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Branding
  
HTB-6

Founded
  
3 November 1968

First air date
  
November 3, 1968

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Channels
  
Analog: 35 Digital: 23 (LCN:6)

Affiliations
  
All-Nippon News Network

Owner
  
Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Call letters' meaning
  
JO Hokkaidō Terebi Hōsō (native name)

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Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (北海道テレビ放送株式会社, Hokkaidō Terebi Hōsō Kabushikigaisha, HTB) is a TV station in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is affiliated with All-Nippon News Network (ANN) and TV Asahi Network.

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About HTB

  • the head office: 10-7, Hiragishi Shijo Jūsanchōme, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan
  • Date and year founded: December 1, 1967
  • Date and year started broadcasting: November 3, 1968
  • Callsign for analog television broadcasting: JOHH-TV
  • Callsign for digital television broadcasting: JOHH-DTV
  • Mascot: Kunta kun (くん太くん, August 1, 1979 - November 30, 1997)→on chan (onちゃん, December 1, 1997 -)

    • Analog Stations (as of July 24, 2011 end date)

  • Sapporo - Channel 35
  • Asahikawa - Channel 39
  • Hakodate - Channel 35
  • Muroran - Channel 39
  • Obihiro - Channel 34
  • Abashiri - Channel 35
  • Kitami - Channel 61
  • Kushiro - Channel 39

    • Analog shutdown controversy

    On July 24, 2011, this station gained local attention when it played the song Time to Say Goodbye repeatedly after analog broadcasts ended at noon. The MIC usually does not allow vocal music to be played on most stations' analog shutdown warnings. [1]

    Digital Stations

  • Button: 6
  • Sapporo - Channel 23
  • Asahikawa - Channel 14
  • Hakodate - Channel 23
  • Muroran - Channel 20
  • Obihiro - Channel 23
  • Abashiri - Channel 20
  • Kitami - Channel 31
  • Kushiro - Channel 36

    • Programs

  • AKB0048 (formerly)
  • How do you like Wednesday? (水曜どうでしょう, Suiyō Dōdeshō)
  • Onigiri Atatamemasuka (おにぎりあたためますか)

    • Rival stations

  • Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (HBC)
  • the Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (STV)
  • Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (uhb)
  • TV Hokkaido Co., Ltd. (TVh)

    • References

    Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Wikipedia
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