Nansei Broadcasting
Nansei Broadcasting (南西放送株式会社, Nansei Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha) was established in July 1989 with the aim of operating a broadcasting business targeting Okinawa Prefecture with the aim of setting up a Nippon Television (NNN/NNS) affiliate in the prefecture.[1]
10 influential local companies (Ryukyu Bank, Okinawa Bank, Okinawa Kaiho Bank, Okinawa Electric Power, Ryukyu Oil (now Ryuseki), Kanehide Headquarters, Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Cooperative Central Association (now JA Okinawa), Ryukyu Bus (now Ryukyu Bus Transportation), Okinawa Sugar Manufacturing, Shiroishi) were invested by Fuji Television (former corporation, now Fuji Media Holdings) and others.[2]
Overview[edit]
Currently, there are four commercial television networks in Japan, excluding TV Tokyo (TXN), which is a metropolitan commercial network. Initially, in Okinawa Prefecture, where there were only two commercial stations on the VHF band, there was the aim to open two UHF stations independently or simultaneously in the first half of the 1990s (spring 1993), but later TV Asahi (ANN) affiliate Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting QAB would eventually start in the fall of 1995. It became a situation where the simultaneous opening of the two stations failed. However, due to the freezing of NTV's plan to expand into Okinawa, the plan came to a standstill, and the application for a broadcasting license was also withdrawn [3] Later, Nansei Broadcasting went bankrupt.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ It was scheduled to become the 30th station in the network.
- ^ Nihon Keizai Shimbun, May 10, 1989
- ^ In 1993, when frequencies were allocated for the third and fourth commercial TV stations, there were 8 license applications, but 7 of these were combined into one when the 3rd station, ANN affiliate QAB, opened, and the remaining one of the cases was Nansei Broadcasting, which was scheduled to be the fourth station.
- ^ Changes in television broadcast frequencies for general broadcasters in Fukui and Okinawa prefectures - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Postal Service Agency Broadcasting Administration Bureau (January 18, 1999)
External links[edit]
- Okinawa Tourism News - Articles below:
- Acquire the third frequency: Sparks fly beneath the surface - No. 381 (November 1, 1991)
- 3rd, 4th TV station approval approaching, media's secret battle - No. 387 (February 15, 1992)
- Consultation on Allocation of Commercial TV 2 Waves Local Circumstances - No. 415 (June 1, 1993)
- Approaching the opening of Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting - No. 461 (July 1, 1995)
- House of Representatives Minutes Information 129th Diet Communications Committee No. 4