Tokyo FM

Tokyo FM (JOAU-FM)
Chiyoda, Tokyo; Japan;
Broadcast area	Greater Tokyo
Frequency	80.0 MHz
Programming
Format	Top 40 Mainstream
Affiliations	JFN
Ownership
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%); (Tokyo FM Broadcasting Company);
History
First air date	April 26, 1970
Technical information
Power	10,000 watts
ERP	125,000 watts
HAAT	307.5 meters
Transmitter coordinates	35°39′31.01″N 139°44′43.52″E / 35.6586139°N 139.7454222°E
Links
Webcast	Radiko.jp/#FMT
Website	Tokyo FM Web site

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

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.

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

Programs

Countdown Station (simulcast over all JFN Stations)
- Zen-Noh presents Countdown JP
- COSMO presents Pop's Best 10
- LAWSON presents SOUND IN MY LIFE
Tatsuro Yamashita presents Rakuten Card Sunday Song Book
Suzuki Talking FM (hosted by Masaharu Fukuyama)
morinaga presents Ayaka Hirahara Healing Venus (simulcast over FM OSAKA and FM AICHI(@fm))
Atsuko Maeda's Heart Songs
School of Lock! (simulcast over all JFN Stations)
J1 League FAN-SHOW with Deloitte
Calcio's Room with Weiß Schwarz
Soccer Arena with Unisys

Website

Official website

References

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

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[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

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