[1]: 26  In order to meet the equipment requirements for broadcasting television, Yamaguchi Radio built a two-story new headquarters in Tokuyama City Park District.

[1]: 32  At that time, China Radio in Hiroshima Prefecture to the east of Yamaguchi Prefecture (now China Broadcasting Corporation) and RKB Mainichi Broadcasting in Fukuoka Prefecture to the west were both members of the Tokyo Radio and Television Series network, while Fuji TV and NET TV had not yet prepared for syndicated broadcasts because they had just launched.

[1]: 40  In the same year, Yamaguchi Radio opened a broadcast relay station in Iwakuni City in the east.

[1]: 42–43  On June 1 of the same year, in response to the fact that television has surpassed radio as the main source of income, Yamaguchi Radio changed the company name to Yamaguchi Broadcasting and increased its capital to 230 million yen.

[1]: 46  In the same year, Yamaguchi Broadcasting also opened TV signal relay stations in Hagi and Iwakuni.

[1]: 78  The following year, Yamaguchi Broadcasting opened a new television studio with an area of 238 square meters.

The first private television station to broadcast stereo programs outside the Kinki region in Western Japan.

[1]: 129  In the same year, Yamaguchi Broadcasting also signed a sister station agreement with South Korea's Masan MBC.

[1]: 130 In August 1985, Yamaguchi Broadcasting began construction of a new nine-story headquarters building[5]:155, which was completed in September of the following year.

[1]: 178  The following year, Yamaguchi Broadcasting produced the Tomo Kazama starring in the Bakumatsu period drama "Ruyan Yoshida Shoin" (火の如く Yoshida Shoin), which was broadcast nationwide on the Nippon Television Network.

The Monet exhibition attracted 265,000 visitors, setting a record at the time for the Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art.