is a Japanese

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which broadcasts to the Kanto area. It is one of the two flagship radio stations of National Radio Network (NRN) (the other station is ) and is a member of the

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History

The station was established in 1951 by the Society of St. Paul to promote

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religion on the Japanese culture. JOQR went on the air on March 31, 1952 as the Japan Cultural Broadcasting Association. Japan Cultural Broadcasting Association was formally dissolved on February 16, 1956 and the JOQR broadcast license was handed over the same day to a new succeeding company, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd. In 1957, Cultural Broadcasting established

Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network ...

as part of a joint venture with

Nippon Broadcasting System , or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, next to the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Founded in 1954, it is together with Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, the flagship station of the National Radio Network. Nippon Bro ...

. Cultural Broadcasting was one of the founding companies behind the creation of the

in 1967. To this day, Cultural Broadcasting remains associated with the Fujisankei Communications Group and has a 3.30% ownership in

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, the company it helped established with Nippon Broadcasting System in 1957 as Fuji Television. JOQR moved the head office from Wakaba,

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to QR Media Plus in Hamamatsuchō,

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on July 24, 2006, and started broadcasting from Hamamatsuchō at 13:00 on the same day. Society of St. Paul holds 30 percent of the station's shares, followed by

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(17.1%),

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(9.0%) and

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(8.5%).

Headquarters

It is headquartered at QR Media Plus - 31, Hamamatsuchō 1-chōme,

, Japan.

References

External links

Official website
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