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22-567: In 1957, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announced the first TV channel plan. In Fukuoka Prefecture, operators such as "Nishinippon Television" funded by Nishinippon Shimbun and " Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting " funded by Asahi Shimbun applied for a TV broadcasting license. On October 22, 1957, Nishiippon Television received a preliminary license conditionally on the premise of "merging with Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting as much as possible". Therefore, Nishinippon TV's investment ratio at that time

44-748: A circulation of about 467,000 (total of morning and evening editions). It is headquartered in Fukuoka , which accounts for the bulk of its circulation, and is also sold throughout Kyūshū . Nishinippon Shimbun began in 1877 as the Chikushi Shimbun to report the Seinan Civil War . In 1880 it became the Fukuoka Nichi-Nichi Shimbun and then in 1942, during the Pacific War , it joined with Kyushu Hodo to form

66-459: A joint declaration to strengthen cooperation. Since then, the three TV stations have jointly produced programs many times. Digital broadcasts on JOJY-TV began on 1 July 2006, and the analog signal continued to broadcast until 24 July 2011, when JOHX-TV (which served northern portions of Fukuoka Prefecture and western portions of Yamaguchi Prefecture) ceased operations. NHK Kitakyushu is the sub opt-out of NHK Fukuoka on TV This article about

88-599: A labor union. On March 18, 1961, due to the breakdown of wage negotiations between labor and management, the TNC union launched a week-long strike. In March of the following year, TNC also experienced a large-scale strike when its labor union occupied a signal transmitting station, resulting in West Nippon Television suspending broadcasts from March 24 to April 7. Since Fukuoka Prefecture was divided into two broadcasting areas, Kitakyushu and Fukuoka, TNC obtained

110-703: A station in Fukuoka was established in February 1962 as JOJY-TV. They changed affiliation from NTV to Fuji TV in October 1964 - changing their national programming to that of Fuji Television. The head office was moved to Fukuoka, and the call sign changed from "JOHX-TV" (still the call sign of Kitakyūshū satellite station (airing on VHF channel 10)) to "JOJY-TV" in December 1974. They relocated their office to its current location near Fukuoka Tower in August 1996. During

132-622: A television station in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nishinippon Shimbun The Nishinippon Shimbun ( 西日本新聞 , Nishinippon Shinbun , West-Japan Daily) is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd ( 株式会社西日本新聞社 , Kabushiki-gaisha Nishinippon Shinbunsha ) . As of 2022, it had

154-807: A writer program with Busan Ilbo in Busan, Korea. In 1950, Nishinippon Shimbun owned the Nishi-Nippon Pirates , a Japanese baseball team and a founding member of Nippon Professional Baseball 's Central League . The Pirates only lasted one season before being merged with the Nishitetsu Clippers to form the Nishitetsu Lions . The Nishinippon Shimbun sponsors the Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-Kyūshū Ekiden (Grand Tour Kyushu),

176-548: Is affiliated with SBS . It was originally founded in April 1994 as Pusan Broadcasting Corporation (PSB) ( Korean :  부산방송 ; Hanja :  釜山放送 ; RR :  Busan Bangsong ). It had first begun its demo transmissions upon its establishment in April, and later on September 7 the same year it had begun its test transmissions, and then commenced its official broadcasts on May 14, 1995. As of 2011 its own programs make up to 35 percent of all programs. In 1994,

198-530: The Kim Young-sam government issued licenses to three private television operators, to provide SBS programming to other cities in South Korea. Pusan Broadcasting was one of them. PSB started broadcasting on May 14, 1995, before the building was completed (such work ended in 1996). The station operated on UHF channel 19. In December 1999 a Gyeongnam (Changwon) branch office opened. The following month,

220-651: The Nishinippon Shimbun . Nishinippon Shimbun is the largest regional newspaper in Kyushu. Its reporters network covers all of Kyushu. In addition to its main office in Fukuoka City, it has 65 local offices in the 7 prefectures of Kyushu, and has Tokyo and Osaka branches. Nishinippon Shimbun has six foreign bureaus, in Washington, D.C., Paris, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, and Bangkok. It has also had

242-678: The Postal Ministry and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting. Afterwards, TNC purchased land in Kamitakamiya Town, Fukuoka City, to build its Fukuoka headquarters, which was completed in 1962. On February 14 of the same year, TNC began broadcasting its signals in the Fukuoka area. JOHX-TV was originally established as an affiliate of Nippon Television (NTV) in Yahata ( Yahata Higashi-ku, Kitakyūshū ) in August 1958, airing on VHF channel 9;

