In 1967, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (currently the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) announced that it would open UHF bands for television use, and in October of the same year, it was decided that 18 UHF stations would be allowed to open, but there was no quota for the Tohoku region.[1]: 1 The Ministry of Posts requested the then Governor of Akita Prefecture Isajiro Obata to consolidate the license applications. In the end, all parties agreed to apply for Akita UHF TV, with each applicant's contribution to the capital of the new company limited to 10%.[1]: 2
On October 5, 1968, Akita UHF TV held its first founders' meeting and was granted a license on November 1.[1]: 2–3 On December 26 of the same year, Akita UHF TV held its general meeting and decided to call the company "AKT" and use "Akita TV" as a common name.[1]: 3 On May 30, 1969, Akita UHF TV changed its company name to Akita Television.[1]: 4 On September 10 of the same year, Akita TV started test broadcasts.[1]: 6–7
At 07:45am on October 1, 1969, Akita TV started broadcasting becoming the first UHF TV station in Tohoku region, and initially joined FNN on its first broadcast.[1]: 7 On April 1, 1981, Akita TV joined ANN and became a dual affiliated station (FNN being their primary affiliate and ANN their secondary affiliate).[1]: 22 Akita TV withdrew from ANN in 1987, which led to the opening of Akita Asahi Broadcasting in 1992.[1]: 22
Digital broadcasting started on October 1, 2006; analog broadcasts ended on July 24, 2011.[2]
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akita, television, 秋田テレビ株式会社, kabushikigaisha, station, affiliated, with, fuji, news, network, fuji, network, system, akita, akita, japan, jobi, dtvakita, akita, prefecturejapanchannelsdigital, virtual, 8programmingaffiliationsfuji, news, network, fuji, networ. Akita Television Inc 秋田テレビ株式会社 Akita Television Kabushikigaisha AKT is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network FNN and Fuji Network System FNS in Akita Akita Japan JOBI DTVAkita Akita PrefectureJapanChannelsDigital 21 UHF Virtual 8ProgrammingAffiliationsFuji News Network and Fuji Network SystemOwnershipOwnerAkita Television Inc HistoryFoundedDecember 27 1968First air dateOctober 1 1969Former call signsJOBI TV 1969 2011 Former channel number s Analog 37 UHF 1969 2011 Former affiliationsANN secondary April 1 1981 March 31 1987 1 22 Call sign meaningtemplated callsigns ending in I were given to UHF television stationsTechnical informationLicensing authorityMICLinksWebsiteAkita Television Contents 1 History 2 Technical information 3 Location map 4 Announcers 4 1 Former announcers 5 ReferencesHistory editIn 1967 the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications currently the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced that it would open UHF bands for television use and in October of the same year it was decided that 18 UHF stations would be allowed to open but there was no quota for the Tohoku region 1 1 The Ministry of Posts requested the then Governor of Akita Prefecture Isajiro Obata to consolidate the license applications In the end all parties agreed to apply for Akita UHF TV with each applicant s contribution to the capital of the new company limited to 10 1 2 On October 5 1968 Akita UHF TV held its first founders meeting and was granted a license on November 1 1 2 3 On December 26 of the same year Akita UHF TV held its general meeting and decided to call the company AKT and use Akita TV as a common name 1 3 On May 30 1969 Akita UHF TV changed its company name to Akita Television 1 4 On September 10 of the same year Akita TV started test broadcasts 1 6 7 At 07 45am on October 1 1969 Akita TV started broadcasting becoming the first UHF TV station in Tohoku region and initially joined FNN on its first broadcast 1 7 On April 1 1981 Akita TV joined ANN and became a dual affiliated station FNN being their primary affiliate and ANN their secondary affiliate 1 22 Akita TV withdrew from ANN in 1987 which led to the opening of Akita Asahi Broadcasting in 1992 1 22 Digital broadcasting started on October 1 2006 analog broadcasts ended on July 24 2011 2 Technical information editTransmitters of JOBI DTV 3 Location ChannelOmoriyama 21Hanawa 29Honjo 47Noshiro 46Odate 18Omagari 26Takanosu 39Yuzawa 20Location map edit nbsp nbsp Akita TelevisionAnnouncers editToshifumi TakeshimaFormer announcers edit Yoetsu SuzukiReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j AKT秋田テレビ20年のあゆみ 20 Years of Akita Television Akita Television 1990 OCLC 191754085 AKT Company History Akita Television in Japanese Archived from the original on 2013 02 22 Retrieved 2021 05 22 AKT Broadcast Area Akita Television in Japanese Archived from the original on 2013 02 27 Retrieved 2021 05 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Akita Television amp oldid 1185411909, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
