, also known as KFB, is a Japanese

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affiliated with the

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. Their headquarters are located in Kōriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.

History

Pre-launch

Prior to its launch, there were already 2 stations set up in the prefecture: Fukushima TV (affiliated to Fuji TV, TV Asahi, and TBS) and Fukushima Central TV (affiliated to Nippon TV). In June 1980, the Ministry of Posts (now known as the

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) opened applications for Fukushima's third private broadcaster, attracting 112 companies.After talks between the four main commercial broadcasters in Japan and Radio Fukushima in December 1980, it was agreed that the affiliate for the new broadcaster would be from TV Asahi. Both TV Asahi and TBS, which were interested in applying for a broadcast license, hoped to use "Fukushima Broadcasting" as a tentative name for the new regional broadcaster. Later, TV Asahi made plans to either use "Fukushima Asahi Broadcasting" or "Fukushima Asahi Television" as its names, but neither name was approved by the Ministry of Posts.On December 19 of the same year, the new broadcaster obtained a license under the name Fukushima Broadcasting. Fukushima Broadcasting chose Koriyama City as the location of its headquarters as Koriyama is the largest economic city in the prefecture. On February 4, 1981, the broadcaster was founded.

Launching and further developments

After its headquarters completed on August 10, 1981, pilot broadcasts began on September 15 of the same year. At 6:20am on October 1, 1981, Fukushima Broadcasting started its broadcasting operations.The broadcaster also entered into event sponsorships such as Fukushima Summer Festival and NASA Space Science Expo.In addition, the broadcaster also held cultural activities such as the performing of the

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in the prefecture. When TV-U Fukushima started broadcasting in 1983, Fukushima already had 4 commercial broadcasters in the prefecture.In 1985, a broadcasting union was established.KFB first used the

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system in 1989In order to update the main control room equipment, KFB began to renovate the headquarters in 1997. This series of works was completed in April 1998. On September 6, 1998, a mechanical failure occurred at the Fukushima Broadcasting Aizuwakamatsu broadcasting station, causing about 87,500 households in the Aizu area to be unable to watch the Fukushima Broadcasting program for 8.5 hours.

Stations

Analog

*Fukushima(Main Station) JOJI-TV 35ch *Aizuwakamatsu 41ch *Iwaki 36ch *Tomioka 40ch *Haramachi 48ch *Shirakawa 46ch *Takine 61ch *Mizuishi 60ch *Hanawa 42ch *Bandai-Atami 21ch *Fukushima-Shinobu 47ch *Tsuchiyu 53ch *Nihonmatsu 57ch *Watari 62ch *Naganuma 54ch *Yanaizu-Mishima 58ch *Futaba-Kawauchi 56ch *Ishikawa 43ch *Tajima 35ch *Iidate 48ch *Iwaki-Tono 52ch *Aizu-Higashiyama 59ch *Iidate-Mukōshi 54ch *Iidate-Sekizawa 53ch *Iwaki-Yotsunami 39ch *Ten'ei 59ch *Kōriyama-Kawachi 54ch *Bandai-Takatama 50ch *Warabidaira 39ch *Kawamata 43ch *Iwaki-Yumoto 50ch *Nishiaizu 59ch *Nishiaizu-Okugawa 52ch *Higashi-Kaneyama 52ch *Tsukidate 57ch *Yamatsuri 57ch *Funehiki 43ch *Ōsato 41ch *Kaneyama 59ch *Nishi-Kaneyama 59ch *Arami 60ch *Kōriyama-Tamura 41ch *Miharu 50ch *Shōwa 38ch *Higashi-Tadami 61ch *Higashi-Shōwa 58ch *Tadami 42ch *Nangō 38ch *Kita-Kawamata 40ch *Nishi-Furudono 57ch *Furudono 25ch *Higashi-Urabandai 60ch *Urabandai 48ch *Nishigō-Yachinaka 53ch *Izumizaki-Ōtagawa 48ch *Furudono-Matsukawa 60ch *Ina 58ch *Tanagura-Tomioka 41ch *Inugami 39ch *Minami-Kawamata 52ch *Nishigō-Nagasaka 38ch *Tōwa-Harimichi 42ch *Nishigō-Mushikasa 39ch *Hobara-Tomizawa 52ch *Fukushima-Ōnami 54ch *Yomogita 26ch

Digital(ID:5)

*Fukushima(Main Station) JOJI-DTV 29ch

Programs

Rival Stations

References

External links

Fukushima Broadcasting
{{TV-tohoku All-Nippon News Network Asahi Shimbun Company Companies based in Fukushima Prefecture Television stations in Japan Mass media in Kōriyama Television networks in Japan Television channels and stations established in 1981 1981 establishments in Japan