Niigata Television Network 21

JOUX-DTV
Niigata Prefecture, Japan;
City	Niigata
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF); Virtual: 5;
Branding	ux
Programming
Affiliations	All-Nippon News Network
Ownership
Owner	The Niigata Television Network 21, Inc.
History
Founded	March 8, 1983
First air date	October 1, 1983
Former call signs	JOUX-TV (1983–2011)
Former channel number(s)	21 (UHF analog, 1983–2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Links
Website	uxtv.jp

The Niigata Television Network 21, Inc.
	Niigata Television Network 21 HQ building, Niigata city
Trade name	UXTV
Native name	株式会社新潟テレビ二十一
Romanized name	Kabushikigaisha Niigata Terebi Nijūichi
Company type	Kabushiki kaisha
Industry	Television network
Founded	March 8, 1983
Headquarters	2230-19 Rokunomachi, Shimo-Ogawame-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Key people	Miki Hibara; (President and CEO)
Owner	TV Asahi Holdings Corporation (18.6%); The Asahi Shimbun (16.5%)
Subsidiaries	UX Vision Inc.
Website	uxtv.jp
	Footnotes / references; Data from its Company Profile and Company History

The Niigata Television Network 21 (株式会社新潟テレビ二十一, Kabushikigaisha Niigata Terebi Nijūichi, UX) is a TV station affiliated with All-Nippon News Network (ANN) in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture. It was established on March 8, 1983 and began broadcasting from October 1, 1983.

The station has been branded as ux since 2006, after the last two letters of the station's call sign. The station's current slogan is YOU&ME&UX.

History

Niigata Television Network 21 was established on March 7, 1983 and commenced transmissions on October 1, 1983. Prior to that, TV Asahi programming was seen on NST. NST was affiliated to FNN, NNN and ANN, before alleviating the station's network schedule with the launch of TNN (now TeNY), which took over the NNN affiliation in 1981 and NT21, which took over the ANN affiliation in 1983. By then, Niigata has four network stations.

Digital terrestrial transmissions commenced on August 1, 2006. To mark the occasion, NT21 was rebranded as ux. Aside from airing TV Asahi shows, the station also currently airs a few TV Tokyo shows, since the network does not have a station in most prefectures.