Television Kanagawa

JOKM-DTV
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan;
City	Yokohama
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF); Virtual: 3;
Branding	tvk
Programming
Affiliations	Independent (member of JAITS)
Ownership
Owner	Television Kanagawa, Inc.
History
First air date	April 1, 1972; 52 years ago
Former channel number(s)	42 (analog UHF, 1972–2011)
Call sign meaning	JO; Kanagawa; Media
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
ERP	10 kW (Analog); 1 kW (Digital)
Links
Website	http://www.tvk-yokohama.com

Television Kanagawa, Inc.
Trade name	tvk
Native name	株式会社テレビ神奈川
Romanized name	Kabushikigaisha Terebikanagawa
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Television broadcasting
Founded	April 20, 1971; 53 years ago
Headquarters	2-23 Otamachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Key people	Yoshikazu Kumagai (President)
Website	www.tvk-yokohama.com
	Footnotes / references; Data from its Corporate Profile

TV Kanagawa (テレビ神奈川, Terebi Kanagawa) (tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972. Its call sign is JOKM-DTV (JOKM-TV during the analog broadcasting period) and occupies the UHF channel 18 on the airwaves.

The station is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations.

History

Although there were already five main broadcasters in the Kanto region in the late 1960s, they actually lacked information on what was happening outside the Tokyo Prefecture. Therefore, prefectures in the Kanto region became involved in opening TV stations covering solely their prefectures.^[1]^: 6In 1969, the Ministry of Posts would issue UHF TV licenses for the six Kanto prefectures. Immediately, 12 companies in Kanagawa Prefecture were interested for operating a TV station.^[1]^: 7

Programming

As an independent station, tvk's programming consists mostly of local information, alternative music (some of whose musicians continue to appear on tvk, even after mainstream success), local sports, educational programmes, and anime.