Gifu Broadcasting System, Inc.

Establishment.

Commencement of main radio broadcast (1430 kHz, 1 kW).

Received an award from the Minister of State for reporting on the 38.1 heavy snowfall disaster.

Opening of Takayama relay station (720 kHz).

Received an award from the governor for reporting on the September 15 heavy rain and Typhoon 24 disaster.

Opened as the nation's first UHF television station.

Changed company name to Gifu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

By 1973, sequentially opened relay stations in Ena, Gero, Hagiwara, and Tajimi, covering almost the entire prefecture.

Won the Japan Private Broadcasting Federation Award in the radio broadcasting activity category for the "Brightening Society, Everyone's Happiness Series".

Received an award from the prefectural police chief and the Post Ministry Tokai Radio Management Bureau director for reporting on the September 12 heavy rain (Nagara River dam break) disaster.

Won the Japan Private Broadcasting Federation Award in the radio broadcasting activity category for the series of broadcasts related to the September 12 disaster.

Changed the parent radio station's frequency to 1431 kHz.

Won the Japan Private Broadcasting Federation Award in the television broadcasting activity category for the "Focus: Our Hometown Series".

Completion of new headquarters building.

Received an award from the governor for reporting on the 56 heavy snowfall disaster.

Upgrade of television broadcast vehicle.

Upgrade of television master.

Implementation of computer-controlled transmission system EDPS for television.

Exclusive radio and television coverage of the Gifu Sazanka Winter National Sports Festival opening ceremony. Live streaming to local governments nationwide via CS broadcast.

Implementation of computer-controlled transmission system EDPS for radio.

Radio late-night broadcast 'Radio Viking' starts. 24-hour broadcasting begins.

Evening Information Wide 'Love Love Wide Gifu TODAY' launches.

A TV studio is opened within Gifu Shimbun Hida General Office.

The program 'Gifu: History of Living – Mountain Life, River Life' receives the Excellence Award in the Radio Education category of the Japan Private Broadcasting Federation Awards.

Exhibited pavilion 'Music Kaleidoscope' at the Internet Expo (Inpak) and received the Second Quarter Technology Award.

Digital TV broadcasting begins.

One-seg broadcasting begins.

Headquarters moved to Gifu City Tower 43.

J2 League FC Gifu home match TV terrestrial broadcast begins.

Annual event 'Radio Festival' starts.

The program 'Mon–Fri Radio 2:00–6:00 "Let's Live Energetically"' receives the Excellence Award in the Radio Live Wide category of the Japan Private Broadcasting Federation Awards.

Analog TV broadcasting ends, fully transitions to digital TV broadcasting.

Official character 'UP-chan' is born.

Starts 'UP-chan Fundraising' for East Japan earthquake reconstruction support.

Broadcasts opening and closing ceremonies, digest programs, etc. on radio and TV for the 'Gifu Seiryu National Sports Festival – Gifu Seiryu Tournament'.

Introduces a new TV broadcast vehicle.

Fully live broadcasts the nationwide fireworks festival as a special 70th-anniversary post-war project.

Establishes a friendship partnership with the public broadcaster 'Telemedijín' of the Republic of Colombia.

Opens 'Gifu-chan Art Gallery' on the front floor of the headquarters.

Launches 'Gifu-chan Shop' business (opens first store inside Seven-Eleven Gifu Yanagisawa).

New station building at Uekanno Mountain Transmitting Station completed.

Won the Excellence Award in the Radio Entertainment category of the Japan Private Broadcasting Federation Awards for 'One Talk Radio Final Train 1' by Takahiko Isotani.

55th anniversary of the station's launch.

Launch of Radio Wide FM broadcast.

Started emergency video distribution using Gifu Prefecture's river monitoring system.

Enhanced disaster-related information via TV data broadcast.

Launched 'Gifu Chan DIGITAL', distributing local news to external platforms.

Renovated official website.

60th anniversary of the station's launch.

Updated TV master.

Broadcast dates: Friday, June 5, and Monday, June 8, 2026 : Television program: “Hida Mino” : ◆Review details : Gifu Broadcasting’s Program Review Committee met at the company’s headquarters to discuss “Hida Mino,” a television news and information program. : Seven committee members attended and shared their opinions on the content and structure of the program broadcast on the 5th and 8th of this month. : Launched in April, the program presents news and topics that residents want to know about in an easy-to-understand way. : It is also taking on new initiatives, such as “BiZ Topi,” which focuses on Gifu’s economy. : Committee members gave high praise to the program’s approach to economic news, noting that it carefully reports on developments at local companies. : At the same time, some called for greater emphasis on timely reporting, deeper coverage, and a wider range of perspectives. : The committee members in attendance were as follows (honorifics omitted): : Atsuo Morishima, Reiko Kane, Masako Hayashi, Yoshinori Ito, Haruna Nishioka, Masahito Sawamura, Eisuke Tsuji