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. ", based in Tenjin, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken.
Since January 1, 2011, the registrant for this broadcasting operational company has been updated under the name of "Tenjin FM K.K.", which used to run a community FM station called "FREE WAVE".
Programs are broadcast in 10 languages to over 1,000,000 Japanese and 70,000 foreigners on FM wave (along with 140,000,000 Japanese nationwide.) The reception areas are
Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
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Kumamoto
is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2.
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Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...
76.1 MHz, and Fukuoka nishi 82.5 MHz, a part of
Yamaguchi/
Kitakyushu 82.7 MHz.
History
*1997: On April 1 opens as the third multi-lingual radio station in Japan.
*1999: On December 1 joins MegaNet.
*2002: On February 11 Fukuoka Tower transmission begins.
See also
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MegaNet
The or is Japan's only network of multi-lingual commercial radio stations. The network was established in December 1999. Currently all such stations are members of the network. The flagship station is InterFM in Tokyo.
They all broadcast in ...
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InterFM
InterFM (JODW-FM 89.7 MHz Tokyo, 76.5 MHz Yokohama) is a Japanese commercial radio station on the FM band, transmitting in the Greater Tokyo area (including Narita International Airport), and owned and operated by . Since September 202 ...
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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 ...
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Radio Neo
References
External links
Official website
Love FM
Mass media in Fukuoka
Filipino-language radio stations
Radio stations established in 1997
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