[4] Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, FTV postponed its schedule to end analogue television broadcasting on March 31, 2012.

However, the three operators in Fukushima Prefecture refused to give in to each other, so that the only television license in Japan at that time became invalid.

[9]: 25  In May 1962, Fukushima Television received a preliminary license and was officially established in June of the same year.

[9]: 40  In order to adapt to the rapid expansion of scale, in September 1965, the Fukushima TV headquarters was expanded and a new third floor was built.

[9]: 27  In order to cope with the demand for color equipment, Fukushima TV began construction of the second-generation headquarters on April 1, 1970, and it was completed on February 12 of the following year.

[9]: 28 In 1982, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications revised the frequency plan, which meant that Fukushima Prefecture was about to open a fourth private TV station.

[9]: 29  Since Fukushima Broadcasting, the third private TV station in Fukushima Prefecture, has joined the All-Nippon News Network, the fourth private TV station must be a member of Japan News Network.

[9]: 30  At the end of March 1983, Fukushima TV withdrew from JNN and gradually stopped broadcasting TBS programs, becoming a full member of the FNN/FNS network.

[9]: 31  From 1983 to 1986, due to the intensified competition caused by the launch of new stations, Fukushima TV once fell into a sluggish performance.

[9]: 74  In the mid-to-late 1980s, Fukushima TV also began to operate residential exhibition halls to develop income other than television.