Its call sign is JOKM-DTV (JOKM-TV during the analog broadcasting period) and occupies the UHF channel 18 on the airwaves.

Although there were already five main broadcasters in the Kanto region in the late 1960s, they actually lacked information on what was happening outside the Tokyo Prefecture.

[1]: 6  In 1969, the Ministry of Posts would issue UHF TV licenses for the six Kanto prefectures.

Immediately, 12 companies in Kanagawa Prefecture were interested for operating a TV station.

[1]: 7 As an independent station, tvk's programming consists mostly of local information, alternative music (some of whose musicians continue to appear on tvk, even after mainstream success), local sports, educational programmes, and anime.