Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (株式会社エフエム東京, Kabushiki gaisha Efu Emu Tōkyō) (abbreviation:TFM) is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flagship station of the Japan FM Network (JFN).
Timeline
The station's forerunner, FM Tokai (FM東海, abbreviated FMT), owned by Tokai University, was launched on May 1, 1960 as an experimental station (call sign at the time of founding in 1958 JS2AO, changed in 1960 to JS2H. This station closed on April 25, 1970, replaced the next day by Tokyo FM, Japan's third commercial FM-radio broadcaster, after FM Aichi and FM Osaka. In 1985, the station's headquarters moved from the Kokusai-Tsushin Center (later KDD, now KDDI) buildings in Nishi-Shinjuku, where they had been since 1974, to the current location, Koujimachi in Chiyoda ward. The TOKYO FM Midtown Studio, a satellite studio, was closed down on January 15, 2017.
Broadcasting
JOAU-FM broadcasts at a frequency of 80.0 MHz from the Tokyo Tower.
Rebroadcasters of JOAU-FM| City of license | Identifier | Frequency | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niijima | N/A | 76.7 MHz | 100 watts |
| Hachijo | N/A | 84.3 MHz | 10 watts |
| Ōme | N/A | 83.6 MHz | 20 watts |
| Hachioji | N/A | 80.5 MHz | 10 watts |
| Hinohara | N/A | 86.6 MHz | 300 watts |
Programs
- Countdown Station (simulcast over all JFN Stations)
- Zen-Noh presents Countdown JP
- COSMO presents Pop's Best 10
- LAWSON presents SOUND IN MY LIFE
- Tatsuro Yamashita presents Rakuten Card Sunday Song Book
- Suzuki Talking FM (hosted by Masaharu Fukuyama)
- morinaga presents Ayaka Hirahara Healing Venus (simulcast over FM OSAKA and FM AICHI(@fm))
- Atsuko Maeda's Heart Songs
- School of Lock! (simulcast over all JFN Stations)
- J1 League FAN-SHOW with Deloitte
- Soccer Arena with Weiß Schwarz and Unisys