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Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting

Television station in Sapporo, Japan

Summary

Television station in Sapporo, Japan

Field	Value
callsign	JOBM-DTV
logo	Uhb_logo.svg
logo_size	200px
logo_caption	Logo used since 1983
image	UHB-Sapporo-hq-01.jpg
caption	Headquarters in Chūō-ku, Sapporo
location	Hokkaido
country	JP
city	Sapporo
branding	Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting
uhb
digital	25 (UHF)
virtual	8
affiliations	Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System
owner	Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
licensing_authority	MIC
operator
founded	June 19, 1971
airdate	April 1, 1972
former_callsigns	JOBM-TV (1972–2011)
former_channel_numbers	Analog:
27 (UHF, 1972–2011)
website

uhb 27 (UHF, 1972–2011) Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd. is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) serving in Hokkaido, Japan, headquartered in Sapporo, established in 1971.

Through its Hakodate translator, UHB functions as the default FNN/FNS affiliate for most of neighboring Aomori Prefecture to the south, as that area does not have an FNN/FNS affiliate of its own.

History

In October 1969, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (currently the Ministry of Internal Communications) approved the fourth TV license in Hokkaido, which attracted 59 companies to apply. At that time, both the Hokkaido Shimbun and Fuji Television were interested in obtaining television licenses. With the help of the prefectural government of Hokkaido, the 59 applicant companies were then integrated into Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting centered on Hokkaido Shimbun and Fuji TV, and officially obtained a license in May 1971. The broadcaster was founded on June 19, 1971, and began trial broadcasts on January 14, 1972, prior to the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first of a kind in Asia.

At exactly 07:20am on April 1, 1972, UHB began broadcasting with "Today's Weather" being the first program to be broadcast. When it first commenced broadcasts, coverage area was just at 66% of households (initially at Sapporo, Hakodate, Asahikawa, and Muroran) and increased after half a year to 81.9% (expanding to Obihiro, Kushiro, and Abashiri). In 1981, Fuji TV assisted UHB in producing the TV drama series From The Northern Country (aired between 1981 and 2002), which was an unprecedented success. It achieved more than 20% in ratings, and also promoted tourism in the Furano area, where the drama is produced. In 1991, UHB becomes responsible for FNN's Moscow bureau. On October 1, 1983, UHB introduced its current logo featuring lowercase letters. They also started using an electronic news gathering (ENG) in 1982 and stereo sound and bilingual broadcasting in 1984 Digital terrestrial broadcasts commence in Sapporo on June 1, 2006, and ceased analog broadcasts on July 24, 2011.

References

(1993). "UHB20年の步み: 1972-1992". Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Corporation.
"UHB Company History".

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