{{Short description|Television station in Tottori Prefecture, Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Expand Japanese|日本海テレビジョン放送|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd. | logo = NihonkaiTV Rogo.svg | logo_size = 190px | logo_caption = Logo used since 2018 | image = Nihonkai Telecasting.JPG | image_size = 200px | image_caption = Headquarters in Denencho, Tottori | trading_name = NKT | native_name = 日本海テレビジョン放送株式会社 | romanized_name = Nihonkai Terebijon Hōsō kabushiki gaisha | type = Kabushiki gaisha | industry = Television broadcasting | founded = {{Start date|1958|03|03}} | hq_location = 4-360 Denencho | hq_location_city = Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture | hq_location_country = Japan | key_people = Akiya Taguchi (President and CEO) | website = {{url|https://www.nkt-tv.co.jp}} | owner = The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (8.20%)<br>Nippon Television Holdings (8.00%) | footnotes = Data from its [https://www.nkt-tv.co.jp/annai/ Company Profile] }} {{Infobox television station | name = | callsign = JOJX-DTV | location = Tottori and Shimane | country = Japan | city = Tottori | branding = Nihonkai Telecasting | analog = | digital = 38 (UHF) | virtual = 1 | subchannels = | translators = | affiliations = Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System | owner = Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd. | airdate = {{start date|1959|5|3}} | last_airdate = | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = JOJX-TV (1959–2011) | former_channel_numbers = Analog: <br> 1 (VHF, 1959–2011) | former_affiliations = | erp = | haat = | class = | facility_id = | coordinates = | licensing_authority = MIC }} {{Nihongo|'''Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd.'''|日本海テレビジョン放送株式会社|Nihonkai Terebijon Hōsō kabushiki gaisha|extra='''NKT'''}} is a Japanese TV station broadcast in Tottori Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture. NKT is a TV station of Nippon News Network (NNN) and Nippon Television Network System (NNS).
==History== In 1957, the Sankei Shimbun intended to apply for the establishment of a private TV station in Tottori Prefecture, and obtained the support of the local financial circles.<ref name=":shashi50">{{cite book |title=日本海テレビのあゆみ : 開局50周年記念 |date=2009 |publisher=Nihonkai Telecasting |url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BB02875653/ |language=ja |trans-title=History of Nihonkai Television: 50th anniversary of the opening of the station}}</ref>{{Rp|22-23}} On February 9 of the same year, Tottori Television held the first sponsor meeting.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|25}} At the fifth sponsor meeting on November 18 of the same year, Tottori TV was renamed Nihonkai TV.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|26}} On March 3 of the following year, Nihonkai TV held a founding meeting and formally established the company.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|27}} When the broadcast started, the headquarters of Nihonkai TV was located on the 4th and 5th floors of the Tottori Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|30}} In 1958, during the preparatory period, Nihonkai TV built staff residences.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|31}}
At 16:30 on March 3, 1959, Nihonkai TV officially started broadcasting, becoming the second private TV station in Chugoku after Sanyo Broadcasting, and also the first private TV station in Sanin.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|30}} At the beginning of the broadcast, Nihonkai TV mainly broadcast programs from Radio Tokyo TV, but with the launch of Sanin Broadcasting at the end of the year, Nihonkai TV switched its source to Nippon TV and Fuji TV. After that, the proportion of NTV stations gradually increased.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|30}} In 1961, the Nihonkai TV Union was established.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|31}} In 1963, Nihonkai TV set up the Yonago relay station, enabling the western part of Tottori Prefecture to receive the station.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|32}}
On March 20, 1966, Nihonkai TV Station began to broadcast color TV programs, becoming the first TV station in San'in to broadcast color TV.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|35}} Four years later, in 1970, Nihonkai TV's self-made local news was first broadcast in color.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|39}} In 1972, Nihonkai TV launched a new logo designed by designer Yasuhisa Iguchi through public solicitation.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|32}} In the same year, Nihonkai TV set up a branch in Shimane Prefecture, in connection with the decision taken to merge the TV broadcasting markets of Tottori and Shimane as one.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|41}} According to the audience rating survey conducted by Video Research in April 1973, Nihonkai TV ranked first in both Tottori City and Matsue City.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|42}} In 1978, the Nihonkai TV Matsue Building was completed. The building is 8 stories high, and part of the space is leased to other companies.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|42}} In 1987, Nihonkai TV further upgraded the Matsue branch to the Matsue head office, establishing a dual head office system.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|56}} Most of the TV Asahi programs moved to BSS in 1989.
In 1991, NKT began to implement the two-day weekend system.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|63}} In May of the same year, Nihonkai TV built a new headquarter building.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|62}} The new headquarters was completed in September of the following year. In December of the same year, Nihonkai TV moved into the new headquarters to broadcast its signals.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|64}} In 1996, Nihonkai TV won the triple crown of ratings for the first time.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|73}} In August 2000, Nihonkai TV opened its official website.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|81}}
In order to meet the hardware requirements required for digital TV, Nihonkai TV built a new iron tower in 2003 to transmit digital TV signals.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|86}} On October 1, 2006, Nihonkai TV began broadcasting digital TV signals, initially covering 53% of Tottori and Shimane prefectures.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|92-93}} In 2007, this figure increased to 78%.<ref name=":shashi50"></ref>{{Rp|94}} On July 24, 2011, NKT stopped broadcasting analog TV signals. On September 1, 2018, Nihonkai TV launched a new logo.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.nkt-tv.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Television stations in Japan Category:Nippon News Network Category:Television channels and stations established in 1959 Category:Companies based in Tottori Prefecture Category:Mass media In Tottori Prefecture