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Broadcast area | North Kyushu Island (including parts of Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Oita, and Yamaguchi) |
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Frequency | 76.1 MHz |
Branding | Love FM |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Multilingual (English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and more) [1] |
Format | World ethnic |
Affiliations | MegaNet |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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JOZZ0AA-FM (community radio) | |
History | |
First air date | April 1, 1997 |
Call sign meaning | JOFukuoka's World Ethnic or Free Wave |
Technical information | |
Power | 100kW |
HAAT | 856 meters |
Translator(s) | 82.5 MHz (Fukuoka West) 82.7 MHz (Kitakyushu) |
Links | |
Website | www.lovefm.co.jp |
Love FM is a commercial radio station based in north Kyushu island, Japan, broadcasting on 76.1 FM from the Fukuoka park side studio to the Kyushu area. Love FM airs mostly music covering a wide range of styles. It is also the third launched international multiple-language radio station in Japan.
First "broadcasting operational company (Hoso Jigyosha)" registered under "broadcasting license (Hoso Jigyo Menkyo)" at launch of the service, was "Kyushu International FM K.K. Kyushu International FM Inc. (株式会社九州国際エフエム, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyu-shu- Kokusai Efu-Emu)", based in Tenjin, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken.
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