NHK

Name:

Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai

Native name:

日本放送協会

Also known as:

Japan Broadcasting Corporation

Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya Broadcasting Station (1925–1926)

Founded:

1924

Country:

Japan

Headquarters:

NHK Broadcasting Center, Shibuya, Tokyo

Owner:

Government of Japan

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Descrption

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (日本放送協会), also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestrial television channels, three satellite television channels, and three radio networks. NHK's earliest forerunner was the Tokyo Broadcasting Station (東京放送局), founded in 1924 under the leadership of Count Gotō Shinpei. Tokyo Broadcasting Station, along with separate organizations in Osaka and Nagoya, began radio broadcasts in 1925. The three stations into Japan Broadcasting Corporation on 6 August 1926.

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