| Television Kanagawa, Inc. | |
| Trading Name: | Television Kanagawa Inc. |
| Native Name: | 株式会社テレビ神奈川 |
| Romanized Name: | Kabushikigaisha Terebikanagawa |
| Type: | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry: | Television broadcasting |
| Hq Location: | 2-23 Otamachi, Naka-ku |
| Hq Location City: | Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan |
| Key People: | Yoshikazu Kumagai (President) |
| Footnotes: | Data from its Corporate Profile |
| Callsign: | JOKM-DTV |
| Branding: | tvk |
| Digital: | 18 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 3 |
| Affiliations: | Independent (member of JAITS) |
| Founded: | April 20, 1971 |
| Location: | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| City: | Yokohama |
| Callsign Meaning: | JO Kanagawa Media |
| Owner: | Television Kanagawa, Inc. |
| Former Channel Numbers: | 42 (analog UHF, 1972–2011) |
| Licensing Authority: | MIC |
| Erp: | 10 kW (Analog) 1 kW (Digital) |
| Website: | http://www.tvk-yokohama.com |
(tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972. Its call sign is JOKM-DTV (JOKM-TV during the analog broadcasting period) and occupies the UHF channel 18 on the airwaves.
The station is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations.
Although there were already five main broadcasters in the Kanto region in the late 1960s, they actually lacked information on what was happening outside the Tokyo Prefecture. Therefore, prefectures in the Kanto region became involved in opening TV stations covering solely their prefectures.[1] In 1969, the Ministry of Posts would issue UHF TV licenses for the six Kanto prefectures. Immediately, 12 companies in Kanagawa Prefecture were interested for operating a TV station.
As an independent station, tvk's programming consists mostly of local information, alternative music (some of whose musicians continue to appear on tvk, even after mainstream success), local sports, educational programmes, and anime.