Tokyo FM

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Tokyo FM (JOAU-FM)
Broadcast areaGreater Tokyo
Frequency80.0 MHz
Programming
FormatTop 40 Mainstream
AffiliationsJFN
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
April 26, 1970
Technical information
ERP125,000 watts
HAAT307.5 meters
Transmitter coordinates
35°39′31.01″N 139°44′43.52″E / 35.6586139°N 139.7454222°E / 35.6586139; 139.7454222
Links
WebcastRadiko.jp/#FMT[2]
WebsiteTokyo FM Web site
Headquarters

Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (株式会社エフエム東京, Kabushiki gaisha Efu Emu Tōkyō, literally Stock company FM Tokyo) (abbreviation:TFM) is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flagship station of the Japan FM Network (JFN).

Timeline[edit]

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[edit]

JOAU-FM

Rebroadcasters of JOAU-FM
City of license Identifier Frequency Power
Niijima N/A 76.7 MHz 100 watts
Hachijo N/A 84.3 MHz 10 watts
Ōme N/A 83.6 MHz 20 watts
Hachioji N/A 80.5 MHz 10 watts
Hinohara N/A 86.6 MHz 300 watts

Program[edit]

Website[edit]

References[edit]

  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