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| The NHK Museum of Broadcast
opened in Atagoyama, dubbed "the birthplace of Japanese
broadcasting".Japan's broadcasting history started in
1925. Since then, broadcasting has greatly progressed from
radio to television, to satellite broadcasting, to High-Vision
(HDTV), and to digital broadcasting. The Museum houses various
exhibits on broadcasting history, including original items
used in actual programs, and has an on-demand video library
and a reference library, opened to public for free. |
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Atagoyama, the Birth Place
of Japanese Broadcasting |
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9.30 a.m. on March 22, 1925, Japan's first
radio broadcast was transmitted from a temporary studio of the
Tokyo Broadcasting Station in Tokyo's Shibaura district. "J-O-A-K",
the announcer pronounced the station's call sign as if he were
calling to someone afar. The sign-on was followed by an address
from the first governor of the station, Goto Shimpei. Mr. Goto
expressed his expectations towards the potential of radio broadcasting,
stressing on four aspects: equal access to the benefits of modern
culture, higher quality of family life, promotion of public
education, and invigoration of the economy. Then, in July of
the same year, regular radio broadcasts began in Atagoyama,
which came to be known as "the birth place of Japanese
broadcasting. |
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