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.

JOFW-FM
Broadcast areaNorth Kyushu Island
(including parts of Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Saga, Oita, and Yamaguchi)
Frequency76.1 MHz
BrandingLove FM
Programming
Language(s)Multilingual
(English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and more)[1]
FormatWorld ethnic
AffiliationsMegaNet
Ownership
Owner
  • LOVE FM International Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
  • (Tenjin FM, K.K.)
JOZZ0AA-FM (community radio)
History
First air date
April 1, 1997 (1997-04-01)
Call sign meaning
JO Fukuoka's World Ethnic
or Free Wave
Technical information
Power100kW
HAAT856 meters
Translator(s)82.5 MHz (Fukuoka West)
82.7 MHz (Kitakyushu)
Links
Websitewww.lovefm.co.jp

First "broadcasting operational company (Hoso Jigyosha)" registered under "broadcasting license (Hoso Jigyo Menkyo)" at launch of the service, was "Kyushu International FM K.K. Kyushu International FM Inc. (株式会社九州国際エフエム, Kabushiki-gaisha Kyu-shu- Kokusai Efu-Emu)", 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/ Saga/ Kumamoto/ Oita/ Nagasaki 76.1 MHz, and Fukuoka nishi 82.5 MHz, a part of Yamaguchi/ Kitakyushu 82.7 MHz.

History

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  • 1997: On 1 April opens as the third multi-lingual radio station in Japan.
  • 1999: On 1 December joins MegaNet.
  • 2002: On 11 February Fukuoka Tower transmission begins.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "COMPANY - LOVE FM - 76.1MHz FM RADIO STATION". Love FM. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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