Aichi Television Broadcasting Company, Ltd. (TVA; ), also referred to as , with the callsigns JOCI-DTV (channel 10) is a Japanese television station in Nagoya serving as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Aichi prefecture. TVA started broadcasting in 1983. Nikkei, Inc. is the biggest shareholder of TVA.
History
After concluding its restructuring plan, TV Tokyo began building its own national network, starting with TV Osaka on March 1, 1982. Later, TV Tokyo and its main shareholder Nikkei announced plans to open a station in Nagoya and invited Chunichi Shimbun to take part in its creation. On July 24, 2011, its analog signal shut down. The station celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2018, doing promotional actions throughout the year and a five-hour special program on September 1. In 2020, it joined the Locipo VOD service alongside Tokai TV, CBC and Chukyo TV.
Programming
At launch, it used the slogans "Channel 25 for Love and Intelligence" and "TV Aichi for a Smiling Family" to promote itself. Its programming initially consisted largely of local news, lifestyle programs, business programs and women's interest programs. Data Analysis| Sunday Journal (データで解析!サンデージャーナル) airs on Sunday afternoons and collects data from the largest cities of Japan.。
In its early years, the channel aired TV Culture Housewife DO! (TVカルチャー奥さまDO！), a program aimed at women, as well as Minomonta no Shukan Desuyo (みのもんたの時間ですよー), on Saturday afternoons, and economic programs such as Tokai no Gunzoku. Since 1998, it airs a music show, Kuro Channel (黒ちゃんねる). Kusuguru (くすぐる) is a local information program airing on Saturday mornings.。
TVA airs Nippon Professional Baseball. Ratings for its games in 1993 attracted an average share of 16,4%.