Channel A (TV series) explained

Genre:J-ENT/Music/Variety show/Broadcast syndication
Creator:Avex and East/Television Kanagawa
Director:Katsuaki Watanabe
Gurei Okudaira
Developer:Avex and East
Presenter:Avex and East, Television Kanagawa
Starring:Ryo Fukawa (MC)
Mika Mifune (MC)
All Avex Group domestic artists
Narrated:Junichi Mogi
Marika Matsumoto
Ichirō Nagai
Yumiko Kobayashi (also voiced the official character
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:573
Producer:Daisuke Sakuma
Yuji Onishi
Editor:Kei Ishimoto
Seki Hajime
Sen Sugiyama
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Runtime:10:00 - 10:54 pm (every Thursday)
Network:Television Kanagawa (see Stations)

Channel A is a Japanese musical variety show produced by Avex and East and Television Kanagawa.

History

(stylized as channel a) started on October 1, 1998 at 10:00 pm as a 54-minute show. Hosted by Ryo Fukawa and Mika Mifune, it promised a change on Japanese TV programming through segments and documentaries about music, artists, songs and everything about music and entertainment.

The program lasted for three seasons:

Its last episode (573rd) was on September 24, 2009.

Special episode

A special episode for Channel A's 10th anniversary, was shown last September 3, 2009.

Other

Because it is produced by Avex Group, Channel A is always interspersed with television commercials (TVCM) from the company.

Segments

Stations

This is a list of stations where Channel A was telecast.

Prefecture Station Affiliation
tvk JAITS
ANN
ANN
ANN
ANN
NNN, NNS
JNN
ANN
JAITS
JAITS
JAITS
JAITS
ANN
JNN
JNN
NNN,NNS
ANN
Aichi (Nagoya) ANN
JNN
NNN,NNS
FNN, FNS
JNN
ANN
ANN
JNN
TXN
JNN
ANN
ANN
FNN,FNS
JNN

Outside Japan