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{{Short description|Television station in Nagoya, Japan}}
{{Expand Japanese|テレビ愛知|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = JOCI-DTV
| logo                   = TV Aichi text logo 20150824.svg
| logo_size              = 200px
| image                  = Aichi Television Head Office.jpg
| caption                = Headquarters in [[Naka-ku, Nagoya]]
| location               = [[Aichi Prefecture]]
| country                = Japan
| city                   = [[Nagoya, Aichi|Nagoya]]
| branding               = TV Aichi<br>TVA
| analog                 = 
| digital                = 23 ([[UHF]], Nagoya)<br>26 (UHF, Toyohashi)
| virtual                = 10
| translators            = 
| affiliations           = [[TX Network]]
| language               = Japanese
| owner                  = Aichi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. 
| licensee               = 
| licensing_authority    = [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications|MIC]]
| founded                = December 1, 1982
| airdate                = September 1, 1983
| callsign_meaning       = Ai'''C'''h'''I'''
| sister_stations        = 
| former_callsigns       = JOCI-TV (1983-2011)
| former_channel_numbers = [[analog television|Analog]] (1983–2011): <br> 25 ([[UHF]], Nagoya)<br>52 (UHF, Toyohashi)
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 
| haat                   = 
| class                  = 
| facility_id            = 
| coordinates            = 
| website                = {{url|www.tv-aichi.co.jp}}
}}

'''Aichi Television Broadcasting Company, Ltd.''' ('''TVA'''; {{langx|ja|テレビ愛知株式会社|Terebi Aichi kabushiki gaisha}}), also referred to as {{nihongo|'''TV Aichi'''|テレビ愛知|Terebi Aichi}}, with the callsigns '''JOCI-DTV''' (channel 10) is a Japanese [[television station]] in [[Nagoya]] serving as the affiliate of the [[TX Network]] for the [[Aichi prefecture]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=TXNネットワーク|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/kaisha/company/network.html|access-date=2023-03-26|website=TV Tokyo}}</ref> TVA started broadcasting in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|title=民放テレビ開局一覧|url=https://j-ba.or.jp/category/data/jba101207|access-date=2023-03-26|website=JBA}}</ref> [[Nikkei, Inc.]] is the biggest shareholder of TVA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=地上系放送事業者|url=https://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/j/sys/media/index/chizyou.htm|access-date=2023-03-26|website=MIC}}</ref>

== History ==
After concluding its restructuring plan, [[TV Tokyo]] began building its own national network, starting with [[TV Osaka]] on March 1, 1982.<ref name="shashi15">{{cite book |author=テレビ愛知株式会社社史編纂委員会|title=『テレビ愛知15年史』 |year=1998 |publisher=テレビ愛知}} |location=愛知縣 |url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA37518214/}}</ref>{{rp|116}} Later, TV Tokyo and its main shareholder [[The Nikkei|Nihon Keizai Shimbun]] announced plans to open a station in [[Nagoya]] and invited [[Chunichi Shimbun]] to take part in its creation.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|116}} In November 1981, Nikkei solicited the [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Japan)|Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications]] for the opening of a new television station in Aichi Prefecture.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|116}} By late February 1982, 105 companies have expressed interest in the bid.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|116}} MPT suggested a meeting with the then-governor of Aichi Mikine Kuwahara and the then-president of Tokai Bank Shigemitsu Miyake to present a merger of their bids. On July 6, the companies that were attracted by the bid merged to form TV Aichi and requested a license, obtaining a preliminary license on July 13.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|116-117}} On September 6, TVA held its founders' meeting, followed by a founders' general assembly on December 1.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|116-117}} Construction work for its headquarters began on August 26, 1982, the Nikkey Nagoya Broadcasting Hall. On August 2, 1983, the station moved there in order to begin its activities.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|119}} TVA chose the work of designer Shigeo Okamoto for its logo (still in use), he was also in charge of the station's [[sign-on and sign-off]] animations (withdrawn when the analog signals shut down in 2011).<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|120-121}} It became the second UHF station in Nagoya, after Chukyo TV, which started fourteen years earlier.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|121}}

On September 1, 1983, at 5:59am, TV Aichi started broadcasting, the fifth commercial TV station in Nagoya and the hundredth commercial TV station to be set up at a national scale.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|116}} The first program seen was the Japanese dance ''Kiyomoto: Dance of the Two Seasons''.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|126}} The station recorded a prime time share of 9,1% on opening night.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|131}} In the fourth quarter of the year, the station recorded a 5% share during prime time (7-10pm), 4,5% during golden time (7-11pm) and a full-day average of 2%. During the first quarter of 1985, these figures rose to 6,8%, 6% and 2,9% respectively.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|135}} TVA obtained a profit of 12 million yen in 1985, the first time since launch.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|138}} In 1988, prime time ratings obtained a 7.6% share, golden time obtained 6.7% and all-day, a 3.2% average.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|138-139}} That year, it liquidated its accumulated losses.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|139}} In 1990, it started issuing stock dividends.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|140}}

TVA recorded an average growth rate higher than 10% in revenue and profits during the 1990s, at a rate higher than the four other TV stations in Nagoya.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|22}} Revenue jumped from 42nd place in 1992 to 24th place in 1997 among all of the commercial television stations.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|23}} In 1996, its revenue reached 10,846 billion yen, surpassing the 10 billion yen mark for the first time; its profit hit 1,324 billion yen, also a new record.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|84}} In 1998, revenue rose to 11,224 billion yen and its profit was 1,285 billion yen.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|22}} The good financial results also led in improvements to its programming and ratings throughout the 90s.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|42-43}} In 1997, prime time ratings recorded 8.7% share, golden time 7.9% and all-day 4.0% average. Although the evening metrics were the second-highest in its history, the all-day average was an all-time record.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|108}} On December 14, 1997, TVA had obtained the highest ratings average for an entire day for 100 weeks straight, a record for TXN's stations.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|24}} The amount of in-house productions increased to 11% in 1998, up from just 7% in 1993.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|26}}

