Tokyo FM

Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Logo used since 2020
Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社エフエム東京
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Efu Emu Tōkyō
Company type	Private KK
Industry	Media
Founded	March 17, 1970;55 years ago (1970-03-17)
Headquarters	Kōjimachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Natsui Karashima (president and CEO)
Services	Radio network
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]
Website	www.tfm.co.jp

JOAU-FM

Tokyo
Broadcast area	Greater Tokyo
Frequency	80.0 MHz
Branding	Tokyo FM
Programming
Language	Japanese
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Affiliations	Japan FM Network
Ownership
Owner	Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
History
First air date	April 26, 1970;55 years ago (1970-04-26)
Technical information
Licensing authority	MIC
Power	10,000 watts
ERP	125,000 watts
HAAT	307.5 meters
Transmitter coordinates	35°39′31.01″N139°44′43.52″E / 35.6586139°N 139.7454222°E / 35.6586139; 139.7454222
Links
Webcast	Radiko.jp/#FMT [2]

Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (株式会社エフエム東京, Kabushiki gaisha Efu Emu Tōkyō) (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
• Soccer Arena with Weiß Schwarz and Unisys

External links

• Tokyo FM

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