is an
FM radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
in
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 ...
,
Japan. The station is an affiliate of
Japan FM Network
is a commercial radio network in Japan. It was founded in 1981.
TOKYO FM is the main station of the network.
Japan FM Network stations
Special station
Originally in JFN, but now independent
FM Fuji was a member from 1988 to 199 ...
(JFN).
FM Osaka started broadcasting on April 1, 1970. It was the second commercial FM radio station to launch in Japan after FM Aichi. During its early years, FM Osaka transmitted from Mount Ikoma but later moved to Mount Iimori.
FM Osaka's main studios are located at "Minatomachi River Place" in
Minato,
Naniwa, Osaka, in use since July 22, 2002. Its previous studios was at the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters building in
Nakanoshima
is a 3 km long and 50 hectares narrow sandbank in Kita-ku, Osaka city, Japan, that divides the Kyū-Yodo into the Tosabori and Dōjima rivers. Many governmental and commercial offices (including the city hall of Osaka), museums and other ...
.
See also
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List of radio stations in Japan
The list of radio stations in Japan lists all the national/regional radio stations in Japan.
Because of governmental regulation, Japan has a relatively small number of radio stations. Japan also has a comparatively smaller number of radio listen ...
*
aiko
is a female Japanese given name.
is a Japanese surname, also romanized as Aikoh or Aiko.
Aiko or Ayko is also a traditional male given name in Scandinavia and especially northern Germany. In Germany it is considered one of the old "ge ...
- one of FM Osaka's disc jockeys, started as a DJ before her singing career.
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Radio in Japan
Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
Mass media in Osaka