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264-470: The broadcasting license for the Kitakyushu area (Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting obtained the Fukuoka area broadcasting license), so TNC initially only transmitted signals in the Kitakyushu area. In the summer of 1960, both TNC and KBC stated that they had no intention of merging with each other. At the same time, TNC began to try to include the Fukuoka area into the broadcasting area, and obtained the consent of

286-429: The company's registration headquarters and main control room and other important facilities from Yawata City to Fukuoka City. On November 13 of the same year, West Nippon Television began transmitting signals from Takamiya's headquarters. West Nippon Television introduced the electronic news gathering (ENG) system in 1979, which greatly improved the efficiency of news gathering and editing. In 1980, TNC began to implement

308-582: The first time. In 1989, TNC introduced the Satellite News Broadcasting (SNG) system. In the same year, TNC won the triple crown of ratings for the first time with average ratings of 9.2% for the whole day, 16.4% for prime time, and 16% for evening time. From then until 1996, West Nippon TV won the triple crown of ratings for eight consecutive years [4]: 353. In 2003, West Nippon TV won the triple crown of ratings again after 7 years. TNC also further strengthened international cooperation at

330-459: The main shareholder changed from Hanchang to Nexen (from Yangsan , adjacent to Busan). PSB made history in 1997 by being the first broadcaster outside of Seoul to set up offices in the national capital, producing its Entertainment Park program from its purpose-built Seoul studios, and sent to Busan using ENG systems. On October 28, 1999, PSB's Song Seop's Together 999 was broadcast on China Radio International as Beijing Arirang . PSB accepted

352-756: The sale of the program to the Chinese network for a period of one year. On December 11, 2001, Nexen Tire acquired 2,112 million shares in PSB, or 22% of the total shares. The Heung-A Tire company was the second largest shareholder with 8% (768,000 shares). Nexen's total acquisition price was 31.68 billion won. PSB changed to its present name in May 2006. In June 2013, Nexen Tire increased its shares in KNN from 34.24% to 37.91%. The station signed an agreement with Television Nishinippon Corporation in December 1999. In 2004, it

374-423: The small plane in which Koga Masaaki, an employee of West Nippon Television, crashed while collecting news, and Koga Masaaki died in the line of duty. In the first week of January 1973, West Nippon Television won the prime-time ratings championship for the first time with a ratings of 19.4%. The following year, while West Nippon Television carried out a large-scale expansion of its Fukuoka headquarters, it also moved

396-529: The station's first 53 years of broadcasting, JOHX-TV's analog signal was receivable over-the-air in most of Yamaguchi Prefecture. On July 20, 1966, TNC broadcast its first color program, Jungle Taitei , the first color anime. In April of the following year, 34% of its prime time programs were in color. In 1967, TNC's turnover reached 2.2 billion yen, and its profit reached 400 million yen. In April 1970, all of TNC's prime time programs were in color, and 76.8% of all-day programs were in color. On April 30, 1971,

418-409: The turn of the century. In 1999, West Japan Television and South Korea's PSB Busan Broadcasting signed a cooperation agreement. In 2002, it signed a sister station agreement with France 3 . In the same year, West Japan Broadcasting also co-produced a program with South Korea's PSB Busan Broadcasting. In 2004, West Japan Broadcasting, Dalian TV and Busan Broadcasting held a director's meeting and issued

440-502: The two-day weekend system. In 1981, West Japan Television introduced corporate identity and launched a new logo. In the same year, TNC signed a sister station agreement with KGMB-TV in Hawaii , becoming its first overseas sister station. In 1982, TNC began broadcasting stereo TV programs. TNC signed a sister station agreement with China's Dalian Television in 1986, the second such agreement. In 1987, TNC's turnover exceeded 10 billion yen for

462-609: The world's longest relay race. This article related to newspapers in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Korea New Network Korea New Network ( KNN ) ( Korean :  케이엔엔 부산경남방송 ; RR :  Ke-i-En-En ) is the biggest regional free-to-air commercial broadcasting station based in Centum City , a high-tech media development complex within Haeundae in Busan , South Korea . KNN

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484-721: Was 70% for Nishinippon Shimbun and 30% for Asahi Shimbun. At the second founder meeting held on January 7, 1958, Nishinippon TV decided to build a signal transmitting station in Sarakura Mountain, Yawata City. On April 1 of the same year, Nishinippon Television officially registered and established a company. Since one of Tokyo's two flagship stations, Radio Tokyo Television , had a network relationship with RKB Mainichi Broadcasting in Fukuoka Prefecture at that time, Nishinippon TV management decided to air Nippon Television programming instead. In 1959, TNC established

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