TV Setouchi Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (テレビせとうち株式会社) (TSC), callsign JOPH-DTV (channel 7) is a Japanese television station based in Okayama, serving as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Okayama and Kagawa prefectures.
History
In 1978, when prefectures with the economic size of Okayama (Fukushima, Niigata, Nagano, Kumamoto and Kagoshima) were gearing up for their third commercial stations, Chutetsu Bus president Shozo Fujita and others campaigned for the establishment of Eastern Chugoku Television Broadcasting (東中国テレビ放送).[1] At the time, there were only two commercial stations in Okayama, JNN affiliate RSK Sanyo Broadcasting and FNN/FNS affiliate Okayama Broadcasting.[1] The plan stalled due to the 1981 merger of the Okayama and Kagawa television markets, which enabled the area to have four commercial stations instead of two stations in each prefecture; facing this background, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications granted a new UHF frequency, channel 23.[1] 352 companies were attracted by the bid. After two years of adjustments, the companies merged their bids and TV Setouchi was formed, obtaining its license on July 24, 1984.