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45-543: The name is often abbreviated in Japanese to Sōgō Terebi ( 総合テレビ ) ("GTV" and "NHK G" are also used). The word Sōgō (general) serves to differentiate the channel from NHK's other television services, NHK Educational TV , NHK BS 1, NHK BS 2 (closed in 2011) and NHK BS HI (changed to BS Premium). Launched on 1 February 1953, NHK was Japan's only television channel prior to the launch of Nippon Television on 28 August 1953. NHK's programs are produced in accordance with

90-462: A 24-hour broadcast, but due to various reasons, it was canceled and the average daily broadcast is around 21 hours. However, with the completion of the digitization principle, efforts are being made to reduce this by utilizing multi-organization, etc., and from 2012, the broadcasting time will be further reduced. The Tokyo station was opened on January 10, 1959 as Japan's first television broadcasting station specializing in educational broadcasting, and

135-459: A counterweight to channels such as CNN International and BBC World. Japan International Broadcasting Company is owned 60 percent by the public service company NHK and to 40 percent of businesses with stakeholders such as Microsoft and Japanese bank Mizuho. Operations are financed for the most part by the Japanese TV license payers but also by external sponsors and advertisers. Broadcasts reach

180-501: A lesser extent BBC Two and BBC Four of the UK). NHK displays a watermark " NHK E " at the upper right for its digital TV broadcast. In 2010, NHK began using the abbreviation E Tele ( イーテレ , Ī Tere ) . Unlike NHK General Television (NHK G), which organizes programs differently for each region, it is based on a unified programming organization throughout Japan, so in the Kanto region,

225-675: A special program was broadcast to introduce the new stations, with congratulatory messages from officials of the respective cities. The network expanded to cover Sendai , Hiroshima and Fukuoka in 1956. That same year, in preparation for the start of CBC 's television station in Nagoya, the Nagoya station moved from channel 5 to channel 3, as the old frequency was set to be used by CBC. From May 29 to December 23, 1957, further stations opened in Nagano , Shizuoka , Kanazawa , Okayama , Matsuyama and Kokura ( Kitakyushu ). The first morning broadcast

270-462: A vegetable field in response to changes in the environment surrounding agriculture. In terms of industry, the terrain is facing the Ariake Sea, but since it is a shallow area where large vessels cannot navigate, heavy industry has not developed much. In addition, in the first half of the 20th century, coal and prefecture western flourished because there was not much competition. On the other hand,

315-594: Is a Japanese television company which, since 2009, has produced English-language programs about Japan and Asia for an international audience. The programs will be shown all over the world through the English channel NHK World from the Japanese public service broadcaster NHK, as well as via the player through the JIB TV's website. NHK World TV and production company Jib was started in 2009 with the purpose of disseminating information, knowledge of Japanese and Asian culture and as

360-565: Is a description in the program "Kacchan" for young children on September 10, 1960, when the main broadcast started, and after September 12, "Science Class" "First grade of elementary school" and "I made it" for young children are broadcast in color in Tokyo. October 5, Okaasan to Issho is broadcast stared! Okaasan to Issho as children program to all NHK Educational. Due to the influence of the first oil crisis, after January 16, 1974, 1 to 3 hours between 14:30 to 17:30 were used for an interruption, and

405-417: Is relatively high. (Census data: October 1, 2005) Saga has 35 public elementary schools operated by the city government and one by the national government. The city has 18 public junior high schools operated by the city government and one by the national government, and two private junior high schools. There are also two private combined junior/senior high schools and one combined junior/high school operated by

450-462: Is the second television service of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) . It is a sister service of NHK General TV , showing programs of a more educational, documentaries, cultural, children's or intellectual nature, periodically also showing anime , and also airing programming from Nickelodeon . A similar counterpart would be PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) of the United States (or to

495-605: The Chikushi Mountains that run east to west through northern Kyushu. The southern half of the city is the Saga Plain, which is part of the western part of the Chikushi Plain that stretches along the north shore of the Ariake Sea, and is a low-lying area with almost no undulations. The urban area is located near the center of the Saga Plain. Mergers with surrounding towns and villages in 2005 and 2007 expanded

