Sapporo Television Broadcasting

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Since December 15, 1962, the company has operated as a television and radio station until July 12, 2005, when its radio broadcasting operations was split into Template:Nihongo. Currently, STV Radio is an affiliate of National Radio Network (NRN) covering the Hokkaidō Prefecture. The license of the radio broadcasts was succeeded to the STV Radio, and started broadcasting under the new subsidiary on October 1, 2005.

History

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STV News Center "D・Tera・s"

Early stages

In early 1957, Youzo Kurosawa (then president of the Hokkai Shimbun), Yoshjiro Kikuchi (then president of the Hokkaido Charcoal Steamship Company), and Yoshitaro Hagiwara (president of the Hokkaido Charcoal Steamship Company), considered the formation of a second private television station in Hokkaido.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp Japan's national newspapers (Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun) attempted to enter the Hokkaido market at the time by combining two major sectors, television and newspapers, with the goal of creating a private television station.

This is unquestionably a serious danger to Hokkaido's native newspaper, the Hokkai Shimbun. Hokkai Shimbun and an unnamed Hokkaido firm sought for a commercial TV broadcasting license under the name "Sapporo TV" in April 1957.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp And received their license on October of the same year.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp

Founding and early years

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Sapporo TV's headquarters in 1961

The company was founded on April 8, 1958.<ref name=":0" />Template:RpSTV began its TV broadcasts on April 1 the following year airing for at least 9 and a half hours a day. <ref name=":0" />Template:Rp STV started as a dual affiliated station with NNN as their primary affiliate and FNN as their secondary affiliate.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp The network also aired certain programming from Nippon Educational Television (currently TV Asahi) alongside HBC. Since Sapporo TV initially obtained a quasi-educational station license, the station had to follow educational quotas for a substantial proportion of its programming.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Sapporo TV's first self-produced program is also an educational program "Television Fudoki".<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In the first year of broadcasting, Sapporo TV's corporate income entered the top ten in Hokkaido.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1960, the Sapporo TV Broadcasting Hall was completed, enabling Sapporo TV to have its own TV studio.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In the same year, the Sapporo Television Union also announced its establishment.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1961, STV's turnover reached 1.27 billion yen, and the average monthly turnover exceeded 100 million yen.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp

Prior to its official TV broadcasts, STV also applied a radio broadcasting license in 1958 (which was later rejected).<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp The broadcaster applied for a license again on February 17, 1961 and was granted on July 10, 1962 becoming the only broadcaster in Japan to start TV broadcasts then radio broadcasts (STV Radio started broadcasting on December 15, 1962).<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp NET TV stopped providing programs to STV after it moved its remaining programs to HBC sometime in 1962.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Relying on the principle of thorough budget frugality, Sapporo TV set a very high profit rate of 42.5% in the second half of 1963.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1964, the station's signal had covered 95% of the population of Hokkaido.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp On March 20, 1966, STV started to air programs in color.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp STV joined NNN as one of its founding members on April 1, 1966, to strengthen the news reporting system.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp When the TV broadcasting license was renewed in 1967, the broadcasting license of Sapporo TV Station was changed from a quasi-educational station to a general TV station, withdrawing the former quotas introduced upon launch. The programming was more free and more entertainment programs were broadcast.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Sapporo TV's program production ability also improved in the late 1960s, and in 1969, it assisted in the production of the popular late-night program 11PM<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp of the Nippon Television Network. In 1971, Sapporo TV Station built a new broadcasting hall, whose building area was three times that of the old broadcasting hall,<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp and set up a special studio for TV news.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp

