Tokyo FM explained

Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
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Native Name:株式会社エフエム東京
Native Name Lang:ja
Romanized Name:Kabushiki-gaisha Efu Emu Tōkyō
Industry:Media
Services:Radio network
Type:Private KK
Owner:(As of March 31, 2015)
Tokai University (10.22%)
Nippon Television City Corp. (7.28%)
Dai Nippon Printing (4.98%)
Mizuho Bank (4.94%)
Yomiuri Shimbun (4.88%)
Panasonic (4.88%)
Hokuriku University (4.44%)
NEC (4.00%)
JTSB investment trusts (3.33%)
Mizuho Capital (2.89%)[1]
Key People:Natsui Karashima (president and CEO)
Hq Location:Kōjimachi
Hq Location City:Chiyoda, Tokyo
Hq Location Country:Japan
JOAU-FM
Branding:Tokyo FM
Country:JP
Area:Greater Tokyo
Language:Japanese
Frequency:80.0 MHz
Format:Contemporary hit radio
Licensing Authority:MIC
Power:10,000 watts
Erp:125,000 watts
Haat:307.5 meters
Coordinates:35.6586°N 139.7454°W
Owner:Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Webcast:Radiko.jp/#FMT[2]
Affiliations:Japan FM Network

(abbreviation:TFM) is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flagship station of the Japan FM Network (JFN).

Timeline

The station's forerunner, FM Tokai (FM東海, abbreviated FMT), owned by Tokai University, was launched on May 1, 1960 as an experimental station (call sign at the time of founding in 1958 JS2AO, changed in 1960 to JS2H. This station closed on April 25, 1970, replaced the next day by Tokyo FM, Japan's third commercial FM-radio broadcaster, after FM Aichi and FM Osaka. In 1985, the station's headquarters moved from the Kokusai-Tsushin Center (later KDD, now KDDI) buildings in Nishi-Shinjuku, where they had been since 1974, to the current location, Koujimachi in Chiyoda ward. The TOKYO FM Midtown Studio, a satellite studio, was closed down on January 15, 2017.

Broadcasting

JOAU-FM broadcasts at a frequency of 80.0 MHz from the Tokyo Tower.

Programs

Notes and References

  1. 『日本民間放送年鑑(Japan Commercial Broadcasting Yearbook)2015』, published by The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association, 2015, page 273
  2. Available to listen outside Japan only with special third-party plug-in on Chrome and Firefox browsers