The is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Yamagata Prefecture. The station uses the JOJG and JOJC calls.
History It started broadcasting on November 30, 1936; JOJC followed on December 1, 1948. JOJG-TV started broadcasting on December 19, 1959, JOJC-TV followed on November 1, 1962.
On June 1, 1964, JOJG-FM started test broadcasts; stereo programs followed this route: the signal originated in Sendai, which was then transported to Fukushima and, from there, relayed to Yamagata. Color broadcasts started on both JOJG-TV and JOJC-TV on March 20, 1966, when NHK Educational TV converted most of its stations. In early October 1971, local news items began to be shot on color film.
In 1977, work to convert local operations to stereo started. Full-time stereo broadcasting on JOJG-FM began on February 28, 1982. Television stereo broadcasts began on JOJG-TV on February 21, 1986, while JOJC-TV followed on March 21, 1991.
Local programming was added to NHK+ on June 5, 2023, followed by its 8:45pm newscast on September 16, 2025, alongside other local stations.
2017 scandal On February 6, 2017, a male reporter working at NHK Yamagata's office in Sakata by the prefectural police for rape, aggression and invasion of private propertyNHK山形の記者逮捕 女性宅侵入し強姦致傷容疑 2017年2月6日 産経ニュース。 The suspect claimed to have done the same in Kofu before.NHK強姦容疑記者の素顔と犯罪が生まれる背景 2017年2月6日 東スポWeb。 The Yamagata Public Prosecutors Office presented accusations against him at the Yamagata District Court on February 27.NHK山形放送局の元記者を起訴 強姦致傷と住居侵入罪 2017年2月27日 朝日新聞デジタル。 On March 15, the police apprehended him again in correlation to the incident in Kofu.再逮捕の元NHK記者、強姦容疑を否認 DNA型が一致 2017年3月15日 朝日新聞デジタル。 On March 30, NHK president Ryoichi Ueda decided to voluntarily open 30% of his salary for three months, while vice-president Mitsuru Domoto, executive director Yukinori Kida and director Hiroshi Araki did the same but only with 10%.https://www.sankei.com/article/20170405-AYPIXF24EBKAFA4BB6QFGPWXYA/ 「上田良一NHK会長ら、役員報酬を自主返納 山形放送局元記者の起訴受け」産経ニュース2017.4.5 18:15
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