(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial
radio station
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based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome,
Kita-ku,
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
,
Japan
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, broadcasting on 80.2
FM from
Mount Iimori to
Kansai
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region. As a latecomer to the radio broadcasting market, it was a focal point for FM802 to differentiate from existing stations. Therefore, rather than featuring music promoted by the productions, they chose to air tunes of their choice in heavy rotation. The station is considered the most popular among younger generation in Osaka.
FM802 was founded in September 1988, going on air in June the following year, with the call sign of JOFV-FM. The station is a member of the
Japan FM League
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JFL's main ideal is to respect the operation of each of its affiliates, letting each affiliate flourish under its own terms. The network i ...
(JFL). It operates
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Navigators
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* Sachiko Aoyama
* Hiroaki Asai
* Don Beaver (also a
DJ for
sister station
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FM Cocolo
is a multilingual FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5 MHz FM to the Kansai area which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Hyōgo(city of Kobe), Nara, Shiga, and Wakayama prefectures. FM Cocolo's fo ...
)
* Komaki Doi
*
Dean Fujioka
, better known as , is a Japanese actor, singer-songwriter, musician, model and film director. He is a talent of Amuse, Inc.
Biography
Dean Fujioka was born in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Moving with his family, he grew up in Kamagaya, ...
* Yuichiro Furutachi
* Robert Harris
* Kazuyo Hayakawa
* Satoshi Hirano
* Daigo Iimuro
*
Masa Itoh
* Makiko Kato
* Miki Kato
* Ryuichi Kawamura
* Yume Kitou
* Koji Kubota
*
Yuki Mihara
*
Nao Minamisawa
is a Japanese actress. From 2012, she regularly appears in the ETV science program ''Science Zero''.
Biography
Minamisawa starred in '' Akai Ito''. She appeared in Junji Sakamoto's 2010 film '' Strangers in the City''. She is fluent in Korean.
...
* Hiroto Nakajima
* Shin Nishida
* Masao Nomura
* Kentaro Ochiai
* Takuto Onuki
* Takuya Takeuchi
* Masayuki "Mark E" Taniguchi (also a
DJ for
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
FM Cocolo
is a multilingual FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5 MHz FM to the Kansai area which includes Osaka, Kyoto, Hyōgo(city of Kobe), Nara, Shiga, and Wakayama prefectures. FM Cocolo's fo ...
)
* Hiro Teradaira
* Shirley Tomioka-Sheridan
* Junko Uchida
*
Yoshihito "Jiro" Wayama
* Mari Yamazoe
*
Kunihiko Yasui
is a Japanese voice actor who graduated from the Aichi Prefecture. He is employed by the talent agency 81 Produce. He was also asked by SNK to participate as a member of SNK's character image band, ''Band of Fighters'' based on the game series ' ...
(
blocktime
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)
* Masahiro Yoshimura
Former
*
Fumiya Fujii
is a Japanese musician, actor and former lead singer of The Checkers born in Kurume. His younger brother is Naoyuki Fujii, a musician and former sax player for The Checkers. His eldest son is Fuji TV announcer Kōki Fujii. He formerly belonged t ...
Time signals
* The commercial message from a sponsor is played.
* The announcer says, "At the tone, the time is _ AM/PM from (sponsor)." It is followed by a short beep.
Notes
External links
FM802 Official website*
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Radio stations in Japan
Radio in Japan
Companies based in Osaka Prefecture