Kansai Telecasting Corporation

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = JODX-TV
station_
brand = Kantele
location = Kinki region
analog = 8 (VHF)
digital = 17 (UHF)
airdate = November 22, 1958
affiliations = FNN/FNS
owner = Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.
coordinates = coord|34|40|41.80|N|135|40|41|E|type:landmark_scale:5000
homepage = [http://www.ktv.co.jp/ ktv.jp]

Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV, 関西テレビ放送株式会社, "Kansai Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha", Nickname: Kansai TV (関西テレビ, "Kansai-terebi"), Kantele (関テレ)) is a TV station joining Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Osaka, Japan. The character of the TV station is HachiEmon(ハチエモン). Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group.

Offices

*the headquarters - 1-7, Ogimachi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
*Tokyo Branch Office - Jiji Tsushin Building, 15-8, Ginza Gochome, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
*Nagoya Branch Station - Telepia, 14-25, Higashi-Sakura Itchome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Advertising slogan

*April, 1975: Kansai TV is on the same channel, 8. (チャンネルそのまま8チャンネル, Because Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS) are exchanged; more details on the exchange in its own articles.)
*1994: Dash (ダッシュ)
*1995 - March, 1997: Piichick Park Station (ピーチクパークステーション)
*April, 1997 - Present : Kantele (カンテーレ)

History of Kansai TV

*February 1, 1958 - Dai Kansai TV Company (大関西テレビ放送株式会社) was founded.
*July 5, 1958 - Dai Kansai TV was renamed "Kansai Telecasting Corporation", and started to broadcast on November 22.
*1959 - Kansai TV made a network with Fuji TV, Tokai TV, and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting
*1964 - the afferiated station of the network in Fukuoka changed to TV Nishinippon.
*1966 - Fuji News Network (FNN) was formed.
*1969 - Fuji Network System (FNS) was formed.
*1992 - Kansai TV opened Lemon Studio in Tokyo.
*October 1, 1997 - The headquarters of Kansai TV moved from Nishi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka to Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka.

Broadcasting

Analog

JODX-TV - KTV Osaka Television (KTVおおさかテレビジョン)
*Osaka (Mt. Ikoma) and cities along Osaka Bay - Channel 8;Osaka Prefecture:*Hirakata - Channel 57:*Kashiwara - Channel 58:*Miksaki-Fukanichi - Channel 58;Shiga Prefecture:*Otsu - Channel 40:*Shigaraki - Channel 37:*Koka - Channel 59:*Hikone - Channel 60;Kyoto Prefecture:*Yamashina, Kyoto - Channel 58:*Kameoka - Channel 37:*Fukuchiyama - Channel 60:*Maizuru - Channel 59;Hyōgo Prefecture:*Kobe - Channel 43 - many people living in Kobe watching Channel 8 in Osaka :*Himeji - Channel 60:*Nishinomiya-Yamaguchi - Channel 59:*Toyooka - Channel 60:*Kasumi - Channel 37;Nara Prefecture:*Ikoma-Asukano - Channel 39:*Gojo - Channel 37:*Yoshino - Channel 38;Wakayama Prefecture:*Wakayama - Channel 46:*Gobo - Channel 59:*Kinokawa - Channel 59:*Kainan - Channel 60:*Hashimoto - Channel 29:*Arida - Channel 39:*Kushimoto - Channel 59:*Shingu - Channel 40

Digital

JODX-DTV - Kansai TV Digital Television (かんさいテレビデジタルテレビジョン)
*Remote Controller ID 8
*Osaka Main Station (Mt. Ikoma) - Channel 17;Shiga Prefecture:*Otsu - Channel 17:*Hikone - Channel 17:*Koga - Channel 17;Hyōgo Prefecture:*Mt. Maya (Kobe) - Channel 17:*Himeji - Channel 17:*Hokutan-Tarumi - Channel 17:*Miki - Channel 17;Wakayama Prefecture:*Wakayama - Channel 17:*Kinokawa - Channel 17:*Kainan - Channel 17

