JOSI-DTV

Shizuoka Prefecture Japan
City	Shizuoka
Channels	Digital: 18 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Branding	Asahi Terebi (あさひテレビ)
Programming
Affiliations	All-Nippon News Network
Ownership
Owner	Shizuoka Asahi Television Co., Ltd.
History
Founded	November 19, 1976
First air date	July 1, 1978
Former call signs	JOSI-TV (1978-2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 33 (UHF, 1978-2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Translator(s)	23 (Hamamatsu) 23 (Mishima)
Links
Website	satv

Shizuoka Asahi TV (静岡朝日テレビ, Shizuoka Asahi Terebi), also known as SATV, is a television network headquartered in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.^[1] The station, which began broadcasting on July 1, 1978,^[2] is an affiliate of ANN.^[3]

History

SATV is the 3rd commercial television station in Shizuoka prefecture. When it was founded, the company name was Shizuoka Prefectural Television (静岡けんみんテレビ, SKT), and it was affiliated with NNN and ANN. After Shizuoka Daiichi Television founded, Shizuoka Prefectural Television became a sole affiliate of ANN. In 1993, it renamed to Shizuoka Asahi TV.^[4]

On March 23, 2005, SATV began testing its digital terrestrial transmissions, which would formally commence on November 1 of that year.^[5]