Broadcasting System of Niigata

Broadcasting System of Niigata Inc. (株式会社新潟放送) is a broadcasting station affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN), the Japan Radio Network (JRN) and the National Radio Network (NRN) in Niigata, Niigata. It broadcasts in Niigata Prefecture, Japan and was established on December 24, 1958. As of 2023, the company is a subsidiary of BSN Media Holdings.

History
BSN was established as Radio Niigata Co. Ltd. on October 14, 1952. The first test broadcasts were conducted on December 5 and started regular broadcasts on December 24.

The RNK building was affected by the Niigata fire of October 1, 1955.

On December 21, 1958, in the anticipation for the start of television broadcasts four days later, RNK broadcast I Want to Be a Shellfish, a fictionalization of the suicide memoirs of Tetsutaro Kato in 1944. The play was broadcast on October 31 the same year in Kanto.

On December 25, 1958, RNK TV signed on (JODR-TV, VHF channel 5).

Digital Television

 * Yahiko 17ch JODR-DTV 3 kW

Relay stations

 * Takada 18ch
 * Mikawa 39ch
 * Tsunan-Kamigō 18ch
 * Koide 24ch
 * Kanose 17ch
 * Itoigawa-Ōno 18ch
 * Tsunan 18ch
 * Ryōtsu 31ch
 * Aikawa 28ch
 * Yamato 18ch
 * Takachi 17ch
 * Arai 44ch
 * Murakami 18ch
 * Sotokaifu 24ch
 * Yuzawa 17ch
 * Tsunan-Tanaka 17ch
 * Sumon 18ch
 * Muramatsu 39ch
 * Sekikawa 43ch
 * Tochio 43ch
 * Muikamachi 18ch
 * Myōkōkōgen 44ch
 * Ōmi 18ch
 * Kawaguchi 17ch

AM

 * Niigata JODR 1116 kHz 50 kW
 * Joetsu JODO 1530 kHz 1 kW
 * Nagaoka JODE 1062 kHz 100 W

FM (simulcast)

 * Niigata 92.7 MHz FM 10 kW

Program

 * BSN NEWS (BSN NEWS)
 * Evening Ōkoku! (イブニング王国!)
 * Wonderful Niigatajin! (ワンダフル新潟人!)
 * Shūkan Kensei Navi (週刊県政ナビ)
 * Otenki METEO (お天気METEO)