[1]: 23  Afterwards, "Dōmin Broadcasting" (道民放送), centered on Sapporo Toyopet President Yasushi Iwasawa and Iwata Construction President Yan Iwata, obtained a broadcast license and integrated with other applicants.

[1]: 26  On May 26 of the following year, due to a failure in the coaxial tube transmitting signals, Hokkaido Television was forced to suspend broadcasting for 15 hours and 34 minutes.

On October 3, 1973, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the broadcast, Hokkaido Television established a labor union.

The NHK Sapporo Broadcasting Station was originally interested in participating in this project, but later withdrew.

[11] On the day of moving into the new headquarters, Hokkaido TV broadcast a special opening and closing short film.

Hokkaido Television opened its official YouTube channel in 2013,[9] and in recent years it has begun broadcasting its own programs on the Internet in real time.

[15] On July 24, 2011, this station gained local attention when it played the song Time to Say Goodbye repeatedly after analog broadcasts ended at noon.

The MIC usually blocks vocal music to be played on most stations' analog shutdown warnings.