TV Miyazaki

Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd.
Trade name
UMK
Native name
株式会社テレビ宮崎
Romanized name
Kabushikigaisha Terebimiyazaki
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryTelevision broadcasting
FoundedMay 20, 1969; 54 years ago (1969-05-20)
Headquarters2-78, Gion, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture,
Japan
Websitewww.umk.co.jp
Footnotes / references
Data from its Company Profile
Television station in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
JODI-DTV
  • Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture
  • Japan
Channels
  • Digital: 16 (UHF)
  • Virtual: 3
BrandingYou&UMK
Programming
AffiliationsFuji News Network/Fuji Network System (primary; since 1973)
All-Nippon News Network (secondary; since 1976)
Nippon News Network/Nippon Television Network System (tertiary; since 1979)
Ownership
OwnerMiyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd.
History
FoundedMay 20, 1969
First air date
April 1, 1970
Former call signs
JODI-TV (1970–2011)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
35 (UHF, 1970–2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
Links
Websitewww.umk.co.jp

Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd. (abbreviation: UMK, Japanese name: 株式会社テレビ宮崎) is a Japanese TV station in Miyazaki. Currently branded as TV Miyazaki (テレビ宮崎), it is affiliated with NNN/NNS, FNN/FNS, and ANN.

This is the only TV station in Japan that has joined three TV networks at the same time.

History

First logo used from 1970 to 2020

On July 16, 1968, the Ministry of Posts (currently the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) announced its second UHF TV allocation plan, releasing 14 station licenses in 14 areas, including the Miyazaki Prefecture.[1]: 38  12 of the 14 licenses were then merged into one by request from the prefectural government of Miyazaki.[1]: 38  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.[1]: 40 

On March 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki (tentative legal name prior to its launch) started trial broadcasts.[1]: 42  And by April 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki official started broadcasting.[2] In 1971, TV Miyazaki set up 7 relay stations alongside Miyazaki Broadcasting[1]: 44  In 1973, TV Miyazaki completed the switch to color.[1]: 48  TV Miyazaki introduced its color OB van in 1979, and was first used in the 34th National Sports Congress held in Miyazaki.[1]: 61 

In 1980, TV Miyazaki completed its sports studio, a first for Japanese TV broadcasting.[1]: 62  TV Miyazaki also started hosting large-scale events, with the NASA Space Science Fair in 1982 as its first event.[1]: 67  FM Miyazaki (currently branded as JOY FM) was established by TV Miyazaki and started in 1984.[1]: 71  During Japan's bubble economy, TV Miyazaki began promoting business diversification, and started to enter the real estate business.[1]: 79  In 1991, they also invested in the establishment of the golf course, UMK Country Club.[1]: 85  In March 2000, they invested in building their new headquarters in preparation for digital broadcasting[1]: 115  which was later completed in August of the following year[1]: 120  and formally used in February 2002.[1]: 251 

On December 1, 2006, digital broadcasting has started and ceased analog transmissions on July 24, 2011.[2] In 2020, TV Miyazaki has unveiled its current logo, in time for its 50th anniversary.[3]

Technical Information

Station Channel LCN Notes
Miyazaki 35 3 Main station (JODI-DTV)
Nobeoka 39 Relay stations
Takachiho 40
Kushima 40
Kitanobeoka 53

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.[1]: 42  In April 1973, TV Miyazaki became an FNN/FNS affiliate.[2][1]: 48  Then in April 1976, they also joined ANN as its secondary affiliate (but not ANN's general programming).[1]: 54  And by April 1979, they finally joined NNN as its tertiary affiliate (like ANN, TV Miyazaki is not part of NNS, despite participating in the 24 Hour TV charity and airing select variety programs from Nippon TV).[1]: 60 

Currently, the news provider (on all days) every morning and primetime (alongside their local news program UMK Super News) comes from FNN, the lunch news bulletin comes from ANN, and the late night news comes from NNN.[4]

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.[4]

