Sapporo Television Broadcasting

is a TV station of Nippon News Network (NNN) and Nippon Television Network System (NNS) in Hokkaidō, Japan. Headquartered in Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaidō prefecture, the TV station was established on April 8, 1958. It is usually called "STV" for short, which is used as a name in a number of TV programs.

Since December 15, 1962, the company has operated as a television and radio station until July 12, 2005, when its radio broadcasting operations was split into . Currently, STV Radio is an affiliate of National Radio Network (NRN) covering the Hokkaidō Prefecture. The license of the radio broadcasts was succeeded to the STV Radio, and started broadcasting under the new subsidiary on October 1, 2005.

History

thumb|STV News Center "D・Tera・s"

Early stages

In early 1957, Youzo Kurosawa (then president of the Hokkai Shimbun), Yoshijiro Kikuchi (then president of the Hokkaido Charcoal Steamship Company), and Yoshitaro Hagiwara (president of the Hokkaido Charcoal Steamship Company), considered the formation of a second private television station in Hokkaido. Japan's national newspapers (Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and Sankei Shimbun) attempted to enter the Hokkaido market at the time by combining two major sectors, television and newspapers, with the goal of creating a private television station.

This is unquestionably a serious danger to Hokkaido's existing newspaper, the Hokkai Shimbun. Hokkai Shimbun and an unnamed Hokkaido firm sought for a commercial TV broadcasting license under the name "Sapporo TV" in April 1957. As of 2019, STV has been number 1 in TV ratings for 12 years, with its all-day ratings also number 1 for 27 years since 1993 continuing to set the longest record in Japan.

2020s

On November 29, 2024, STV, alongside fellow NNN/NNS affiliates Yomiuri TV, Chukyo TV and Fukuoka Broadcasting System announced that it would combine and integrate its management operations to form a holding company known as Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corp. with its offices being located at NTVHD's headquarters in Minato, Tokyo. The merger, classified as a joint stock transfer closed on April 1, 2025 pending approval from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Unlike a full restructuring of either STV, YTV, CTV and FBS, all four broadcasters would become wholly owned subsidiaries of the combined company with its operations, including its corporate functions remaining intact. The sale was approved by the shareholders of all four broadcasters, including STV on December 24th of that year.

Technical Information

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Sub-prefecture

! colspan="2" |TV

! colspan="2" |Radio

!Analog

!Digital

!AM

!FM

|Sapporo

|JOKX-TV; 5ch

| rowspan="7" |JOKX-DTV; 5ch

| rowspan="3" |JOWF; 1440kHz

|90.4MHz

|Muroran

|JOLY-TV; 7ch

| rowspan="6" |

|Hakodate

|JOMY-TV; 12ch

|Asahikawa

|JOKY-TV; 7ch

|JOWL; 1197kHz

|Obihiro

|JOWL-TV; 10ch

|JOWM; 1071kHz

|Kushiro

|JOSY-TV; 7ch

|JOWS; 882kHz<br>JOXS; 1062kHz (Nemuro)

|Kitami - Abashiri

|JOYS-TV; 7ch

|JOYS; 1485kHz

Programs

STV

Dosanko Wide
Dosanko Sunday
Bakushou Mondai no SUSUME
ippachi ikouyo!

STV Radio

OHAYO!! HOKKAIDO
Attack Young(end)
AtaYoun PUSH!
Weekend Variety Goro-Hidaka Show (every Saturday)
All Night Nippon (from Nippon Broadcasting System, Incorporated (LF))
All Night Nippon (Mon. - Sat. 25:00 - 27:00)
All Night Nippon Ever Green (Mon. - Thu. 27:00 - 29:00)
All Night Nippon R (Fri. 27:00 - 29:00, Sat. 27:00 - 28:30)
All Night Nippon Record (Sat. 28:30 - 29:00, not including LF)