Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Early years Nippon TV applied for TV broadcasting licenses in Osaka and Nagoya after it began broadcasting in 1953, but the Ministry of Post declined the application on the grounds that "Nippon TV is a Tokyo channel, and applying for licenses in other regions is an act of crossing the boundary." At the time, Osaka had only one privately owned television station, Osaka TV Broadcasting (later merged with Asahi Broadcasting). However, because the majority of its programming mostly came from KRT (now TBS), Nippon Television and its parent company, Yomiuri Shimbun Group, began to try to establish their own television station in Osaka. Yomiuri TV started broadcasting color TV programming in September 1960, making it the first TV station in the Kansai region to do so.On October 1, 1978 and December 2, 1985, the broadcaster started broadcasting in stereo audio (being the first among Nippon TV affiliates, and second in the world) On November 29, 2024, Yomiuri TV alongside fellow NNN/NNS affiliates Chukyo TV, The Sapporo Television Broadcasting and Fukuoka Broadcasting System announced that it would combine and integrate its management operations to form a holding company known as Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings Corp (FYCS Holdings). with its offices being located at NTVHD's headquarters in Minato, Tokyo. The merger, classified as a joint-stock transfer is expected to close on April 1, 2025. The merger received approval from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on March 11, 2025. Unlike a full restructuring of either YTV, CTV, STV and FBS, all four broadcasters would become wholly owned subsidiaries of the combined company with its operations, including its corporate functions, remaining intact. The merger was approved by the shareholders of all four broadcasters, including YTV on December 24th of that year. Following the merger, Yomiuri TV changed its Japanese corporate name spelling to match with the brand name, although the English name remains the same. ==Branding==

From its inception to 1988, Yomiuri TV simply used the name of the channel with Yomiuri in hiragana (よみうりテレビ) or the YTV initials. During that period the sign-on of the station was footage of the sun rising accompanied by an orchestral fanfare. After the relocation, a new logo featuring a 10 mark was added. In line with the 50th anniversary of its founding, YTV adopted a new logo, featuring a yellow lowercase ytv wordmark with a ball (the Ten Ball) representing channel 10 (analog and digital). Slogans • テレビは読売、新聞も読売(TV is Yomiuri, the newspaper is also Yomiuri, 1958 at the time of sign-on) • みんなのテレビ (Everybody's TV, 1968 to 1980) • ハロー10ch(Hello 10ch, 1980 to 1995)- there was also a mascot called Hello-chan created by Sanrio. • あしたのテレビへ。その1。OPEN(Onward to tomorrow's TV. Part 1. OPEN, 1995 to 1996) • よみうりテレビは、あなたに「ぴたっ」とします。(roughly Yomiuri TV makes you closer, 1996) • i need 10(1997 to 2000) • テレビヤン(2000–2006) • ウキウキわくわくytv(2007–2012) • GO!GO!happiness(2013 - March 2020) • ゴー!ゴー!10ch(2014 - March 2020) ==Broadcasting==

The station broadcasts on digital channel 14 in most regions from its main transmitter in Osaka, with its LCN being 10, a reference to its former analog frequency. The channel ceased analog broadcasting on July 24, 2011. ==Offices==

• Headquarters: 3-50, Shiromi Icchome, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan (relocated on September 1, 2019) • Tokyo Branch Office: 20th floor, NTV Tower, 6-1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan • Nagoya Branch Office: 3rd floor, Shin-Kyoei Building, 7-9, Sakae Sanchome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan • Kyoto Branch Office: 5th floor, Yomiuri Kyoto Building, Shishikannon-cho, Karasuma-dori Rokkaku-Sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan • Kobe Branch Office: 4th floor, Yomiuri Kobe Building, 2-10, Sakaemachi-dori Itchome, Chūō-ku, Kobe, Japan • Paris Branch Office: NNN Paris, Tour Maine Montparnasse, 33 Avenue De Maine, Paris, France • Shanghai Branch Office: 580 Nanjing West Road 902B, Subsidiary Building of Nan Zheng Building, Shanghai, China • New York Branch Office: NNN New York, 645 5th Avenue Suite 303, New York, NY, United States File:Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation headquarters in 201901.jpg|the Headquarters of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (since September 1, 2019) File:Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation head office 2008-1.jpg|the Former Headquarters of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (January 2008) File:Former Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Headquarters.JPG|the Former Headquarters of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (October 15, 1989) ==See also==