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540-671: The Japan Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting Code. Opened in Tokyo on February 1, 1953, this channel is Japan's first TV channel. The common name general television was given because of its generalist status in contrast to NHK Educational Television (commonly known as E-tele since 2011), which is also broadcast on terrestrial waves. Compared to ETV, which organizes programs that are almost unified throughout Japan, General Television has different programming for each region produced by NHK's regional stations. Therefore, wide-area broadcasting in

585-412: The Kanto area (surveyed by Video Research) was ranked first in a row for 24 years from 1963 to 1986, pushing out each commercial key station. However, in 1987, it handed over the all-day viewer rating to Fuji TV , and regained it in 1988 and 1989, but it has been far from that position since 1989. NHK conducted experimental broadcasts in 1939-1940 (interrupted due to its entry in the war), the callsign of

630-479: The National Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (now NTT ) completed the standardization works for color TV microwave lines throughout Japan (excluding the area between Kagoshima and Naze). It is now possible to carry out color TV broadcasts via the network throughout the country, and with the exception of some remote island areas such as Amami Oshima , the development of colorization throughout

675-607: The Osaka station was opened on April 1, 1959. Initially, it didn't broadcast all day, being interrupted for several hours during the day and test patterns were played. Tokyo opened on channel 1 from Tokyo Tower, which was just completed, and on April 6 of the same year, the general and educational channels that were broadcast on channel 3 from the transmission station in Chiyoda Ward (later Chiyoda Broadcasting Center) were replaced. Until then, channel 12 assigned for US military radar

720-668: The Saga Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Saga 1st district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . In the areas surrounding the city, the agricultural industry focuses on planting grains that make use of water. The fishery centers on seaweed cultivation using the Ariake Sea . Originally one of the largest rice-producing areas, a large farmland has been converted it into

765-598: The Scandinavian countries via Astra and Eutelsat satellites. The aim is that in future also be distributed via leading cable and IPTV operators. In order to release capital NHK moved money from radio to TV. One consequence was that the Swedish, German and Italian departments of foreign channel Radio Japan were shut down in autumn 2007. NHK Educational TV NHK Educational TV ( NHK教育テレビジョン , Enu eichi kei Kyōiku terebijon ) , abbreviated on-screen as NHK E ,

810-483: The analog phase was only in the Kanto wide area (1 metropolitan area and 6 prefectures), and the other 40 prefectures had prefectural broadcasting. In the digital phase, Ibaraki Prefecture moved to prefectural broadcasting in 2004, and Tochigi and Gunma prefectures moved to prefectural broadcasting in 2012, leaving only four prefectures in Southern Kanto for wide-area broadcasting. Nationally aired news programs on

855-501: The channel are produced by the NHK news department from Tokyo studios. At the beginning of General TV's broadcasting, it was far from popular with general households, and it was difficult to produce TV programs independently. NHK management, in order to beat up the forthcoming competitions in the months that followed the launch, decided to bring several NHK Radio programs to be adapted to the new medium. General TV's all-day audience rating in

900-539: The city area more than fourfold from 104 km2 to 431 km2, making it the second largest municipality in the prefecture after Karatsu City. Saga can also be regarded as within the Greater Fukuoka metropolitan area, and by extension, Fukuoka-Kitakyushu Metropolitan Area. Fukuoka Prefecture Saga Prefecture Saga has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ).The annual average precipitation ranges from about 1800 mm (71 in) in

945-672: The city center to about 2400 mm (94 in) in Mitsuse . The annual average temperature ranges from about 13 °C (55 °F) in Mitsuse to 17 °C (63 °F) in the city center. Per Japanese census data, the population of Saga is as shown below. The area of Saga was settled in the Jōmon and Yayoi periods and was part of ancient Hizen Province . The ruins of the Hizen Provincial Capital have been located in

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990-469: The city is 431.81 km (166.72 sq mi). Saga City is located in the southeast portion of Saga Prefecture . After the 2005 merger the city became very long north to south. It now borders the Ariake Sea to the south and Fukuoka Prefecture to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city is mountainous and undulating, and is part of the Sefuri Mountains , which are part of

1035-431: The city is the largest in the prefecture, but it is not that much compared to the neighboring prefectures. There is also the tendency of branch offices to be in urban cities, which is often prefecture capitals. In terms of percent by industry, the tertiary industry exceeds 70%, but it is the lowest among the seven prefectures of Kyushu. The proportion of secondary industries is small, while the proportion of primary industry

1080-533: The construction of Saga Castle , and commerce and industry flourished. The domain due to its proximity to Nagasaki , it actively introduced Western science and technology, and in the Bakumatsu period was one of the main centers involved in the Meiji restoration . Saga has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 36 members. Saga contributes 11 members to

1125-592: The country has been completed. JOSP-TV in Saga became NHK General's first UHF station when its regular broadcasts started on March 15, 1969. After that, UHF stations opened in Takamatsu , five prefectures in the Kansai region other than Osaka, Tsu , and Gifu , and prefectural broadcasting began. On December 21, experimental broadcasting of bilingual audio multiplex broadcasting begins in Tokyo and Osaka. On October 10, 1971, NHK General began full-scale colorization of

1170-600: The disabled, and entertainment for children, but high school baseball is also broadcast. Some of them were once broadcast on NHK General TV, but they have been consolidated due to changes in media. Since the 2000s, NHK E has been lined up with popular programs that have been softened by renewing individual programs and appointing talents while following the past program structure. For example, "Go/Shogi", "Persons with disabilities", "Classical music", "Language", "Tanka/Haiku", etc. are not only treated purely, but are also made as "cultural programs close to variety shows". The editing of

1215-525: The enthronement of the new Emperor until the early hours of the January 9. The temporary all-night broadcast will end, but a regular program will be scheduled by 1am until March. On January 17, 1995, when the Great Hanshin earthquake occurs, NHK begin a special news program at 5:51pm on all broadcast channels, including Educational TV. All regular programs have been suspended. From February onwards,

1260-469: The first time in one year, two and a half months. It was only in April 1984, all weekday broadcasts end at 12am, completely ending the late-night broadcast suspension that had continued since the oil crisis. Regarding analog sound multiplex broadcasting, it was first implemented from December 1982. Teletext broadcasting (subtitled broadcasting) started later in 1985. On September 19, 1988, as Emperor Showa

1305-407: The food industry and the textile industry have developed throughout the late 20th century. Although the food industry is still strong, the textile industry has been the main industry since the 1970s. However, since the 1990s the automobile parts industry has been growing due to the accumulation of automobiles and parts industry in northern Kyushu . Although it is located at the prefecture capital and

1350-559: The former Yamato neighborhood of the city. In the Sengoku period , the area was controlled by the Ryūzōji clan , but in 1608 the clan was replaced by their senior retainer, Nabeshima Naoshige , who became daimyō of Saga Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . Saga, formerly a small town centered on water transportation and agriculture, developed into the castle town of the domain after

1395-515: The general vacant time slots. NHK E is the only network in Japan to have the same channel number nationwide. Saga (city) Saga ( 佐賀市 , Saga-shi , Japanese: [saꜜɡa] ) is the capital city of Saga Prefecture , located on the island of Kyushu , Japan . As of 30 April 2024 , the city had an estimated population of 227,138 in 104354 households, and a population density of 530 persons per km . The total area of

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1440-465: The genres that had been broadcast comprehensively until then have been transferred to educational television as part of the genre organization, coupled with the start of the main broadcast of satellite television. The children's programs that were broadcast comprehensively disappeared in the Heisei era and were concentrated on educational television. News and information programs began to be organized during

1485-456: The line operation system will be unified from Tokyo. On October 1, NHK General launched JOEP-DTV in Mito as its first digital television station since Tsu NHK General station, which was started its regular broadcast during analog days 31 years prior. Prior to that, NHK Mito relays its television station from Tokyo. Places in bold refer to where the main station of each region is located. JIB TV

1530-477: The midnight broadcast was interrupted, pushing the closing time to 11pm. In 1975, the analog UHF experimental stations in Tokyo and Osaka were closed, and the experimental program "University Course" for the opening of the Open University of Japan will be broadcast. Therefore, the time saving measures due to the oil crisis were completely lifted for the first time in one year, two and a half months. While

1575-455: The program also makes heavy use of telops and wipes, and is close to that of commercial broadcasting. In "Today's Menu", language courses and hobby programs, the promotion of the program text is always inserted at the end of the program. The theme of "Sunday Art Museum" is that special exhibitions are held at museums in Japan, and artists and genres that are timely for industrial use, such as "XX Anniversary", are given priority. There used to be

