NKT

NKT, an abbreviation for National Kōkyō (Public in Japanese) Television (Japanese: 全国公共テレビ, Hepburn: Zenkoku kōkyō terebi) is a Neonian state-owned secondary public broadcaster and free-to-air television channel. It is the fourth television channel in the country.

NKT airs cultural and educational programming, aswell as dramas, documentaries, music and childrens programs. It launched on May 21st, 1960.

History
NKT originally began as a circuit of public broadcasting stations known as "National Television", modelled off of networks such as and. Its television stations were launched between 1960 - 1990. The channels were; Capital TV in Shiguto City, TVE Sakana in Sakana-Renaissance, TV Yenkinese in Yenjing, TV Shinedo in New Tokyo, RTSKT in Shinkontan, UNS de Televisión in Nuevo Santiago, TVE SJ in São José, Gonggongui Television in Golyeosan and TVE Lukhur in Lukhur. In 1991, the main networks Capital TV, TVE Sakana and TV Shinedo merged to form NKT, which expanded its coverage nationwide with its affiliates.

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by NKT

Controversy
Recently, NKT has been accused of being a government mouthpiece of the Kumamoto Tsunesaburo regime, with less accurate and more biased reportings on information.

Broadcast hours

 * 1960 - 1964: 3:30pm - 10:00pm
 * 1964 - 1970: 12:00pm - 10:00pm
 * 1970 - 1978: 09:00am - 12:00am
 * 1978 - 1990: 08:00am - 12:00am (weekdays), 12:00pm - 01:30am (weekends)
 * 1990 - 2001: 07:00am - 12:00am (weekdays), 08:30am - 02:00am (weekends)
 * 2001 - 2005: 06:00am - 12:30am (weekdays), 07:30am - 03:00am (weekends)
 * 2005 - 2010: 05:30am - 1:00am (weekdays), 07:00am - 03:30am (weekends)
 * 2010 - 2019: 05:00am - 2:00am (weekdays), 06:30am - 04:00am (weekends)
 * 2019 - present: 05:00am - 04:30am