On February 25, 1926, Kenjiro Takayanagi of Hamamatsu Technical School in Shizuoka Prefecture successfully displayed the text "(イ)" on a television screen.

[1]: 9  In the same month, the Chunichi Shimbun also cooperated with Suzuki Motor and other companies to jointly submit an application to establish "Shizuoka Television Co., Ltd." (静岡テレビ株式会社).

[1]: 9  By April 1962, more than 10 companies in Shizuoka Prefecture had submitted applications to establish a second private television station.

[1]: 12–13  The three competing newspaper companies (Asahi, Mainichi and Yomiuri) withdrew from the application for the second private television station in Shizuoka Prefecture.

[1]: 30  On December 24 of the same year, Shizuoka TV began broadcasting commercials, starting its regular service.

[1]: 51  In October of the same year, the new studio at the Shizuoka TV headquarters was completed, with an area of 315 square meters.

Shizuoka TV faced more fierce advertising competition, and its turnover decreased for two consecutive years in 1979 and 1980.

[1]: 127  The following year, Shizuoka TV and South Korea's Daejeon Munhwa Broadcasting signed a sister station agreement.

[5] The main station (JOQH-TV; channel 35) was founded on February 13, 1968, and began broadcasting on December 24 of that year.

On March 23, 2005, the station began testing its digital terrestrial transmissions, which would formally commence on November 1 of that year, together with SDT and SATV.