Kojimachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo | |
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City | Tokyo |
Branding | (Tokyo) MXTV |
Channels | Digital: 20 (UHF - LCN 9) |
Affiliations | JAITS |
Owner |
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Founded | April 30, 1993 |
First air date | November 1, 1995 |
Call letters' meaning |
Metropolitan X (sequentially assigned) |
Former channel number(s) | 14 (analog) (1995-2011) |
Transmitter power | 3 kW (11.5 kW ERP) |
Coordinates: 35°41′5″N 139°44′38″E / 35.68472°N 139.74389°E
Tokyo Metropolitan Television Broadcasting Corporation (東京メトロポリタンテレビジョン株式会社 Tōkyō Metoroporitan Terebijon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo MX, after its call letters, JOMX-DTV) is a television station in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city. It competes with Nippon Television, TV Asahi, NHK, Tokyo Broadcasting System, TV Tokyo, and Fuji Television, all of which are flagship stations of national networks. Tokyo MX was founded on April 30, 1993, and broadcasts commenced on November 1, 1995. Shareholders include the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo FM Broadcasting and others. (MXTV is an associate company of Tokyo FM.)
Every week, Tokyo MX airs the press conferences of the Governor of Tokyo. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS).