Niigata Sogo Television

JONH-DTV
Niigata Prefecture, Japan;
City	Niigata
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF); Virtual: 8;
Branding	NST
Programming
Affiliations	Fuji News Network and Fuji Network System
Ownership
Owner	NST Niigata Sogo Television Inc.
History
Founded	March 2, 1968
First air date	December 16, 1968
Former call signs	JONH-TV (1968–2011)
Former channel number(s)	35 (UHF analog, 1968–2011)
Call sign meaning	Niigata Hosou
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Links
Website	nsttv.com

NST Niigata Sogo Television Inc.
	Niigata Sogo Television HQ Building, Niigata city
Native name	NST新潟総合テレビ
Formerly	Niigata Sogo Television Inc. (1968-2019)
Company type	Kabushiki kaisha
Industry	Television network
Founded	March 2, 1968
Headquarters	Niigata, Japan
Website	nsttv.com

NST Niigata Sogo Television Inc. (NST新潟総合テレビ, Kabushikigaisha Niigata Sogo Television, NST) is a TV station affiliated with Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Niigata, Niigata. It is broadcast in Niigata Prefecture. It was established on March 2, 1968, and began broadcasting from December 16, 1968.

History

Niigata Sogo Television obtained its license on November 1, 1967, on the basis of the first UHF frequency plan, established on March 2, 1968 and started broadcasting on December 16 the same year. The station was the first to have three affiliations, with Fuji TV, Nippon TV and NET TV, from which the term "Sogo" (General) was picked for the station. Up until the appearance of TeNY, the station wasn't referred in common jargon by its channel number (35) but as U, due to the fact that it was the only UHF station available at the time, the station also had frequent breaks in transmission in its early years.^[1]

In 1981, the station lost its affiliation with NNN when TNN signed on. On 1 July, the station started multiplex audio broadcasting with the live broadcast of the Hanshin-Tigers baseball match from the Koshien Stadium produced by Asahi Broadcasting.^[2] After NT21 signed on in October 1983, the station became a full-time FNN affiliate.

Its longtime president (who held the role since 1973), Tokichi Komagata, died on February 7, 1999,^[3] having retired from his position nearly two weeks earlier.^[4]

In April 2002, NST unveiled its current logo, replacing the wordmark used since its launch. The new wordmark is formed out of eight sticks, conveying the idea that "a stick is the most simple expression of humanity", while also conveying the short distance between the company and the viewer. Each of the three lines of the S have a meaning: Symbiosis (green) for nature and the environment; Passion (red) for love; Wisdom (blue) for water.^[5]

The station obtained its official digital terrestrial television license from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on March 30, 2006, starting digital broadcasts two days later.^[6]

The legal name of the company in Japanese was changed to include the NST initials in 2019.^[7]

TV channel

Digital Television

Yahiko 19ch JONH-DTV 3 kW

Tandem office

Takada 25ch
Mikawa 43ch
Tsunan-Kamigō 18ch, 24ch
Koide 28ch
Kanose 19ch
Itoigawa-Ōno 18ch
Tsunan 43ch
Ryōtsu 31ch
Aikawa 30ch
Yamato 34ch
Takachi 17ch
Arai 45ch
Murakami 25ch
Sotokaifu 24ch
Yuzawa 19ch
Tsunan-Tanaka 19ch
Sumon 34ch
Muramatsu 43ch

Program

Cinema Stadium (シネマスタジアム, Shinema Sutajiamu)
Bokurano Takaramono ～Hurusato no Dentōbunka wo Uketsugu～ (ぼくらの宝物～ふるさとの伝統文化を受け継ぐ～, Bokurano Takaramono ～Hurusato no Dentōbunka wo Uketsugu～)
Smile Stadium NST (スマイルスタジアムNST, Sumairu Stajiamu enu-esu-tī)
NST SUPER NEWS (NSTスーパーニュース, Enu-esu-tī Sūpānyūsu)