The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry named six female newscasters Wednesday as "ambassadors" to promote digital terrestrial broadcasting, which will mark its first anniversary Dec. 1.

The newscasters are Yuriko Shimazu of NHK, Noriko Baba of Nippon TV, Hitomi Nakamura of Fuji TV, Tamayo Marukawa of TV Asahi, Kanae Takeuchi of TBS and Tomoko Morimoto of TV Tokyo.

The six will appear on various TV programs from Dec. 1 to 7 to explain the features and advantages of digital terrestrial broadcasting.