NHK Yamagata Broadcasting Station

The NHK Yamagata Broadcasting Station (NHK山形放送局, NHK Yamagata Hōsō Kyoku) is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Yamagata Prefecture. The station uses the JOJG and JOJC calls.

History

It started broadcasting on November 30, 1936; JOJC followed on December 1, 1948. JOJG-TV started broadcasting on December 19, 1959, JOJC-TV followed on November 1, 1962.

On June 1, 1964, JOJG-FM started test broadcasts; stereo programs followed this route: the signal originated in Sendai, which was then transported to Fukushima and, from there, relayed to Yamagata.[1] Color broadcasts started on both JOJG-TV and JOJC-TV on March 20, 1966, when NHK Educational TV converted most of its stations.[2] In early October 1971, local news items began to be shot on color film.[3]

In 1977, work to convert local operations to stereo started.[4] Full-time stereo broadcasting on JOJG-FM began on February 28, 1982.[5] Television stereo broadcasts began on JOJG-TV on February 21, 1986,[6] while JOJC-TV followed on March 21, 1991.[7]

Local programming was added to NHK+ on June 5, 2023,[8] followed by its 8:45pm newscast on September 16, 2025, alongside other local stations.[9]

2017 scandal

On February 6, 2017, a male reporter working at NHK Yamagata's office in Sakata by the prefectural police for rape, aggression and invasion of private property[10] The suspect claimed to have done the same in Kofu before.[11] The Yamagata Public Prosecutors Office presented accusations against him at the Yamagata District Court on February 27.[12] On March 15, the police apprehended him again in correlation to the incident in Kofu.[13] On March 30, NHK president Ryoichi Ueda decided to voluntarily open 30% of his salary for three months, while vice-president Mitsuru Domoto, executive director Yukinori Kida and director Hiroshi Araki did the same but only with 10%.[14]

References

  1. ^ 日本放送協会総合放送文化研究所放送史編修部 (1965), NHK年鑑'65 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, p. 228
  2. ^ 日本放送協会総合放送文化研究所放送史編修部 (1966), NHK年鑑'66 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, p. 60
  3. ^ 日本放送協会総合放送文化研究所放送史編修室 (1972), NHK年鑑'72 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, pp. 294–295, 302
  4. ^ 日本放送協会総合放送文化研究所放送史編修部 (1978), NHK年鑑'78 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, p. 170
  5. ^ 日本放送協会総合放送文化研究所放送史編修部 (1982), NHK年鑑'82 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, p. 236
  6. ^ 日本放送協会放送文化調査研究所放送情報調査部 (1987), NHK年鑑'87, 日本放送出版協会, p. 67
  7. ^ 日本放送協会放送文化研究所放送情報調査部 (1991), NHK年鑑'91 (in Japanese), NHK Publishing, p. 284
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ @NHK_PR (2025-09-17). "【夜8:45からの地域のニュース】 平日の夜に各地の放送局からお伝えしていますが、NHKプラスでご覧いただけるようになったようです。 地域の1日のまとめニュース お時間がありましたらお付き合いください。" (Tweet). Retrieved 2025-09-17 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ NHK山形の記者逮捕 女性宅侵入し強姦致傷容疑 2017年2月6日 産経ニュース。
  11. ^ NHK強姦容疑記者の素顔と犯罪が生まれる背景 2017年2月6日 東スポWeb。
  12. ^ NHK山形放送局の元記者を起訴 強姦致傷と住居侵入罪 2017年2月27日 朝日新聞デジタル。
  13. ^ 再逮捕の元NHK記者、強姦容疑を否認 DNA型が一致 2017年3月15日 朝日新聞デジタル。
  14. ^ https://www.sankei.com/article/20170405-AYPIXF24EBKAFA4BB6QFGPWXYA/ 「上田良一NHK会長ら、役員報酬を自主返納　山形放送局元記者の起訴受け」産経ニュース2017.4.5 18:15
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