TV Shizuoka
On February 25, 1926, Kenjiro Takayanagi of Hamamatsu Technical School in Shizuoka Prefecture successfully displayed the text "(イ)" on a television screen.[1]: 9 In the same month, the Chunichi Shimbun also cooperated with Suzuki Motor and other companies to jointly submit an application to establish "Shizuoka Television Co., Ltd." (静岡テレビ株式会社).[1]: 9 By April 1962, more than 10 companies in Shizuoka Prefecture had submitted applications to establish a second private television station.[1]: 12–13 The three competing newspaper companies (Asahi, Mainichi and Yomiuri) withdrew from the application for the second private television station in Shizuoka Prefecture.Shizuoka TV faced more fierce advertising competition, and its turnover decreased for two consecutive years in 1979 and 1980.[1]: 127 The following year, Shizuoka TV and South Korea's Daejeon Munhwa Broadcasting signed a sister station agreement.On March 23, 2005, the station began testing its digital terrestrial transmissions, which would formally commence on November 1 of that year, together with SDT and SATV.