In 1972, Sapporo TV also assisted in broadcasting the Sapporo Winter Olympics.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp STV ended airing programs from Fuji TV/FNN after UHB started broadcasting on April 1, 1972.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Sapporo TV started was the first broadcaster to use the automatic advertising broadcast system.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1978, the 20th anniversary of the broadcast, Sapporo TV produced special programs such as the documentary "One Year", and held special events such as "European Famous Paintings Appreciation Conference".<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1980, the turnover of Sapporo TV's television department reached 8.34 billion yen, and the revenue of the broadcasting department reached 1.736 billion yen.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1984, the turnover of Sapporo TV's TV department exceeded 10 billion yen, and the broadcasting department exceeded 2 billion yen.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1985, the listening rate of STV radio surpassed that of Hokkaido Broadcasting for the first time, and won the first place in Hokkaido.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1991, Sapporo TV's TV department had a turnover of 13.374 billion yen, and its broadcasting department had a turnover of 3.21 billion yen, becoming the private broadcasting company with the highest turnover in Hokkaido for the first time.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1993, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the broadcast, Sapporo TV held the "Higashiyama Kaii" exhibition, which attracted 100,000 people to visit.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In the same year, Sapporo TV's average audience rating for the whole day was 10.4%, the average audience rating for prime time was 16%, and the average audience rating for evening time was 15.3%. The first time to win the ratings triple crown in the Hokkaido area.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In January 1996, Sapporo TV opened its official website.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1998, the 40th anniversary of broadcasting, Sapporo TV opened a Berlin branch to strengthen the collection of overseas news.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp But in 2005, Sapporo TV closed the Berlin branch and opened the Moscow branch.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp

In 1993, STV ranked number 1 in TV ratings for the first time.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp In 1998, the 40th anniversary of the network, the network opened its NNN bureau in Berlin<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp (later closed in 2005 and opened a news bureau in Moscow on the same year instead<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp).

2000s

On April 7, 2000, the Sapporo Media Park "Spica" invested by the network officially opened, becoming an important cultural base in Sapporo.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp However, due to continued losses, STV withdrew from operating Spica in 2007 (parts of the Spica building was later demolished by the following year) .<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Since 2003, STV was number 1 in TV ratings.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp On July 13, 2005, STV separated its radio operations into a wholly owned subsidiary, STV Radio.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp

On June 1, 2006, STV started digital broadcasting<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp (which expanded its digital relay stations in its sub-prefectures by the following year.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp However, due to the increase in investment in digital TV equipment, Sapporo TV suffered a loss for the first time since its broadcast in 2006.<ref name=":0" />Template:Rp Analog broadcasting then ended on July 24, 2011.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2019, STV has been number 1 in TV ratings for 12 years, with its all-day ratings also number 1 for 27 years since 1993 continuing to set the longest record in Japan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2020s

On November 29, 2024, STV, alongside fellow NNN/NNS affiliates Yomiuri TV, Chukyo TV and Fukuoka Broadcasting System announced that it would combine and integrate its management operations to form a holding company known as Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corp. with its offices being located at NTVHD's headquarters in Minato, Tokyo. The merger, classified as a joint stock transfer is expected to close on April 1, 2025 pending approval from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Unlike a full restructuring of either STV, YTV, CTV and FBS, all four broadcasters would become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the combined company with its operations, including its corporate functions remaining intact.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The sale was approved by the shareholders of all four broadcasters, including STV on December 24th of that year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Technical Information

Sub-prefecture	TV		Radio
	Analog	Digital	AM	FM
SapporoTemplate:Efn	JOKX-TV; 5ch	JOKX-DTV; 5ch	JOWF; 1440kHz	90.4MHz
MuroranTemplate:Efn	JOLY-TV; 7ch
HakodateTemplate:Efn	JOMY-TV; 12ch
AsahikawaTemplate:Efn	JOKY-TV; 7ch		JOWL; 1197kHz
ObihiroTemplate:Efn	JOWL-TV; 10ch		JOWM; 1071kHz
KushiroTemplate:Efn	JOSY-TV; 7ch		JOWS; 882kHz JOXS; 1062kHz (Nemuro)
Kitami - AbashiriTemplate:Efn	JOYS-TV; 7ch		JOYS; 1485kHz

Programs

STV

• Dosanko Wide
• Dosanko Sunday
• Bakushou Mondai no SUSUME
• ippachi ikouyo!

STV Radio

• OHAYO!! HOKKAIDO
• Attack Young(end)
• AtaYoun PUSH!
• Weekend Variety Goro-Hidaka Show (every Saturday)
• All Night Nippon (from Nippon Broadcasting System, Incorporated (LF))
  • All Night Nippon (Mon. - Sat. 25:00 - 27:00)
  • All Night Nippon Ever Green (Mon. - Thu. 27:00 - 29:00)
  • All Night Nippon R (Fri. 27:00 - 29:00, Sat. 27:00 - 28:30)
  • All Night Nippon Record (Sat. 28:30 - 29:00, not including LF)

Rival

• Hokkaido Broadcasting Co.
• Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co.
• Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co
• TV Hokkaido Co.

External links

• Sapporo Television Broadcasting HomePage
• STV Radio HomePage