NHK Muroran Broadcasting Station

The NHK Muroran Broadcasting Station (NHK室蘭放送局, NHK Muroran Hōsō Kyoku) is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in central Hokkaido Prefecture, based in Muroran. Since 2022, it is subordinate to the NHK Sapporo Broadcasting Station.

The station uses the JOIQ callsign for Radio 1, NHK FM and NHK General TV and JOIZ for Radio 2 and NHK Educational TV.

History

The station was established in October 1941 as the Muroran Office of the Sapporo Broadcasting Station,[1] commencing broadcasts on February 21, 1942. During the war, it was used as a provisional war station.[2] In 1952, it was promoted to a broadcasting station.[1] Until 1982, the callsign used was JOIU for Radio 1, FM and NHK-G and JOIT for Radio 2 and NHK-E. The callsign JOIU is currently used by FM Okinawa, which started broadcasting in 1984. A special logo was designed for its 80th anniversary in 2022.[3]

Beginning fiscal 2022, it became subordinate to the Sapporo station forming the Central Hokkaido unit of NHK's Hokkaido branch.[4][5] Some of the Muroran station's departments shut down in fiscal 2023, causing some work to be done from Sapporo.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Part 7: Education and Culture, Chapter 4: Culture, Section 9: Report". History of the City of New Shiraoi. pp. 590–591.
  2. ^ Oka, K. "日本放送協會". Oka Laboratory (in Japanese).
  3. ^ "Logo | NHK室蘭放送局" (in Japanese).
  4. ^ "NHK地方枠4エリアに　道内ニュース来春から　室蘭・北見・釧路は隣接局と統合". 北海道新聞. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. ^ "NHK 地方局に異変/再編・撤退…災害時どうなる/地方の声 伝える役割は". www.jcp.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ^ "日本放送協会理事会議事録（2022年12月20日開催分）" (PDF). 日本放送協会. 2023-01-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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