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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

NHK will reduce channel of NHK AM radio in the future

     Dear MW DXers, Here is the information released by a Japanese news paper(Asahi shinbun) about reducing channel of satellite and NHK AM radio broadcasting in Japan.

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    On August 4, NHK announced its management plan for the next fiscal year (2021-2023), which includes a plan to reduce the number of channels for satellite and AM radio broadcasting.

    Of the four satellite broadcasting channels, the plan combines the high-definition (2K) quality "BS1" and "BS Premium" into one channel and the plan also states that "consideration will be given to reducing the number of satellite channels including the high-definition (4k) quality " BS4K" to one in the future.

    For NHK AM radio, NHK1 and NHK2 will be combined to one NHK AM radio. A specific proposal for the timing of implementation will be shown withing the plan period.

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