1620-914: The program returned to its normal format, but until the end of February (until the end of March in the Kansai region) the program focused on reporting on the earthquake disaster. In April 1996, NHK General begins 24 hours transmissions on weekends (Fridays and Saturdays late at night). Also, the weekday broadcast time has been expanded to 2am. The following year, it started 24 hours transmissions, except early Monday morning. In April 2000, NHK General started simultaneous subtitle broadcasting of live broadcast programs using teletext. It will also be broadcast all night on Sundays. On December 1, 2003, NHK General started broadcasting terrestrial digital television at each broadcasting station in three metropolitan areas. In March 2004, NTT Communications ' relay lines completely transitioned from analog lines using microwaves to digital lines using optical fiber. In conjunction with this,

1665-416: The program. Due to this colorization, black-and-white broadcasting excluding reruns of past works has disappeared from Japanese TV programs. Due to the influence of the first oil crisis , after January 16, 1974, the midnight broadcast was suspended. In 1975, the analog UHF experimental stations in Tokyo and Osaka were closed. Therefore, the time saving measures due to the oil crisis were completely lifted for

1710-402: The service industry accounts for a large number of employees, the shipping industry in commerce is not particularly large compared to other cities of the same size. Currently, three large suburban commercial facilities with a sales floor area of 50,000 m are in competition with each other, and there is an unbalanced demand for supply. The number of companies with head offices and main offices in

1755-616: The start of colorization of the broadcast itself was around the same time as the NHK General, full-scale colorization of the program wasn't complete even after the consolidation of bases in Tokyo to the broadcasting center in Shibuya was completed in October 1977. Due to this colorization, black-and-white broadcasting excluding reruns of past works has disappeared from Japanese TV programs. Regarding analog sound multiplex broadcasting, it

1800-702: The station in Tokyo was J2PQ, video frequency 4.5 MHz, output 500W. In 1950, following the end of occupation, an experimental VHF service started in Tokyo on channel 3 (similar experiments were also carried out in Nagoya and Osaka ) one hour a day, three days a week. The first regular broadcast was carried out on February 1, 1953 from Tokyo, under the JOAK-TV callsign. The first stations outside Tokyo to sign-on were JOBK-TV in Osaka (March 1, 1954 at 8 A.M.) and JOCK-TV in Nagoya (the same day at 11am). At 2 P.M. that day,

1845-451: The three Tokai prefectures, and Kinki region, some prefectures broadcast. It is set as a broadcasting area equivalent to the wide area broadcasting of commercial broadcasting without setting. As a result, the number of broadcasting stations that can broadcast independently is 41, which is less than that of NHK General TV. The structure is generally based on various educational programming, hobbies/liberal arts courses, welfare/entertainment for

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1890-463: Was first implemented in the three major metropolitan areas from October 1990, and the others from March 21 the following year. Both were considerably slower than NHK General TV and commercial broadcasters in Tokyo and Osaka. Teletext broadcasting (subtitled broadcasting) started later in 1999. However, with the launch of these services, the restrictions on the organization of educational television gradually decreased. As if to match this movement, some of

1935-531: Was in critical condition, all-night broadcasts began in the form of fillers, reporting on his condition from time to time. When the Emperor died on January 7, 1989, NHK has suspended all programs except for educational broadcasts, including the serial asadora Jun-chan no ōenka and the Taiga drama Kasuga no Tsubone , and will continue to broadcast special programs in memory of Emperor Showa and special programs for

1980-427: Was on October 7, 1957 and the first experimental color broadcast in Tokyo, on December 28. On November 29, 1958, the Osaka station moved from channel 4 to channel 2 in anticipation for the start of MBS 's television station, and on April 6, 1959, the Tokyo station moved from channel 3 to channel 1 to accommodate NHK Educational 's main station in Tokyo, to achieve better coverage in the Kanto area. On March 20, 1966,

2025-490: Was used in Osaka. Even nationwide, there were relatively many areas where 12ch was assigned to analog broadcasting on educational television. Until Educational TV was made available nationwide, some school broadcast programs were broadcast on NHK General TV in areas where only NHK General TV broadcast. Color broadcasting began around the same time as NHK General TV. According to the NHK Archives program guide search, there

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