Television Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems

Television Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems Co., Ltd.
Television Yamaguchi
Native name
テレビ山口株式会社
Terebi Yamaguchi kabushikigaisha
Company typekabushiki gaisha
Industry
FoundedApril 1, 1969 (1969-04-01)
HeadquartersOuchisenbo,
Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
,
Japan
Services
Websitetys.co.jp
JOLI-DTV
CityYamaguchi
Channels
BrandingTelevision Yamaguchi
tys
Programming
LanguageJapanese
AffiliationsJapan News Network
Ownership
OwnerTelevision Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems Co., Ltd.
History
First air date
April 1, 1970 (1970-04-01)
Former call signs
JOLI-TV (1970-2011)
Former channel numbers
Analog:
38 (UHF, 1970-2011)
ANN (secondary, 1970-1978)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC

JOLI-DTV (channel 3), branded as Television Yamaguchi (テレビ山口; TYS, stylized as tys) is a Japanese television station serving as the affiliate of the Japan News Network for Yamaguchi Prefecture. Owned and operated by Television Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems, Inc.[a], its headquarters and studios are located in Yamaguchi.

History

There has been a boom in applications for UHF TV stations throughout Japan since the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications opened up UHF frequencies for terrestrial TV broadcasting. In Yamaguchi Prefecture, nine companies (including TV Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting, unrelated to the present-day YAB, and Yamaguchi Mainichi Broadcasting) have applied for TV broadcasting licenses.[1]: 9  Since the policies of the time required that each prefecture would only receive one UHF allocation, the prefectural government decided to merge the requests.[1]: 9  The prime minister of the time, Eisaku Sato, who was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, was also part of the merging process.[1]: 10  On November 19, 1968, the nine companies agreed to maintain the bid for Yamaguchi Central Television (山口中央テレビ), while the eight remaining companies continued to invest in it.[1]: 10–11  On November 29, Yamaguchi Central Television obtained a preliminary license, becoming a part of the second tranche of licenses.[1]: 13  The company was registered on January 20, 1969 and made a founders' meeting that day.[1]: 18–21  In September, the name changed to TV Yamaguchi and adopted the abbreviation TYS.[1]: 21  It initially planned to set up its headquarters in Hofu, but it was later decided to move to Yamaguchi, the prefectural capital, which was more convenient for news gathering.[1]: 22–23  On the eves of its launch, it solicited bids for its logo, receiving 3704 applicants.[1]: 38  The company's purple flag was adopted and a corporate theme was composed by Asei Kobayashi.[1]: 38 

The greatest challenge was finding an affiliation. KRY was a charter affiliate of NNN/NNS since the beginning, meaning that the stage was open for three possible affiliations: JNN, FNN/FNS and ANN.[1]: 43  At the time, FNN flagship Fuji TV was active in its network expansion, while TBS was passive regarding its possible integration, as its neighboring prefectures had long-established VHF affiliates (RKB Mainichi Broadcasting in Fukuoka and RCC Broadcasting in Hiroshima).[1]: 43  JNN was leading Japanese television journalism at the time, but its programming, except for news, was obtained from both FNN and ANN.[1]: 44–45  Test broadcasts began on December 25, 1969.[1]: 60–61 

On April 1, 1970, at 6:30am, TYS started broadcasting.[1]: 78–81  Proportionally, at launch time, 35% came from TBS, 22% from Fuji TV, 10% from NET and 33% was of its own production.[1]: 81  Initially, the coverage was concentrated on the cities of Shimonoseki and Yamaguchi, but in its launch year, it began an expansion project, beginning in Yanai and later spreading to other key cities.[1]: 98–102  In 1973, the station's capital increased, with its capital reaching 500 million yen.[1]: 128 

In July 1978, due to a news exchange agreement with KRY, TV Asahi announced that it would cease supplying programs to TYS, causing the station to become a dual affiliate (JNN and FNS).[1]: 232–233  In 1980, its tenth anniversary was marked by a series of art exhibits, including one with Picasso paintings.[1]: 262–265  It also went to Spain and Australia to collect footage for special programs.[1]: 266–274 

In March 1987, Fuji TV demanded TYS to relay at least one of its national news programs, or demanded the station to leave FNS.[2]: 114  TBS planned to introduce a 10pm bulletin on Mondays and Tuesdays. Fuji TV used it as a chance to either join FNN full-time or leave the network completely.[2]: 115–116  Ultimately, in October, TYS left the network and became a full-time JNN affiliate.[2]: 117 [1]: 504 

In the 1980s, it established sister station agreements with Shandong Television, Australia's NBN and Busan MBC.[1]: 411–414  The TYS labor union was established in November 1988.[1]: 417–420  At the time, the station set up its satellite news gathering unit.[1]: 425–428  For its twentieth anniversary in 1990, it held an impressionist and post-impressionist art exhibit at the Yamaguchi Prefecture Art Museum.[1]: 435–441 

On October 1, 2006, TYS began digital broadcasts,[3] shutting down the analog signal on July 24, 2011. On March 28, 2020, its new headquarteres were completed.[4] On November 15, 2023, due to an impasse between the labor union and the administration over winter bonuses, station staff went on strike for 48 hours.[5]

Programming

The station started airing the TYS Evening News Show (TYS夕やけニュースショー) in 1975, which aired on weeknights at 6pm. This was the first large-scale program occupying a five-day timestrip in the 6-7pm slot.[1]: 157–165  It was replaced in 1985 by TYSニュース6.[1]: 157–166  Currently, the news program is called mix (TV Yamaguchi) mix (mix (テレビ山口) mix).[6] It introduced Weekend Chigumaya Family (週末ちぐまや家族) in 2005, on Saturday mornings, emphasizing on local information.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ テレビ山口株式会社, Terebi Yamaguchi kabushikigaisha

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab テレビ山口二十年史 [20 Years of Television Yamaguchi] (in Japanese). Television Yamaguchi. 1992. OCLC 43584321.
  2. ^ a b c 小田桐誠 (1989). テレビ局24時 : メディアに賭ける人びと (in Japanese). NHK Publishing. ISBN 4140071532.
  3. ^ "山口県内の地上デジタル放送" (in Japanese). テレビ山口. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  4. ^ テレビ山口(株)　新社屋完成へ (in Japanese). 防長経済新報社. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  5. ^ "ｔｙｓテレビ山口労組が４８時間ストライキ突入、夕方ニュース一部休止…ボーナス交渉決裂" (in Japanese). 読売新聞オンライン. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  6. ^ "mix" (in Japanese). テレビ山口. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  7. ^ "ちぐまや家族plus" (in Japanese). テレビ山口. Archived from the original on 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-03-18.


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