Nagoya Broadcasting Network

JOLX-DTV
Chubu region
Channels Digital: 22 (UHF)
(LCN 6)
Affiliations ANN
Owner Toyota
First air date April 1, 1962
Former channel number(s) Analog:
11 (1962-2011)
Transmitter coordinates 35°10′20.7″N 136°54′30″E / 35.172417°N 136.90833°E / 35.172417; 136.90833
Website nagoyatv.com

Nagoya Broadcasting Network Co., Limited (名古屋テレビ放送株式会社 Nagoya Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki-gaisha), Nickname: Mētele (メーテレ Mētere) is a TV station joining All-Nippon News Network (ANN) in Nagoya. It is broadcast in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture. It also serves Toyama Prefecture as its default ANN station.

History

The license for channel 11 in the Tōkai region began its search on November 24, 1959. Initially, the station's license name was Chūkyō Television Broadcasting (unrelated to Chūkyō TV, which NBN had swapped networks in 1973). The first tests (still under the Chūkyō name) were held on March 10, 1962. On March 13, the station changed their name to Nagoya Television Broadcasting. Eventually service tests were conducted on March 25 and regular transmissions commenced on April 1.

Initially, the station was affiliated to two networks: NTV and NET (the current TV Asahi). It was one of the founding members of the Nippon News Network in 1966. Color transmissions began in December of that year. The station became a sole affiliate of NNN when Chūkyō TV began broadcasting on April 1, 1969.

When CTV began to show interest in joining NNN in 1972, NBN gradually introduced ANN network programming. The network switch wasn't officialized until April 1, 1973.

Bi-lingual transmissions commenced in 1986. In the following year, the station adopted the Nagoya TV branding.

The current brand, Mētele (メーテレ Mētere) and hybrid sheep-wolf mascot (Wolfy) were introduced on April 1, 2003.

Stations

Analog

JOLX-TV

Digital

JOLX-DTV

Programmes

Now on air

Regional (in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture)

National

Past

Regional

National

External links

Other TV stations in Nagoya

TV station in Chūbu
Prefectures NHK NNN JNN FNN ANN TXN JAITS
Niigata Niigata TeNY BSN NST UX
Nagano Nagano TSB SBC NBS abn
Yamanashi Kōfu YBS UTY
Shizuoka Shizuoka SDT SBS SUT SATV
Aichi Nagoya CTV CBC THK NBN TVA
Mie Tsu MTV
Gifu Gifu GBS
Toyama Toyama KNB TUT BBT
Ishikawa Kanazawa KTK MRO ITC HAB
Fukui Fukui FBC FTB (FBC)
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