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is a Japanese television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 broadcaster in Okayama
Okayama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Okayama.- History :During the Meiji Restoration, the area of Okayama Prefecture was known as Bitchū Province, Bizen Province and Mimasaka Province.- Geography :...

 and Kagawa
Kagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is Takamatsu.- History :Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province.For a brief period between August 1876 and December 1888, Kagawa was made a part of Ehime Prefecture.-Battle of Yashima:...

. The abbreviation, RSK originates in the former name in Japanese (Radio San'yō Kabushikigaisha, ラジオ山陽株式会社). It is affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN)
Japan Radio Network
Japan Radio Network or JRN is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by TBS Radio & Communications, Inc. .-Japan Radio Network stations:...

, National Radio Network (NRN)
National Radio Network (Japan)
National Radio Network is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Incorporated and Nippon Broadcasting System, Incorporated . It is not connected in any way with the National Radio Network in the United States.-National Radio Network stations:...

, Japan News Network (JNN), and TBS Network.

Offices

  • The Headquarters: 1-3, Marunouchi Nichome, Kita-ku
    Kita-ku, Okayama
    is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 451.03 km² and a population of 295,312. The population density is 655 per square kilometer...

    , Okayama-shi, Japan
  • Shikoku Branch Office (RSK Olive Studio): Tomei Building, 3-1, Furujinmachi, Takamatsu-shi
    Takamatsu, Kagawa
    is a city located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government. It is a port city located on the Seto Inland Sea, and is the closest port to Honshu from Shikoku island...

    , Japan

Radio

RSK Radio 1494 kHz
Stereo
  • Okayama JOYR 10 kW
  • Takahashi
    Takahashi, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan.As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 34,119, with a household number of 13,990 and the density of 62.37 persons per km². The total area is 547.01 km².The city was founded on May 1, 1954....

     1 kW

Monoral
  • Tsuyama
    Tsuyama, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan.As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 89,974 and the density of 484.43 persons per km². The total area was 185.73 km²...

     1 kW
  • Niimi
    Niimi, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan.As of March 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 34,035 , 13,077 households and the density of 42.90 persons per km²...

     1 kW
  • Ochiai (Maniwa
    Maniwa, Okayama
    is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.On 31 March 2005, the town of Hokubō ; the towns of Katsuyama, Ochiai, Yubara, and Kuse and the villages of Mikamo, Kawakami, Yatsuka, and Chūka merged to form the new city of Maniwa.On September 1, 2011, Maniwa had an area of 828.43 km², the largest area of...

    ) 1 kW
  • Kasaoka
    Kasaoka, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan.As of August 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 53,806, with 22,413 households and the density of 395.55 persons per km². The total area is 136.03 km².-Crime and safety:...

     100 W
  • Bizen
    Wake, Okayama
    is a town located in Wake District, Okayama, Japan.As of March 2011, the town has an estimated population of 15,560. The total area is 144.23 km²....

     1 kW

Analog

RSK Okayama Television
JOYR-TV
Okayama Prefecture
  • Okayama - Channel 11, 10 kW
  • Kasaoka - Channel 6, 100 W
  • Niimi and Kuse (Maniwa) - Channel 6, 10 W
  • Mimasaka
    Mimasaka, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan.It is the result of a merger involving the former town of the same name. The merger took place on March 31, 2005 when the town of Katsuta from Katsuta District, the towns of Aida, Ōhara and Sakutō, and the village Higashiawakura, all from Aida District, were...

     - Channel 6, 0.1 W
  • Tsuyama - Channel 7, 75 W
  • Takahashi and Kojima (Kurashiki
    Kurashiki, Okayama
    is a historic city located to the west of Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea.As of April 2010, the city has a population of 473,392. The total area is .-History:...

    ) - Channel 7, 10 W
  • Hiruzen (Maniwa) - Channel 8, 10 W
  • Wake and Okutsu
    Kagamino, Okayama
    is a town located in Tomata District, Okayama, Japan.On March 1, 2005 Kagamino absorbed the town of Okutsu, and the villages of Kamisaibara and Tomi, all from Tomata District, to form the new town of Kagamino, with a combined total area of 419.69 km²...

     - Channel 12, 10 W
  • Soja
    Soja, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.As of April 30, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 67,357, with a household number of 24,623, and the density of 317.72 persons per km². The total area is 212.00 km².The city was founded on March 31, 1954...

     - Channel 38, 10 W
  • Ibara
    Ibara, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 44,271 and the density of 182 people per km². The total area is 243.36 km².The city was founded on March 30, 1953...

     and Bizen
    Bizen, Okayama
    is a city located in Okayama, Japan. The city is particularly famous for its Bizen-yaki pottery. It is also home to literary critic Hakuchō Masamune's birthplace, which is now a museum....

