Callsign: | JOSI-DTV |
Location: | Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
City: | Shizuoka |
Branding: | SATV Asahi Terebi (あさひテレビ) |
Digital: | 18 (UHF) |
Virtual: | 5 |
Translators: | 23 (Hamamatsu) 23 (Mishima) |
Affiliations: | All-Nippon News Network |
Owner: | Shizuoka Asahi Television Co., Ltd. |
Founded: | November 19, 1976 |
Airdate: | July 1, 1978 |
Former Callsigns: | JOSI-TV (1978-2011) |
Former Channel Numbers: | Analog
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Licensing Authority: | MIC |
Former Affiliations: | NNN/NNS (secondary, 1978-1979) |
Website: | satv |
, also known as SATV, is a television network headquartered in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] The station, which began broadcasting on July 1, 1978,[2] is an affiliate of ANN.[3]
SATV is the 3rd commercial television station in Shizuoka prefecture. When it was founded, the company name was Shizuoka Prefectural Television (静岡けんみんテレビ, SKT), and it was affiliated with NNN and ANN. After Shizuoka Daiichi Television founded, Shizuoka Prefectural Television became a sole affiliate of ANN. In 1993, it renamed to Shizuoka Asahi TV.[4]
On March 23, 2005, SATV began testing its digital terrestrial transmissions, which would formally commence on November 1 of that year.[5]