasting in 1983.[2] Nikkei, Inc. is the biggest shareholder of TVA.[3]

History

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After concluding its restructuring plan, TV Tokyo began building its own national network, starting with TV Osaka on March 1, 1982.[4]: 116  Later, TV Tokyo and its main shareholder Nikkei announced plans to open a station in Nagoya and invited Chunichi Shimbun to take part in its creation.[4]: 116  In November 1981, Nikkei solicited the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for the opening of a new television station in Aichi Prefecture.[4]: 116  By late February 1982, 105 companies have expressed interest in the bid.[4]: 116  MPT suggested a meeting with the then-governor of Aichi Mikine Kuwahara and the then-president of Tokai Bank Shigemitsu Miyake to present a merger of their bids. On July 6, the companies that were attracted by the bid merged to form TV Aichi and requested a license, obtaining a preliminary license on July 13.[4]: 116–117  On September 6, TVA held its founders' meeting, followed by a founders' general assembly on December 1.[4]: 116–117  Construction work for its headquarters began on August 26, 1982, the Nikkei Nagoya Broadcasting Hall. On August 2, 1983, the station moved there in order to begin its activities.[4]: 119  TVA chose the work of designer Shigeo Okamoto for its logo (still in use) and was also in charge of the station's sign-on and sign-off animations (withdrawn when the analog signals shut down in 2011).[4]: 120–121  It became the second UHF station in Nagoya, after Chukyo TV, which started fourteen years earlier.[4]: 121 

On September 1, 1983, at 5:59am, TV Aichi started broadcasting, the fifth commercial TV station in Nagoya and the hundredth commercial TV station to be set up at a national scale.[4]: 116  The first program seen was the Japanese dance Kiyomoto: Dance of the Two Seasons.[4]: 126  The station recorded a prime time share of 9.1% on opening night.[4]: 131  In the fourth quarter of the year, the station recorded a 5% share during prime time (7-10pm), 4.5% during golden time (7-11pm) and a full-day average of 2%. During the first quarter of 1985, these figures rose to 6.8%, 6% and 2.9% respectively.[4]: 135  TVA obtained a profit of 12 million yen in 1985, the first time since launch.[4]: 138  In 1988, prime time ratings obtained a 7.6% share, golden time obtained 6.7% and all-day, a 3.2% average.[4]: 138–139  That year, it liquidated its accumulated losses.[4]: 139  In 1990, it started issuing stock dividends.[4]: 140 

TVA recorded an average growth rate higher than 10% in revenue and profits during the 1990s, at a rate higher than the four other TV stations in Nagoya.[4]: 22  Revenue jumped from 42nd place in 1992 to 24th place in 1997 among all of the commercial television stations.[4]: 23  In 1996, its revenue reached 10,846 billion yen, surpassing the 10 billion yen mark for the first time; its profit hit 1,324 billion yen, also a new record.[4]: 84  In 1998, revenue rose to 11,224 billion yen and its profit was 1,285 billion yen.[4]: 22  The good financial results also led in improvements to its programming and ratings throughout the 90s.[4]: 42–43  In 1997, prime time ratings recorded 8.7% share, golden time 7.9% and all-day 4.0% average. Although the evening metrics were the second-highest in its history, the all-day average was an all-time record.[4]: 108  On December 14, 1997, TVA had obtained the highest ratings average for an entire day for 100 weeks straight, a record for TXN's stations.[4]: 24  The amount of in-house productions increased to 11% in 1998, up from just 7% in 1993.[4]: 26 

On December 1, 2003, TVA started digital terrestrial television broadcasts, using LCN 10 instead of the standard TXN LCN 7.[5] On July 24, 2011, its analog signal shut down.[6] The station celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2018, doing promotional actions throughout the year and a five-hour special program on September 1.[7] In 2020, it joined the Locipo VOD service alongside Tokai TV, CBC and Chukyo TV.[8][9]

Programming

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At launch, it used the slogans "Channel 25 for Love and Intelligence" and "TV Aichi for a Smiling Family" to promote itself. Its programming initially consisted largely of local news, lifestyle programs, business programs and women's interest programs.[4]: 118  The goal was to set up 10% of its programming to be locally-made.[4]: 123  The first news program was TVA Hot Report (TVAホットレポート), which aired on weekdays at 5pm.[4]: 127–128  It was replaced in 1991 with TV Aichi News at 5 O'Clock (5時ですテレビ愛知ニュース). It recorded a share of 3.8% in 1996.[4]: 91  The station changed its airtime for local news in 1997 and replaced it with News Sunset Ichiban (ニュース夕方いちばん), now starting at 5:25pm.[4]: 107  That year, it also aired the moment when Nagoya was selected as the host city of a specialized expo in 2005.[4]: 101–102  Since 2020, the evening news program is 5 O'Clock Studio (5時スタ).[10] Data Analysis| Sunday Journal (データで解析!サンデージャーナル) airs on Sunday afternoons and collects data from the largest cities of Japan.[11]。

In its early years, the channel aired TV Culture Housewife DO! (TVカルチャー奥さまDO！), a program aimed at women, as well as Minomonta no Shukan Desuyo (みのもんたの時間ですよー), on Saturday afternoons, and economic programs such as Tokai no Gunzoku.[4]: 128–129  It also produced historical dramas such as Mori Runmaru and Nagoya Castle for Women.[4]: 60–61  Recent non-news programming includes Nogizaka Construction, a late night show on Fridays, since 2015.[12] Since 1998, it airs a music show, Kuro Channel (黒ちゃんねる).[13][14] Kusuguru (くすぐる) is a local information program airing on Saturday mornings.[15]。

TVA airs Nippon Professional Baseball. Ratings for its games in 1993 attracted an average share of 16,4%.[4]: 54  That year, it started airing J-League attracting an average share of 11,2%, but fell to 6,9% in the following year.[4]: 54  In 1996, TVA aired golf and NASCAR for the first time.[4]: 88 In 1998, it bgan producing Doragura (どらぐら) with the latest news from the Chunichi Dragons and the Nagoya Grampus Eights.[4]: 72 

TVA is also in charge of TXN's 8am Saturday morning anime slot. In 2020, the anime was Cardfight!! Vanguard.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "TXNネットワーク". TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. ^ "民放テレビ開局一覧". JBA. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  3. ^ "地上系放送事業者". MIC. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak テレビ愛知株式会社社史編纂委員会 (1998). 『テレビ愛知15年史』. テレビ愛知. |location=愛知縣 |url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA37518214/}}
  5. ^ "東海地区の開局状況" (in Japanese). 東海総合通信局. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. ^ "地上デジタル放送" (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  7. ^ "テレビ愛知開局35周年キャンペーン" (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  8. ^ "名古屋のテレビ局4社が共同で動画配信サービスを開始　番組やニュースを配信" (in Japanese). サカエ経済新聞. Archived from the original on 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  9. ^ "名古屋のテレビ局が共同で動画配信を軸としたサービス 「Locipo(ロキポ)」を3月27日(金)に開始" (in Japanese). @Press. Archived from the original on 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  10. ^ 5時スタ (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  11. ^ "データで解析!サンデージャーナル" (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  12. ^ "乃木坂工事中" (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  13. ^ 黑Channel (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  14. ^ "a-NN♪" (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  15. ^ "くすぐる" (in Japanese). テレビ愛知. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  16. ^ "カードファイト!! ヴァンガード外伝 イフ-if-" (in Japanese). カードファイト!! ヴァンガード. Archived from the original on 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

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