is a multilingual
FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5
MHz
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FM to the
Kansai
The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolitan ...
area which includes
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
,
Kyoto
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,
Hyōgo(city of Kobe),
Nara
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,
Shiga
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the northe ...
, and
Wakayama prefectures. FM Cocolo's former owner was based at the
Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building (Cosmo Tower) in
Suminoe-ku,
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
,
Japan.
FM Cocolo is part of the Megalopolis Radio Network (
MegaNet), linking Japan's international FM radio stations (
InterFM, FM Cocolo, RADIOi and LoveFM), covering more than 65% of Japan's population.
Most of the programs on FM Cocolo are in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
and
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
, with programs in
Chinese,
French,
Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
,
Hindi
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,
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesia ...
,
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
,
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
,
Malaysian
Malaysian may refer to:
* Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia
* Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia
* Malaysian people, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regar ...
,
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
,
Sinhalese
Sinhala may refer to:
* Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka
* Sinhalese people
* Sinhala language
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,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
,
Thai and
Vietnamese air in allocated timeslots.
Branding
is a
Japanese
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* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
term for "heart", and also
stands for Cooperation, Communication, Love.
History
FM Cocolo began
broadcasting
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in October 16, 1995.
On April 1, 2012,
FM802 Co., Ltd., through its subsidiary ''802 MediaWorks'', bought Kansai Intermedia, making FM Cocolo its
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
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Slogan
* "Whole Earth Station"
* "The Heart of the City"
Disc Jockeys
* Anin (
Indonesia
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)
* Anung (
Indonesia
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)
* Toshihide Baba
* Don Beaver (also a
navigator
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for
sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio or television stations operated by the same company, either by direct ownership or through a management agreement.
Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
FM802
(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latecomer to the radio broadcasting market, it was a fo ...
)
* Mayumi Chiwaki
* Chris
* Cindy (
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
)
* Eric
* Masayuki Furuya
* Gary
* Setsubai Haku
* Huy (
Vietnam
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)
* Namiko Ikeda
* Shozo Ise
* Yukio Iwata
* Wolfman Jack
* Janne
* Kong Kamasami
* Yukinobu Kami
* KAN
* Matsuo Khanittha (
Thailand
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)
* Kim, Hee-tae (
South Korea
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)
* Kim, Soo-jung (
South Korea
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)
* Kiyomi
* Mamiko Kotani
* Li, Jia (
PR China
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)
* Maxie (
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
)
* Meme
* Mina (
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
)
* Yoshitaka Minami
* Monica
* Mylan (
Vietnam
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)
* Mitsuko Nagao
* Kaname Nemoto
* Karen Okubo
* Masaji Otsuka
* Rahman (
Malaysia
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)
* Rogerio (
Portugal
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)
* Roxana (
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
)
* Sandya (
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
)
* Sirinada (
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
)
* Sunny (
India
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)
* Masayuki "Mark E" Taniguchi (also a
navigator
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for
sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio or television stations operated by the same company, either by direct ownership or through a management agreement.
Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
FM802
(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latecomer to the radio broadcasting market, it was a fo ...
)
* Ryudo Uzaki
* Satomi Wakura
* Xiaochen (
PR China
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)
See also
*
MegaNet
*
InterFM
*
Love FM
*
Radio neo
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*
FM802
(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latecomer to the radio broadcasting market, it was a fo ...
External links
Official website{{in lang, ja
Brand-new Osaka, Osaka Prefectural Government
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Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
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Filipino-language radio stations