Television Saitama

JOUS-DTV
CitySaitama City
Channels
BrandingTeletama
Programming
AffiliationsIndependent (JAITS)
Ownership
OwnerTelevision Saitama Corporation
History
FoundedApril 28, 1978
First air date
April 1, 1979
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
38 (UHF, 1979–2011)
Call sign meaning
Urawa-ku, Saitama City
(location of its current headquarters)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
Links
Websitewww.teletama.jp

Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (株式会社テレビ埼玉, Kabushiki-gaisha Terebi Saitama) abbreviated TVS, doing business as Teletama (テレ玉, Teretama) is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its intended coverage is Saitama Prefecture but with some spill-overs in surrounding prefectures. Teletama is an "independent" terrestrial television station, which means not belonging to any major national networks keyed in Tokyo and Osaka. It is a member of the Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (JAITS) and co-produces, exchanges programs and sells advertising opportunity with other members.