Nagoya Broadcasting Network (NBN) shortly known as メ～テレ i.e. Nagoya TV and its acronym LX, is a Japanese commercial television station serving the Chūbu region and Mie as an affiliate of the All-Nippon News Network, broadcasting on UHF digital channel 22 and virtual channel 6 with the call sign JOLX-DTV, owned and operated by Nagoya Broadcasting Network Co., Ltd.
1962–1987[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
April 1, 1962
1962–1969 (primary), 1969–1987 (secondary)[]
The station was founded by a number of investors, including Toyota on November 24, 1959. Primitively it was named Chūkyō Television Broadcasting until two years later when it rebranded to Nagoya Broadcasting Network and it was an affiliate of both NTV and NET TV to broadcast as JOLX-TV on channel 11 regularly on April 1, 1962.
1969–1987[]
On September 26, 1969, Nagoya TV debuted a new logo after color broadcasts were introduced to Japan three years prior. it consists of a blue 11 in the hole of a red and green oval. On April 1, 1973, NBN became a sole ANN affiliate after the switchover with Chukyo TV by joining NTV.
1987–2003[]
Designer:
Susumu Harada
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
April 1, 1987
In 1987, in time for the station's 25th anniversary, Nagoya Television changed its official company name to Nagoya Television Broadcasting, and adapted the Nagoya TV name. The logo features a stylized version of "N" and "11" between red and blue stripes with a thin negative wave space.
2003–present[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
April 1, 2003
Coinciding with its 51st anniversary, the then-upcoming launch of digital television in Japan, and the inauguration of NBN's current headquarters in Naka Ward. Nagoya TV rebranded as "Mētele", derived from the first character in the name Nagoya (名, on reading "めい" mei), and introduced the hybrid sheep-wolf mascot, Wolfy. However, the Nagoya TV name is currently used for international operations.
