The is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in Hakodate, in the southern tip of Hokkaido Prefecture.
History Station JOVK started broadcasting on February 6, 1932. Work for television broadcasts was underway in 1956, starting on March 22, 1957. Until March 25, 1967, it was located in Motomachi.Timeline of the History of Hakodate City, p.547
When digital terrestrial television started in southern Hokkaido in 2006, a new transmitter was installed at Sokuryō-zan, meaning that the reception of its local programming can be seen in parts of Muroran.
The Kameda News Base was built in 2014 adjacent to the transmitter the station operates to relay JOVK and JOVB at Kameda.
As part of a reduction plan imposed by NHK in Hokkaido to limit to four core regions, Hakodate was promoted as the South Hokkaido unit of the wider Hokkaido branch. These measures were put into place at the beginning of fiscal 2022. Unlike the three other units, Hakodate has no adjacent subordinate unit. However, some of its functions were transferred to Sapporo beginning in fiscal 2023.
Relocation work was announced in 2021,NHK函館放送局 新会館情報 新会館の基本設計者選定について NHK函館放送局 新会館情報 新会館の基本設計者選定について with work starting in 2023 and it was expected to be operational in 2025.日本放送協会 理事会議事録（2021年3月9日開催分） 日本放送協会 理事会議事録（2021年3月9日開催分）日本放送協会第1373回経営委員会議事録 日本放送協会第1373回経営委員会議事録日本放送協会 理事会議事録（2021年3月9日開催分） 日本放送協会 経営委員会資料（2021年月日開催分）
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