TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting explained

Callsign:JOTY-DTV
Location:Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
City:Fukuoka
Branding:TVQ Kyushu
Digital:26 (UHF)
Virtual:7
Former Callsigns:JOTY-TV (1991–2011)
Affiliations:TX Network
Callsign Meaning:JO (required prefix)
TV Y(Opened after 1991)
Owner:TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Licensing Authority:MIC
Former Channel Numbers:Analog:
19 (UHF; 1991–2011)
Website:www.tvq.co.jp/

, callsign JOTY-DTV (channel 7) is a Japanese television station based in Fukuoka that serves as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Fukuoka Prefecture.

Overview

TVQ was the fifth station to launch in Fukuoka, and the sixth affiliate with the TX Network. There were the last stations to launch in the markets.

It is customary for TX Network affiliates to use TV + region name, as in TV Hokkaido, TV Aichi, TV Osaka, and TV Setouchi. During the time of its establishment, the company was named as "TXN Kyushu" because the name "TV Kyushu", which the owner intended to use, was already registered as the company name of a cable TV station in Saga Prefecture. Since then, the nickname of the company is . In April 2001, the name of the company was changed to the current one, though retaining its nickname.

This is the one of the two only television stations to have "Q" in its name, the other being Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting

Transmitters

Transmitters of JOTY-DTV
Location Channel
Fukuoka 26
35
Earthen 26
Itoshima 26
Kitakyushu 27
Kitakyushu Yoshida 17
Kanda 52
27
Buzen Okochi 27
26
Munakata Genkai 26
26
Toho Hoshuyama 26
Yame Kuroki 27
Yame Yabe 19
26
Kama Yamada 26
Tagawa 26
Kurate 27

Rival TV stations in Fukuoka

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