On December 1, 2003, TVA started digital terrestrial television broadcasts, using LCN 10 instead of the standard TXN LCN 7.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/soutsu/tokai/housou/digital/toukai/index.html|title=東海地区の開局状況|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=東海総合通信局|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327210159/http://www.soumu.go.jp/soutsu/tokai/housou/digital/toukai/index.html}}</ref> On July 24, 2011, its analog signal shut down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/tva/digital2011/|title=地上デジタル放送|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2017-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603084414/http://tv-aichi.co.jp/tva/digital2011/}}</ref> The station celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2018, doing promotional actions throughout the year and a five-hour special program on September 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/35th/|title=テレビ愛知開局35周年キャンペーン|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|deadurl=no|archive-date=2018-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901100523/https://tv-aichi.co.jp/35th/}}</ref> In 2020, it joined the Locipo VOD service alongside Tokai TV, CBC and Chukyo TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sakae.keizai.biz/headline/3014/|title=名古屋のテレビ局4社が共同で動画配信サービスを開始　番組やニュースを配信|accessdate=2020-08-09|publisher=サカエ経済新聞|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405154730/https://sakae.keizai.biz/headline/3014/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atpress.ne.jp/news/208179|title=名古屋のテレビ局が共同で動画配信を軸としたサービス 「Locipo(ロキポ)」を3月27日(金)に開始|accessdate=2020-08-09|publisher=@Press|language=ja|deadurl=no|archive-date=2020-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406145720/https://www.atpress.ne.jp/news/208179}}</ref>

== Programming ==
At launch, it used the slogans "Channel 25 for Love and Intelligence" and "TV Aichi for a Smiling Family" to promote itself. Its programming initially consisted largely of local news, lifestyle programs, business programs and women's interest programs.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|118}} The goal was to set up 10% of its programming to be locally-made.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|123}} The first news program was ''TVA Hot Report'' (TVAホットレポート), which aired on weekdays at 5pm.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|127-128}} It was replaced in 1991 with ''TV Aichi News at 5 O'Clock'' (5時ですテレビ愛知ニュース). It recorded a share of 3.8% in 1996.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|91}} The station changed its airtime for local news in 1997 and replaced it with ''News Sunset Ichiban'' (ニュース夕方いちばん), now starting at 5:25pm.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|107}} That year, it also aired the moment when Nagoya was selected as the host city of a specialized expo in 2005.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|101-102}} Since 2020, the evening news program is ''5 O'Clock Studio'' (5時スタ).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/5sta/|script-title=ja:5時スタ|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903084103/https://tv-aichi.co.jp/5sta/}}</ref> ''Data Analysis| Sunday Journal'' (データで解析!サンデージャーナル) airs on Sunday afternoons and collects data from the largest cities of Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/sunday-journal/|title=データで解析!サンデージャーナル|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916153040/https://tv-aichi.co.jp/sunday-journal/}}</ref>。

In its early years, the channel aired ''TV Culture Housewife DO!'' (TVカルチャー奥さまDO！), a program aimed at women, as well as ''Minomonta no Shukan Desuyo'' (みのもんたの時間ですよー), on Saturday afternoons, and economic programs such as ''Tokai no Gunzoku''.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|128-129}} It also produced historical dramas such as ''Mori Runmaru'' and ''Nagoya Castle for Women''.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|60-61}} Recent non-news programming includes ''Nogizaka Construction'', a late night show on Fridays, since 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/nogi-kou/|title=乃木坂工事中|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902023850/https://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/nogi-kou/}}</ref> Since 1998, it airs a music show, ''Kuro Channel'' (黒ちゃんねる).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/96ch/|script-title=ja:黑Channel|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903084029/https://tv-aichi.co.jp/96ch/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/a-NN/|title=a-NN♪|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=テレビ愛知|language=ja|url-status=no|archive-date=2020-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825123647/https://tv-aichi.co.jp/a-NN/}}</ref> ''Kusuguru'' (くすぐる) is a local information program airing on Saturday mornings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv-aichi.co.jp/kusuguru/|title=くすぐる|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher={{lang|ja|テレビ愛知}}|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917004654/https://tv-aichi.co.jp/kusuguru/}}</ref>。

TVA airs Nippon Professional Baseball. Ratings for its games in 1993 attracted an average share of 16,4%.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|54}} That year, it started airing [[J-League]] attracting an average share of 11,2%, but fell to 6,9% in the following year.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|54}} In 1996, TVA aired golf and [[NASCAR]] for the first time.<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|88}}In 1998, it bgan producing ''Doragura'' (どらぐら) with the latest news from the [[Chunichi Dragons]] and the [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eights]].<ref name="shashi15" />{{rp|72}}

TVA is also in charge of TXN's 8am Saturday morning anime slot. In 2020, the anime was ''[[Cardfight Vanguard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://anime.cf-vanguard.com/|title=カードファイト!! ヴァンガード外伝 イフ-if-|accessdate=2020-09-18|publisher=カードファイト!! ヴァンガード|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613085154/https://anime.cf-vanguard.com/}}</ref>

==References==
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==Website==
*{{Official website|https://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

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