Current TV Miyazaki primetime programming layout (since January 2021)[4]
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
19:00 Fuji TV programming Local programming Fuji TV programming Nippon TV programming Fuji TV programming Nippon TV programming
20:00 Nippon TV programming
21:00 TV Asahi programming (Thursday Mystery drama) Fuji TV / Kansai TV programming
22:00 TV Asahi programming (Thursday Drama) TV Asahi programming (Wednesday Detective Drama)

Because some programs (mainly TV Asahi programming on all days and certain Nippon TV & Fuji TV programming on specific days) are not simulcasted by the broadcaster, there are currently two ways to watch them:

  • Select programs from Nippon TV (such as Matsuko In The Room) and TV Asahi (such as Welcome Newlyweds) are then aired on its rival broadcaster Miyazaki Broadcasting,[5] or
  • Cable operators in Miyazaki Prefecture provide channels from Kagoshima[6] or Kumamoto[7] Prefectures.[8]

Subsidiaries

  • FM Miyazaki (JOMU-FM, JFN affiliate)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s UMKテレビ宮崎の30年 : 開局30周年記念 [UMK TV Miyazaki's 30th Anniversary] (in Japanese). TV Miyazaki. 2002. OCLC 834995618.
  2. ^ a b c "History | UMK 50th Anniversary Page". UMK TV Miyazaki (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-23. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  3. ^ "UMK TV Miyazaki 50th Anniversary Page". TV Miyazaki (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  4. ^ a b c "@takakuratch on Twitter". Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. ^ "Program Guide for October - December 2021 | MRT's Cocokara Magazine". Miyazaki Broadcasting (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  6. ^ "ケーブルテレビサービスの料金について". BTVケーブルテレビ | 「放送」と「通信」で地域を元気にする! (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  7. ^ "チャンネルガイド|ケーブルメディアワイワイ". www.wainet.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  8. ^ "@isao1965 on Twitter". 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

External links

  • Official website of TV Miyazaki
  • v
  • t
  • e
Fuji News Network / Fuji Network System
Hokkaido & TōhokuKantō, Shinetsu & ShizuokaKansai, Chūkyō & HokurikuChūgoku & ShikokuKyūshū & OkinawaBS Digital
  • BS Fuji
1 Also affiliated with the Nippon News Network
2 Also affiliated with the All-Nippon News Network
  • v
  • t
  • e
Nippon News Network / Nippon TV Network System
Hokkaidō & Tōhoku
Kantō, Shin'etsu & Shizuoka
Kinki, Chūkyō & Hokuriku
Chūgoku & Shikoku
Kyūshū
Cable & BS Digital
  • Nippon TV News 24
  • BS Nippon
Related
1 Also affiliated with the All-Nippon News Network
2 Also affiliated with the Fuji News Network
  • v
  • t
  • e
All-Nippon News Network
Hokkaidō & Tōhoku
Kantō, Shin'etsu & Shizuoka
Kinki, Chūkyō & Hokuriku
Chūgoku & Shikoku
Kyūshū & Okinawa
BS Digital
  • BS Asahi
Online streaming
1 Also affiliated with the Nippon News Network
2 Also affiliated with the Fuji News Network
  • v
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NHK
General
  • Fukuoka 3
  • Kitakyushu (Fukuoka)1 3
  • Saga 1
  • Nagasaki 1
  • Kumamoto 1
  • Oita 1
  • Miyazaki 1
  • Kagoshima 3
  • Okinawa 1
Educational
  • (Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa) - 2
Commercial
Fukuoka
Saga
Nagasaki
Kumamoto
Oita
Miyazaki
Kagoshima
Okinawa
Others
Notes:

1NHK Kitakyushu is the sub opt-out of NHK Fukuoka on TV

  • 2TV Oita is a dual-affiliated station with NNN/NNS as its primary affiliate and FNN/FNS as its secondary affiliate.
  • 3TV Miyazaki is a triple-affiliated station with FNN/FNS as its primary affiliate, ANN as its secondary affiliate, and NNN as its tertiary affiliate.
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National
  • Japan