Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (北海道文化放送株式会社, Hokkaidō Bunka Hōsō Kabushikigaisha, UHB) is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) serving in Hokkaido, Japan, headquartered in Sapporo, established 1972/4/1.

History

June 19, 1971: Founded.
January 14, 1972: First tests conducted just in time for the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first of a kind in Asia.
April 1, 1972: Regular broadcasts commence from a single station (JOBM-TV) to the districts of Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa and Muraran.
October 1972: Broadcasting extends to Obihiro, Kushiro and Abashiri, thus reaching the entire prefecture.
October 1, 1983: The current logo, featuring a red circle with a lowercase uhb wordmark, is introduced.
December 1, 1984: UHB commences multiplex (bilingual) audio transmissions.
1991: UHB becomes responsible for FNN's Moscow bureau.
June 1, 2006: Digital terrestrial broadcasts commence in Sapporo.
July 24, 2011: Analog terrestrial broadcasts conclude.

External links

The official website of Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting (Japanese)

References

Fuji News Network / Fuji Network System

Hokkaidō and Tōhoku	UHB MIT OX AKT SAY FTV

Kantō, Shinetsu and Shizuoka Prefecture	CX NBS NST SUT

Kansai, Chūkyō and Hokuriku	KTV THK BBT ITC FTB

Chūgoku and Shikoku	TSK OHK EBC KSS TSS

Kyūshū and Okinawa	TNC STS KTN TKU TOS ¹ UMK ^{1, 2} KTS OTV

BS Digital	BS Fuji

¹ Also affiliated with the Nippon News Network ² Also affiliated with the All-Nippon News Network

Broadcast television station in Hokkaido

NHK

General	Sapporo - 3 Asahikawa - 3 Hakodate - 3 Muroran - 3 Kitami - 3 Obihiro - 3 Kushiro - 3

Educational	Hokkaido - 2

Regional

HBC (JNN) - 1
STV (NNN / NNS) - 5
HTB (ANN) - 6
TVh (TXN) - 7
UHB (FNN / FNS) - 8

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