NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station

The NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station (NHK福井放送局, NHK Fukui Hōsō Kyoku) is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Fukui Prefecture. Radio 1, FM and GTV use the JOFG calls, Radio 2 and ETV use JOFC.

History

Station JOFG started broadcasting on July 13, 1933, with its inauguration. [1] In October, it carried special military exercises carried out in the prefecture, and broadcast them nationwide.[2] On July 17, 1945, the station was damaged in an air raid.[3] JOFC started broadcasting on December 1, 1948.

Television broadcasts (JOFG-TV) began on August 3, 1959, followed by JOFC-TV on November 1, 1962. JOFG-TV started receiving networked programming in color when it converted its facilities on July 21, 1962.[4] JOFC-TV followed on November 1, 1964.[5]

On May 29, 2023, local news produced at the station was added to NHK+.[6]

References

  1. ^ NHK Fukui 50th anniversary book (in Japanese). 1983. p. 1.
  2. ^ "80年前のふくいのすがた　－陸軍大演習の写真と地図から－" (in Japanese). 福井県文書館. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  3. ^ "小中学生の調べ学習のためのページ ＞ 福井空襲と福井地震 ＞ 福井空襲の写真＞NHK福井放送局" (in Japanese). 福井市立郷土歴史博物館. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  4. ^ NHK Yearbook 1963, p.197
  5. ^ NHK Yearbook 1965, pp.5, 26
  6. ^ "NHKプラスで地域のニュース配信を拡大" (PDF). NHK広報局. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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