[1] Kōchi Broadcasting is affiliated with the NNN and NNS (TV), JRN, NRN (Radio).

[7]: 75  As the demand for a salary increase was not met, Radio Kochi's labor union launched a 24-hour strike on July 2 of the following year, resulting in the suspension of a large number of programs.

On March 19, Radio Kochi obtained the official TV broadcasting license.

A week later, on March 26, Radio Kochi began to broadcast a trial TV program.

[7]: 103  Kochi Radio officially started broadcasting TV programs at 9:30 am on April 1, 1959.

[7]: 156–157  At the end of the year, the number of television sets in Kochi Prefecture exceeded 100,000 households, with a penetration rate of 47.6%.

[7]: 207  On the other hand, the relationship between labor and capital in Kochi Broadcasting has been tense for a long time.

[7]: 365–369  Afterwards, Kochi Broadcasting's labor and management sides fell into serious confrontation for a long time, and it was not until March 1981 that a reconciliation was achieved.

[7]: 372–377 When the TV division of Radio Kochi started broadcasting, grassroots employees hoped to use Tokyo Broadcasting, which also had a radio station, as the affiliate, but due to physical constraints, they joined the Nippon Television Network [5] :256 .

[7]: 344  However, due to the booming Japanese economy at that time, Kochi Broadcasting's advertising revenue quickly resumed rapid growth.