NHK Matsue Broadcasting Station

The NHK Matsue Broadcasting Station (NHK松江放送局, NHK Matsue Hōsō Kyoku) is a unit of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Shimane Prefecture.

History

The station began broadcasting on March 7, 1932, under the call sign JOTK. JOTB (Radio 2) started on September 1, 1946. NHK FM started local broadcasting on July 1, 1964.[1] Initially, the FM broadcasts arrived in the form of packages sent from Tokyo, but on April 5, 1965, this was changed to relays from Osaka, which were later sent to Okayama and only then to Matsue.[2] Television broadcasts began on October 28, 1959, with JOTK-TV, followed by JOTB-TV on December 28, 1962. The stations converted to color on March 20, 1966.[3] In early October 1971, the news unit started shooting reports with color film.[4]

On March 31, 1980, NHK FM Matsue ended its dependence on Osaka due to the installation of local PCM lines, enabling local carriage of FM stereo audio.[5] JOTK-TV transitioned to stereo on August 8, 1986,[6] and JOTB-TV followed on March 21, 1991.[7]

Digital terrestrial broadcasts began on October 1, 2006. JOTK broadcasts on UHF 21 (LCN 3) and JOTB broadcasts on UHF 19 (LCN 2).[1]

Its new broadcasting hall was completed on July 15, 2022.[8] Full broadcasts from the facility started on March 6, 2023.[9] At the same time, it became the second regional station in the NHK network to use an entirely virtual studio, after Fukushima.[10]

NHK+ added Matsue programming on May 22, 2023.[11]

NHK Educational TV centralized all of its stations on October 6, 2025, ending the local signal after almost 53 years, including the call sign JOTB-DTV. Despite this, the call sign is still being used for legal identification purposes.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "NHK主要放送局の周波数・電力一覧(2023年度)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2025.
  2. ^ NHK Yearbook 1965, p.228
  3. ^ NHK Yearbook 1966, p.50
  4. ^ NHK Yearbook 1972, pp.294-295, 302
  5. ^ NHK Yearbook 1980, September 25, 1980, pp.44, 221
  6. ^ NHK Yearbook 1987, p.67
  7. ^ NHK Yearbook 1991, p.291
  8. ^ "新放送会館の竣工について- NHK松江放送局、2022年7月20日。" (PDF). nhk.or.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2022.
  9. ^ "NHK 新松江放送会館の運用開始の予定について - NHK松江放送局、2023年2月1日。" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2023.
  10. ^ https://twitter.com/nhk_matsue/status/1631618508629983232
  11. ^ "Expanding local news distribution with NHK Plus" (PDF). nhk.or.jp.
  12. ^ しまねっと（NHK松江） [@nhk_matsue] (2025-10-04). "📢あすで見納め...🥹 　📺ＪＯＴＢ－ＤＴＶ📺 松江放送局のEテレコールサイン 地デジ開始から19年、アナログ時代を 含め63年、島根を見つめ共に歩んだ… "NHK松江教育デジタルテレビジョン" 歴代の画像を少しだけ紹介するよ～ これからも "NHK Eテレ" をよろしくねっと❗" (Tweet). Retrieved 2025-10-06 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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