Sapporo Television Broadcasting

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The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Logo used since 2013
Headquarters in Chūō-ku, Sapporo
Native name	札幌テレビ放送株式会社
Romanized name	Sapporo Terebi Hōsō kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Subsidiary KK
Industry	Media
Founded	8 April 1958; 67 years ago (1958-04-08)
Headquarters	8-1-1, North-1-West, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Ishikari Subprefecture , Japan
Area served	Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Key people	Ken Inoue (President)
Services	Telecasting Planning Production and sales of TV programs
Owner	Yomiuri Chukyo FS Broadcasting Holdings
Subsidiaries	STVradio Saporro Video production STV Development STV Development Center
Website	www.stv.jp

The Sapporo Television Broadcasting, Co., Ltd. (札幌テレビ放送株式会社, Sapporo Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki Gaisha) is a TV station of Nippon News Network (NNN) and Nippon Television Network System (NNS) in Hokkaidō, Japan. Headquartered in Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaidō prefecture, the TV station was established on April 8, 1958. It is usually called "STV" for short, which is used as a name in a number of TV programs.

Since December 15, 1962, the company has operated as a television and radio station until July 12, 2005, when its radio broadcasting operations was split into The STVradio Broadcasting, Co., Ltd. (STVラジオ株式会社, STV Rajio Kabushiki Gaisha). Currently, STV Radio is an affiliate of National Radio Network (NRN) covering the Hokkaidō Prefecture. The license of the radio broadcasts was succeeded to the STV Radio, and started broadcasting under the new subsidiary on October 1, 2005.