The Japan FM League (JFL; Japanese: ジャパン エフエム リーグ) is a Japanese commercial radio network. It is organised by J-Wave and was established on 1 October 1993.
JFL's main ideal is to respect the operation of each of its affiliates, letting each affiliate flourish under its own terms. The network is a co-operative, with each affiliate offering its resources when useful. So, for example, when J-Wave wants to air a concert or ask for interviews when a group tours in Nagoya, it can easily borrow the studios of Zip FM (the JFL affiliate there) to help produce what's needed.
List of affiliates
| Broadcasting area(s) | Station | Frequency | Start date of broadcast |
Note(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefecture(s) | Region | On air branding | Call sign | |||
| Hokkaidō | FM North Wave | JOPV-FM | 82.5 MHz | 1 August 1993 | ||
| Tokyo[1] | Kantō | J-Wave | JOAV-FM | 81.3 MHz | 1 October 1988 | |
| Aichi | Chūbu | Zip FM | JOQV-FM | 77.8 MHz | 1 October 1993 | |
| Osaka | Kansai | FM802 | JOFV-FM | 80.2 MHz | 1 June 1989 | |
| Fukuoka | Kyūshū | Cross FM | JORV-FM | 78.7 MHz | 1 September 1993 | Operated by old management (FM Kyushu Co., Ltd.) until 30 June 2008; took over by new company (Cross FM Co., Ltd.) since 1 July 2008 |
Former affiliate station
| Broadcasting area(s) | Station | Frequency | Years of affiliation |
Note(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefecture | Region | On air branding | Call sign | |||
| Niigata | Chūbu | FM Port | JOWV-FM | 79.0 MHz | 2000–2020 | Ceased operation on 30 June 2020 |
Programmes
- Hot 100
References
- ^ Banerjee, Indrajit; Stephen Logan, eds. (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. AMIC. p. 240. ISBN 978-981-4136-10-5.
External links
- Japan FM League at J-Wave (in Japanese)
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