=Programs (Times in JST)=

News

;Every Sunday morning:*KTV News FNN (KTVニュース FNN) - from 6:00 a.m. until 6:15 a.m.;Before noon:*FNN Speak (FNNスピーク) - from 11:30 a.m. until noon on weekdays and from 11:45 a.m. until noon every Saturday:*KTV News FNN (KTVニュース FNN) - from 11:50 a.m. until noon every Sunday;In the evening:*KTV News Flash FNN (KTVニュースフラッシュ FNN) - from 3:30 p.m. until 3:34 p.m. on weekdays (News in the Kansai area):*FNN Supernews Anchor (FNNスーパーニュースANCHOR) - from 4:54 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on weekdays:*FNN Supernews WEEKEND (FNNスーパーニュースWEEKEND) - from 5:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. every weekend:**Attack 630 (アタック630):**Attack 600 (アタック600):**Attack 530 (アタック530):**Attack - the Human (アタック ザ・ヒューマン):**FNN Supernews Kansai (FNNスーパーニュースKANSAI):**FNN Supernews Hotto Kansai (FNNスーパーニュースほっとKANSAI);Before 9 p.m.:*KTV News Flash FNN (KTVニュースフラッシュ FNN) - from 8:54 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. every day (Regularly news from Tokyo, sometimes news in the Kansai area)

Information

*Ready, Go! (よ～いドン!) - Broadcast on Kansai TV from 9:55 a.m. until 11:10 a.m. from Monday to Friday
*Momoko no Oh! Sore! Miyo! (モモコのOH!ソレ!み～よ!) - Broadcast on Kansai TV from 1:55 p.m. until 2:25 p.m. every Saturday

Variety shows

*SMAP × SMAP (read: SMAP SMAP) - Produced by Kansai TV and Fuji TV, and broadcast on 26 FNS stations (not including TV Oita and TV Miyazaki) from 10:00 p.m. until 10:54 p.m. every Monday, and on TV Oita and TV Miyazaki from 7:00 p.m. until 7:54 p.m. every Friday
*Nambo de Nambo (ナンボ DE なんぼ) - Broadcast on Kansai TV from 1:00 p.m. until 1:55 p.m. every Saturday
*Takajin Mune Ippai (たかじん胸いっぱい)- Broadcast on Kansai TV from noon until 1:00 p.m. every Saturday
*Hakkutsu! Aru-aru Dai-Jiten → Hakkutsu! Aru-aru Dai-Jiten II (発掘!あるある大事典→発掘!あるある大事典II)(end)
*R-1 Grand Prix

Doramas produced by Kansai TV

*27 FNS stations (not including TV Miyazaki): from 10:00 p.m. until 10:54 p.m. every Tuesday;Doramas aired in past:*nihongo|Sommelier|ソムリエ|:*nihongo|Bokuno Ikirumichi (My way to live)|僕の生きる道|:*nihongo|Bokuto Kanojoto Kanojono Ikirumichi (My, her, and her way to live)|僕と彼女と彼女の生きる道|:*nihongo|At Home Dad|アットホーム・ダッド|:*nihongo|Gambatte Ikimasshoi|がんばっていきまっしょい| (The first dorama wholly produced by Kansai TV):*nihongo|Oniyome Nikki|鬼嫁日記|:*nihongo|Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (I can't Take My Eyes off the Unpretty)|ブスの瞳に恋してる| (The second dorama wholly produced by Kansai TV):*nihongo|The Man who cannot marry|結婚できない男|Kekkon Dekinai Otoko:*nihongo|Bokuno Arukumichi (My way to walk)|僕の歩く道|:*nihongo|Himitsu no Hanazono|ヒミツの花園|:*nihongo|Ushi ni negai wo~Love & Farm~|牛に願いを～Love & Farm～| (The third dorama wholly produced by Kansai TV):*nihongo|Monster Parent|モンスターペアレント|, etc.

ports

*Professional Baseball Live CURRENTYEAR (プロ野球中継CURRENTYEAR, Baseball games of the Hanshin Tigers and the Orix Buffaloes)
*Osaka International Ledies Marathon (大阪国際女子マラソン, Hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Kansai TV, the Sankei Shimbun, Sankei Sports, Radio Osaka and Osaka City)
*DERAM Keiba (DREAM競馬)
*Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf

Other Broadcasting stations in the Kansai area

Radio and TV

*Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS, 毎日放送)
*Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, 朝日放送)
*Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd. (KBS Kyoto, 京都放送, KBS京都)

TV only

*Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (ytv, 読売テレビ)
*Television Osaka, Inc. (テレビ大阪)
*SUN-TV (サンテレビ)
*Biwako Broadcasting (びわ湖放送)
*Nara TV (奈良テレビ)
*TV Wakayama (テレビ和歌山)

Radio only

*Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka, ラジオ大阪)
*FM OSAKA
*FM 802

ee also

*Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group

Website

*http://www.ktv.co.jp/ - The official website of Kansai TV in Japanese
*http://www.ktv.co.jp/e/ - The official website of Kansai TV in English