Hokkaido Television Broadcasting

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JOHH-DTV
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Toyohira-ku, Sapporo
Branding HTB-6
Channels Analog: 35
Digital: 23 (LCN:6)
Affiliations All-Nippon News Network
Owner Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
First air date November 3, 1968
Call letters' meaning JO
Hokkaidō Terebi Hōsō
(native name)
Website http://www.htb.co.jp/

Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (北海道テレビ放送株式会社 Hokkaidō Terebi Hōsō Kabushikigaisha?, HTB) is a TV station in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is affiliated with All-Nippon News Network (ANN) and TV Asahi Network.

About HTB

  • the head office: 10-7, Hiragishi Shijo Jūsanchōme, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan
  • Date and year founded: December 1, 1967
  • Date and year started broadcasting: November 3, 1968
  • Callsign for analog television broadcasting: JOHH-TV
  • Callsign for digital television broadcasting: JOHH-DTV
  • Mascot: Kunta kun (くん太くん?, August 1, 1979 - November 30, 1997)→on chan (onちゃん?, December 1, 1997 -)

Stations

Analog Stations (as of July 24, 2011 end date)

  • Sapporo - Channel 35
  • Asahikawa - Channel 39
  • Hakodate - Channel 35
  • Muroran - Channel 39
  • Obihiro - Channel 34
  • Abashiri - Channel 35
  • Kitami - Channel 61
  • Kushiro - Channel 39

Analog shutdown controversy

On July 24, 2011, this station gained local attention when it played the song Time to Say Goodbye repeatedly after analog broadcasts ended at noon. The MIC usually does not allow vocal music to be played on most stations' analog shutdown warnings. [1]

Digital Stations

  • Button: 6
  • Sapporo - Channel 23
  • Asahikawa - Channel 14
  • Hakodate - Channel 23
  • Muroran - Channel 20
  • Obihiro - Channel 23
  • Abashiri - Channel 20
  • Kitami - Channel 31
  • Kushiro - Channel 36

Programs

Rival stations

External links

TV station in Hokkaido
Subprefectures NHK NNN JNN FNN ANN TXN
Ishikari Sapporo STV HBC UHB HTB TVh
Shiribeshi
Sorachi
Asahikawa
Kamikawa
Rumoi
Sōya
Oshima Hakodate
Hiyama
Iburi Muroran
Hidaka
Abashiri Kitami
Tokachi Obihiro
Kushiro Kushiro
Nemuro

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