(JOZZ6AA-FM, 84.3 MHz) is a community FM radio station in

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, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the third "community FM radio station" opened in Japan. Its broadcast reach an area roughly bounded by

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in the east, and Gamagori and

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in the west. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, except parts of Sunday nights during which it carries the signal of

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MusicBird transmissions.

History

FM Toyohashi first started broadcasting in Toyohashi and on the trains of the

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on August 18, 1992 as a mini FM radio station with a very low output power, which just enabled it qualify as a community FM radio station. Once it became established with an assigned frequency of 84.3 MHz, it raised its output power to 1

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in 1993, to 10 watts in 1995 and to 20 watts in 1999, resulting in a much larger broadcasting area.

Features

*Broadcasting from the southeastern portion of Aichi prefecture, its programming focuses on Shizuoka prefecture west. Hence the name "Community FM Radio station." *It has a very high listenership, especially given its very low transmitting power and community FM status. *Also interchange with the Hamamatsu FM broadcast ( FM Haro!) of Hamamatsu city and Iida FM broadcast of Ida city is active. Personality and staff of three bureaus being even in all, there are also times when live programming is done. *From 1996 to 2002, the radio station transmitted a one-hour programme in

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for the large Brazilian minority in the Aichi Prefecture. *Its transmission antenna is on the 120-meter Holiday Tower, the highest building in Toyohashi.

External links

FM Toyohashi 84.3 Radio Official Website(Japanese)IPC Digital - list of Portuguese-language radio stations in Japan
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