     - Channel 61, 3 W
  • Mizushima (Kurashiki) - Channel 62, 10 W

Kagawa Prefecture
  • Takamatsu - Channel 29, 5 kW
  • Nishi-Sanuki
    Mitoyo, Kagawa
    is a city located in Kagawa, Japan.As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 71,178 and a density of 320 persons per km². The total area is 222.66 km²....

     - Channel 48, 3 kW
  • Shodoshima
    Shodoshima, Kagawa
    is a town located in Shōzu District, Kagawa, Japan on Shodoshima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea. The town was formed on March 21, 2006 from the merger of the towns of Ikeda and Uchinomi, both from Shōzu District....

     - Channel 49, 300 W
  • Shirotori (Higashikagawa
    Higashikagawa, Kagawa
    is a city located in Kagawa, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 36,988 and a population density of 241.45 persons per km². The total area is 153.19 km²....

    ) - Channel 48, 10 W
  • Sakaide-nishi
    Sakaide, Kagawa
    is a city located in Kagawa, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 56,365 and the density of 610 persons per km². The total area is 92.46 km²....

     - Channel 14, 10 W
  • Sakaide-higashi - Channel 22, 10 W
  • Kokubunji (Takamatsu) - Channel 59, 3 W
  • Shido (Sanuki
    Sanuki, Kagawa
    is a city located in Kagawa, Japan.As of March 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 53,865, with 20,237 households and the density of 339.01 persons per km²...

    ) - Channel 62, 10 W
  • Ayakami (Ayagawa
    Ayagawa, Kagawa
    is a town located in Ayauta District, Kagawa, Japan.The town was founded on March 21, 2006 from the merger of the towns of Ayakami and Ryōnan, both from Ayauta District.As of September 2011, the town has an estimated population of 25,294...

    ) - Channel 58, 3 W
  • Nio (Mitoyo) - Channel 56, 3 W
  • Tonosho
    Tonosho, Kagawa
    is a town in Shōzu District, Kagawa, Japan. It is located on the island of Shōdoshima in the Inland Sea. Small islands on the Inland Sea, including Teshima, belong to its administrative area. As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 15,676 and a density of 211 persons per km²...

     - Channel 49, 10 W
  • Takuma (Mitoyo) - Channel 62, 1 W
  • Shodoshima-Ikeda - Channel 62, 3 W

Digital

RSK Okayama Digital Television
JOYR-DTV
  • ID: 6
  • Okayama - Channel 21, 2 kW
  • Takamatsu - Channel 21, 500 W
  • Nishi-Sanuki - Channel 21, 100 W

Supplement

  • Though the number of employees is a few, this broadcasting station has the first NETA in the whole country, and is putting in power to NETA of national advance.
    • It applied for license of the first FM broadcast in commercial broadcasting at the time of the end of the 1950s. (It became license withdrawal 1970)
    • The local evening news program "the San-yo TV evening news" in the evening was started on RSK television in 1971. (the first in the measure of composing a local news in the evening, and the whole country)
    • 1980, according to the inside of area, the frequency of RSK radio is unified into 1494kHz, and will become the same frequency broadcast. (the first in the example of the same frequency broadcast in area of a radio station, and the whole country)
    • The Okayama office and the Takahashi office of RSK radio changed to a stereophonic broadcast from monophonic broadcast in October, 1992 (the first stereophonic broadcast in a relay station of a radio station, the key station and several relay stations] in the whole country)
  • Since the affiliation network of RSK radio was only JRN till the autumn of 1997, the network of NRN was the form which the RNC radio (Nishinippon Broadcasting Corporation) of on-the-opposite-shore Kagawa covers.
    • However, the judgment considered to be disadvantageous for business as being related with this was struck by the organization after 1:00 at midnight on a weekday and Saturday of those days. Therefore, in the autumn of 1997, the network of the JRN program of the midnight of a weekday was closed and frame movement was carried out on Sunday etc. for broadcast of the all genre program of the midnight on Saturday. And "all night NIPPON" resulted in the broadcast start of the 35th game.
  • RSK radio was broadcasting slightly some programs of JFN
    JFN
    Japan FM Network is a commercial radio network in Japan. The network is run by TOKYO FM.-Japan FM Network stations:- Overseas station :- Originally in JFN, but now independent :- Stations that are planning to have frequencies removed :...

    (s), such as "Masaharu Fukuyama
    Masaharu Fukuyama
    is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, actor, radio personality, and photographer from Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture. He is the best-selling male solo artist in Japan. He is a member of entertainment company Amuse, Inc. and is known for his low, deep voice. Among fans, he is...

    's SUZUKI
    Suzuki
    is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

    Talking FM", until FM Okayama of JFN affiliation was opened in April, 1999.

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