The story
On July 16, 1968, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (currently the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) announced its second UHF TV allocation plan, releasing 14 station licenses in 14 areas, including Miyazaki Prefecture. 12 of the 14 licenses were then merged into one by request from the prefectural government of Miyazaki. On February of the following year, the owners of the 12 licenses agreed into one company to apply of a TV license and were granted a reserved license by the following month.
On March 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki (tentative legal name prior to its launch) started trial broadcasts. And by April 1, 1970, TV Miyazaki official started broadcasting. In 1971, TV Miyazaki set up 7 relay stations alongside Miyazaki Broadcasting. In 1973, TV Miyazaki completed the switch to color. TV Miyazaki introduced its color OB van in 1979, and was first used in the 34th National Sports Festival held in Miyazaki.
In 1980, TV Miyazaki completed its sports studio, a first for Japanese TV broadcasting. TV Miyazaki also started hosting large-scale events, with the NASA Space Science Fair in 1982 as its first event. FM Miyazaki (currently branded as JOY FM) was established by TV Miyazaki and started in 1984. During Japan's bubble economy, TV Miyazaki began promoting business diversification, and started to enter the real estate business. In 1991, they also invested in the establishment of the golf course, UMK Country Club. In March 2000, they invested in building their new headquarters in preparation for digital broadcasting which was later completed in August of the following year and formally used in February 2002.
On December 1, 2006, digital broadcasting started. On August 15, 2007, a notable on-air mishap, stemming from a defect in a device used for program transmission, during an episode of One Piece resulted in the station going off the air intermittently for several hours.
The station ceased analog transmissions on July 24, 2011. In 2020, TV Miyazaki has unveiled its current logo, in time for its 50th anniversary.
From Wikipedia’s article on TV Miyazaki, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3