NHK Kumamoto Broadcasting Station

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Radio station in Kumamoto, Japan

JOGK: 756 kHz (AM)
JOGB: 873 kHz (AM)

BrandingNHK Kumamoto Radio

Language(s)Japanese

JOGK and JOGB
Kumamoto Japan

Broadcast area	Kumamoto Prefecture
Frequencies	JOGK: 756 kHz (AM) JOGB: 873 kHz (AM)
Branding	NHK Kumamoto Radio
Programming
Language(s)	Japanese
Format	Public broadcasting
Affiliations	NHK Radio 1 NHK Radio 2
Ownership
Owner	NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
History
First air date	JOGK: June 16, 1928 (1928-06-16) (Radio 1) JOGB: November 1945 (1945-11) (Radio 2)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Power	JOGK: 1 kW
Links
Website	www.nhk.or.jp/kumamoto/

The NHK Kumamoto Broadcasting Station (NHK熊本放送局, NHK Kumamoto Hoso Kyoku) is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Kumamoto Prefecture. It uses the JOGK and JOGB call signs.

Station JOGK started broadcasting on June 16, 1928.^[1] In the prewar period, it was the central station for Kyushu,^[2] a distinction it held even after the opening of the station in Fukuoka in 1930.^[3] Its slogan was "Antenna in the mountain, reflecting the city".^[1]Radio 2 (JOGB) began in September 1945.

On February 22, 1958,^[1] television broadcasts (JOGK-TV) began, followed five years later by NHK Educational TV (JOGB-TV). JOGK broadcast on channel 9 and JOGB on channel 2, both using a 1kW transmitter.^[4] On October 1, 1964, JOGK-TV started airing color programs^[5] followed by JOGB-TV on March 20, 1966.^[6] On July 1, 1971, the station was promoted to NHK's regional headquarters for Kyushu.^[7] By October, all programming was in color.^[1]

Stereo TV broadcasts began in June 1983.^[1] Organizational reforms at NHK stripped the Kumamoto station from its longtime management benefits as the main station in Kyushu, moving to Fukuoka in 1992 (broadcasting operations had moved in 1957).^[8]

On May 15, 2023, local programming joined NHK+.^[9]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "NHK熊本放送局の歴史". NHK Kumamoto Broadcasting Station (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 1, 2023.
↑ Jung, Ji Hee (2010). Radio Broadcasting and the Politics of Mass Culture in Transwar Japan (PDF). University of California, San Diego.
↑ "JOGK 放送発祥の地". 発祥の地コレクション (in Japanese).
↑ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1977. p. 1113-b. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
↑ NHK Yearbook 1965, pp. 5, 36
↑ NHK Yearbook 1966, p.50
↑ NHK Yearbook 1972, p.83
↑ NHK Yearbook 1993, pp.34, 60
↑ "NHKプラスで地域のニュース配信を拡大" (PDF). NHK広報局. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

NHK

Organization

Managing Committee	Nobuyuki Koga (president) Kazuo Sakakibara（interim president） Nobuko Akashi Seiji Isoyama Toru Okusa (fulltime) Yutaka Ozaki Yuyoshi Sakamoto Yoshihiro Iki Fuwa Yasu Kaori Maeda Eri Misuo Akitsugu Murata
Former presidents	Kenzo Iwahara Shichiro Komori Hiroshi Shimomura Hachiro Ohashi Iwasaburo Takano Tetsuo Furugaki Kiyoshi Nagata Hideo Nomura Shinosuke Abe Yoshinori Maeda Yoshiro Ono Choichi Sakamoto Masato Kawahara Yoshizo Ikeda Keiji Shima Mikio Kawaguchi Katsuji Ebisawa Genichi Hashimoto Shigeo Fukuchi Masayuki Matsumoto Katsuhito Momii Ryoichi Ueda Akinori Maeda Nobuo Inaba
Former vice-presidents	Taeko Nagai Yoshinori Imai Naomichi Ono Hikaru Domoto

Services

TV, radio & others

Television	NHK G NHK E NHK BS NHK BSP4K NHK BS8K NHK World TV NHK World Premium (partially unscrambled)
Radio	NHK R1 NHK R2 NHK FM NHK World-Japan
Other services	NHK+ NHK Net Radio Rajiru★Rajiru NHK Hybridcast Data Online
Former	NHK UHF TV Experimental Station Hi-Vision Test Service BS2 NHK BShi NHK Digital Radio NHK 8K Test Service NHK Oneseg 2 NHK BS1 NHK BS Premium NHK BS4K Palau Broadcasting Station

Other services

NHK broadcasting format
NHK World-Japan
NHK-BS
NHK News
NHK Online
NHK On Demand
NHK Netclub
NHK Archives Portal
NHK Huayu Shijie

Regional broadcasting stations

Hokkaido	Sapporo Muroran Hakodate Asahikawa Kitami Obihiro Kushiro
Tohoku	Sendai Akita Yamagata Tsuruoka Morioka Fukushima Koriyama Iwaki Aomori Hirosaki Hachinohe
Kanto-Koshinetsu	Broadcasting Center (metropolitan area) [ja] Nagano Matsumoto Niigata Kofu Yokohama Maebashi Mito Chiba Utsunomiya Saitama
Chubu	Nagoya Toyohashi Kanazawa Shizuoka Hamamatsu Fukui Toyama Tsu Gifu Takayama
Kinki	Osaka Kyoto Kobe Himeji Wakayama Nara Otsu
Chugoku	Hiroshima Fukuyama Okayama Matsue Tottori Yonago Yamaguchi Shimonoseki
Shikoku	Matsuyama Kochi Tokushima Takamatsu
Kyushu-Okinawa	Fukuoka Kitakyushu Kumamoto Nagasaki Sasebo Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Saga Okinawa

Broadcast television in Kyushu and Okinawa

NHK

General	Fukuoka 3 Kitakyushu (Fukuoka) Saga 1 Nagasaki 1 Kumamoto 1 Oita 1 Miyazaki 1 Kagoshima 3 Okinawa 1
Educational	(Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa) 2

Commercial

Fukuoka	KBC Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting 1 RKB Mainichi Broadcasting 4 FBS Fukuoka Broadcasting 5 TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting 7 TNC TV Nishinippon 8
Saga	STS Saga TV 3
Nagasaki	NBC Nagasaki Broadcasting 3 NIB Nagasaki International Broadcasting 4 NCC Nagasaki Cultural Telecasting 5 KTN TV Nagasaki 8
Kumamoto	RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting 3 KKT Kumamoto Kenmin Television 4 KAB Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting 5 TKU TV Kumamoto 8
Oita	OBS Oita Broadcasting 3 TOS TV Oita 4 ■■¹ OAB Oita Asahi Broadcasting 5
Miyazaki	UMK TV Miyazaki 3 ■■■² MRT Miyazaki Broadcasting 6
Kagoshima	MBC Minaminihon Broadcasting 1 KYT Kagoshima Yomiuri TV 4 KKB Kagoshima Broadcasting 5 KTS Kagoshima TV 8
Okinawa	RBC Ryukyu Broadcasting 3 QAB Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting 5 OTV Okinawa TV 8

Others

Okinawa	American Forces Network

Notes:

■ Part of Nippon News Network and Nippon Television Network System
■ Part of All-Nippon News Network
■ Part of Japan News Network
■ Part of TX Network
■ Part of Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System
■ Part of Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

¹TV Oita is a dual-affiliated station with NNN/NNS and FNN/FNS

²TV Miyazaki is a triple-affiliated station with FNN/FNS as its primary affiliate while ANN and NNN as its secondary affiliate

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