JODX-DTV, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 17), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), operated by the . Kansai TV is a company affiliated in Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Offices the headquarters – 1-7, Ogimachi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan Tokyo Branch Office – Jiji Press Building, 15-8, Ginza Gochome, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan Nagoya Branch Station – Telepia, 14-25, Higashi-Sakura Itchome, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Japan Advertising slogan April, 1975: Stay tune, Channel 8. (チャンネルそのまま8チャンネル, Because Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS) were exchanged; more details on the exchange in its own articles.) 1994: Dash 1995 – March, 1997: Peechiku-Park Station (ピーチクパークステーション, Hachiemon, the mascot character of Kansai TV, was born.) April, 1997–March 29, 2015 : Kante-le (カンテーレ) March 30, 2015 – present : More than, Kantele (超えろ。カンテレ) History of Kansai TV February 1, 1958 – Dai Kansai TV Company (大関西テレビ放送株式会社) was founded. July 5, 1958 – Dai Kansai TV was renamed "Kansai Telecasting Corporation", and started analog terrestrial telecasting on November 22. 1959 – Kansai TV formed a TV network with Fuji TV, Tokai TV and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting 1964 – The affiliated station of the network in Fukuoka changed to TV Nishinippon. 1966 – Fuji News Network (FNN) was formed. 1970 – Fuji Network System (FNS) was formed. 1982 – Kansai TV hosted the first Osaka Women's Marathon. 1992 – Kansai TV opened Lemon Studio in Tokyo. October 1, 1997 – Kansai TV moved the headquarters from Nishi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka to Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka. While its old Nishi-Temma headquarters demolished in 2011 and now as a car parking lot. December 1, 2003 – Kansai TV started digital terrestrial telecasting. July 24, 2011 – Analog terrestrial telecasting ended. March 30, 2015 – Kansai TV aborts its 51-year-old long-running abstract KTV-wordmark logo alongside its 8-symbol which ends their usage for the first time of 51 years since 1964, and by that, the station unifies its appellation as "Kantele (カンテレ)" as it adopts a new logo which consists of a purple 8 on a purple shadow and it is beside to the grey Kantale, so for now, its new logo will be stylized as "8 kantele (8 カンテレ)". Broadcasting Digital JODX-DTV Virtual: 8 Osaka (Mt. Ikoma) – Channel 17 Shiga Prefecture Otsu, Hikone, Koka – Channel 17 Shigaraki – Channel