NHK Kanazawa Broadcasting Station

On September 17, 1928, NHK selected a site of approximately 10,000 square meters in Nanoichi for the facilities, which began broadcasting on December 1 of the same year. At the time, it operated as the NHK's Kanazawa branch of the Tokai subsidiary. An additional site in Tonomachi had its facilities completed on May 20, 1929. Later that year, on November 12, the call sign JOJK was approved for the station, and broadcasts began on April 15, 1930.^{[1]: 157 [2]: 463} The Nonoichi station was inaugurated in tandem.^[3]

On May 16, 1934, the station became independent in its own right, ceasing to be a dependency of the Tokai branch.^[1]: 159 During the war, it set up a branch in Niigata, under a five-year jurisdiction period for the Hokuriku and Shin'etsu regions. Radio control during the height of the war in 1944 led to an increase in power to 500W.^[1]: 160

After the war, on August 21, 1947, NHK Radio 2 started broadcasting in Kanazawa,^[1]: 161 while on July 1, 1948, the callsigns JOJK and JOJB were decided as part of a corporate decision.^[1]: 162 Both stations increased their output to 10kW on December 30, 1952.^[1]: 163 The Nanao station started on May 10, 1956.^[1]: 164

Television broadcasts (JOJK-TV) began on December 23, 1957, with output of 1kW,^[1]: 164 the first Japanese television station overall on the Sea of Japan side of Honshu.^[2]: 469 Television output increased to 3kW on March 1, 1961.^[1]: 165 The new Kanazawa Broadcasting Hall opened on February 28, 1961, relocating its broadcasts there.^[1]: 165

NHK Educational Television (JOJB-TV) started broadcasting to Ishikawa Prefecture on April 1, 1962, with an output of 3kW.^[1]: 166 On July 22, 1962, NHK General Television started airing color programming from the national network,^[4] while NHK Educational followed on April 1, 1964.^[5] Later that year, on July 1, FM test broadcasts started with an output of 1kW. The former Nonoichi station lost its staff on March 1, 1966.^[1]: 166

The radio stations changed frequencies on April 1, 1968 (Radio 1, 1220kc, Radio 2, 1370kc), while the local Broadcasting Hall's expansion was completed on June 30. On March 1, 1969, NHK-FM started regular nationwide broadcasting. The film unit completed its conversion to color on August 1, 1971, by the time color television had become commonplace.^[1]: 166 Cameras were converted on February 1, 1972, completing the transition.^{[1]: 167–168} The AM frequencies changed on November 23, 1978; on December 4, 1980, the station started employing portable minicams for its news coverage.^[1]: 169 On March 1, 1985, stereo television broadcasts began.^[6]

On November 9, 2018, the station moved to the New Broadcasting Hall in Hirooka.^[7][8] On May 29, 2023, station's local news was added to NHK+.^[9]

Following the effects of the Noto Peninsula earthquake on January 1, 2024, an estimated 700 families in the Wajima area had no access to radio or television broadcasts.^[10] On January 9, the former NHK BS Premium started carrying programming for the affected areas as a temporary measure.^[11] From 4 am on January 12, a large-scale relay of NHK General TV began, with news and emergency information.^[12][13] Radio and television signals were re-established in Wajima on January 24 after power was restored in the area.^[14] Considering the lack of cable service restoration in the affected areas as of March 26, it was decided that the satellite relay would be extended until after April.^[15][16] On June 30, emergency satellite broadcasts on channel 103 ended.^[17]

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