| Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd. | |
| Trading Name: | UMK |
| Native Name: | 株式会社テレビ宮崎 |
| Romanized Name: | Kabushikigaisha Terebimiyazaki |
| Type: | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry: | Television broadcasting |
| Hq Location: | 2-78, Gion, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan |
| Footnotes: | Data from its Company Profile |
| Callsign: | JODI-DTV |
| Location: | Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan |
| City: | Miyazaki City |
| Branding: | You&UMK |
| Digital: | 16 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 3 |
| Affiliations: | Fuji News Network/Fuji Network System (primary; since 1973) All-Nippon News Network (secondary; since 1976) Nippon News Network/Nippon Television Network System (tertiary; since 1979) |
| Owner: | Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd. |
| Founded: | May 20, 1969 |
| Airdate: | April 1, 1970 |
| Licensing Authority: | MIC |
| Former Callsigns: | JODI-TV (1970–2011) |
| Former Channel Numbers: | Analog: 35 (UHF, 1970–2011) |
Miyazaki Telecasting Co., Ltd. (abbreviation: UMK, Japanese name: 株式会社テレビ宮崎) is a Japanese TV station in Miyazaki. Currently branded as TV Miyazaki (テレビ宮崎), it is affiliated with NNN/NNS, FNN/FNS, and ANN.
This is the only TV station in Japan that has joined three TV networks at the same time.
On July 16, 1968, the Ministry of Posts (currently the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) announced its second UHF TV allocation plan, releasing 14 station licenses in 14 areas, including the Miyazaki Prefecture.[1] 12 of the 14 licenses were then merged into one by request from the prefectural government of Miyazaki. On February of the following year, the owners of the 12 licenses agreed into one company to apply of a TV license and were granted a reserved license by the following month.
On March 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki (tentative legal name prior to its launch) started trial broadcasts. And by April 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki official started broadcasting.[2] In 1971, TV Miyazaki set up 7 relay stations alongside Miyazaki Broadcasting In 1973, TV Miyazaki completed the switch to color. TV Miyazaki introduced its color OB van in 1979, and was first used in the 34th National Sports Congress held in Miyazaki.
In 1980, TV Miyazaki completed its sports studio, a first for Japanese TV broadcasting. TV Miyazaki also started hosting large-scale events, with the NASA Space Science Fair in 1982 as its first event. FM Miyazaki (currently branded as JOY FM) was established by TV Miyazaki and started in 1984. During Japan's bubble economy, TV Miyazaki began promoting business diversification, and started to enter the real estate business. In 1991, they also invested in the establishment of the golf course, UMK Country Club. In March 2000, they invested in building their new headquarters in preparation for digital broadcasting which was later completed in August of the following year and formally used in February 2002.
On December 1, 2006, digital broadcasting has started and ceased analog transmissions on July 24, 2011. In 2020, TV Miyazaki has unveiled its current logo, in time for its 50th anniversary.[3]
| Miyazaki | 35 | 3 | Main station (JODI-DTV) |
| Nobeoka | 39 | Relay stations | |
| Takachiho | 40 | ||
| Kushima | 40 | ||
| Kitanobeoka | 53 |
Since its inception until 1973, TV Miyazaki hasn't been officially part in any network. At that time, it aired 60% of Fuji TV programming and 20% of programming each for Nippon TV and TV Asahi. In April 1973, TV Miyazaki became an FNN/FNS affiliate. Then in April 1976, they also joined ANN as its secondary affiliate (but not ANN's general programming). And by April 1979, they finally joined NNN as its tertiary affiliate (like ANN, TV Miyazaki is not part of NNS, despite participating in the 24 Hour TV charity and airing select variety programs from Nippon TV).
Currently, the news provider (on all days) every morning and primetime (alongside their local news program UMK Super News) comes from FNN, the lunch news bulletin comes from ANN, and the late night news comes from NNN.[4]
Their primetime schedule is also a mix of programs mostly from Nippon TV and Fuji TV, which also leaves no simulcast slots for TV Asahi programming.
| 19:00 | Fuji TV programming | Local programming | Fuji TV programming | Nippon TV programming | Fuji TV programming | Nippon TV programming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 | Nippon TV programming | ||||||
| 21:00 | TV Asahi programming (Thursday Mystery drama) | Fuji TV / Kansai TV programming | |||||
| 22:00 | TV Asahi programming (Thursday Drama) | TV Asahi programming (Wednesday Detective Drama) | |||||
