, stylized as FM COCOLO, is a multilingual
FM radio
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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 metropoli ...
area which includes
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
,
Kyoto
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,
Hyōgo(city of Kobe),
Nara
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,
Shiga, 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 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
,
Japan
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.
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 its programs on FM Cocolo are in
English and
Japanese, with programs in
Chinese,
French,
Filipino,
Hindi
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,
Indonesian,
Korean,
Malaysian,
Portuguese,
Sinhalese,
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
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...
,
Thai and
Vietnamese air in allocated timeslots, with different music genres played in each hour. Its variety of music contains
Top 40
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,
hot adult contemporary
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,
adult contemporary
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,
soft adult contemporary
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,
classic hits,
classic rock
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, and
oldies
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Since 2 ...
formats.
Easy listening
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music was also presented once an hour during the overnight hours, and some non-categorized music was also presented as well.
Branding
is a
Japanese 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
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
FM802
(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio broadcasting, radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM broadcasting, FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latec ...
)
* Mayumi Chiwaki
* Chris
* Cindy (
Philippines
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)
* 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
* Noriyuki Makihara
* 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)
* Maxie (
Sri Lanka
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)
* Meme
* Mina (
Philippines
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)
* 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
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)
* Sandya (
Sri Lanka
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)
* Sirinada (
Sri Lanka
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)
* 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 broadcasting, radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM broadcasting, FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latec ...
)
* Ryudo Uzaki
* Satomi Wakura
* Xiaochen (
PR China)
See also
*
MegaNet
*
InterFM
*
Love FM
*
Radio neo
*
FM802
(call sign JOFV-FM) is a commercial radio broadcasting, radio station based at Daiwa Building in Tenjimbashi Nichome, Kita-ku, Osaka, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, broadcasting on 80.2 FM broadcasting, FM from Mount Iimori to Kansai region. As a latec ...
External links
Official website
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522042521/http://www.pref.osaka.jp/koho/brand/04/en/informations/index.html , date=2007-05-22 , Brand-new Osaka, Osaka Prefectural Government
Radio stations established in 1995
FM Cocolo
, stylized as FM COCOLO, is a multilingual FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5 MHz FM broadcasting in Japan, FM to the Kansai area which includes Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Kyoto Prefecture, ...
Radio in Japan
FM Cocolo
, stylized as FM COCOLO, is a multilingual FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5 MHz FM broadcasting in Japan, FM to the Kansai area which includes Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Kyoto Prefecture, ...
FM Cocolo
, stylized as FM COCOLO, is a multilingual FM radio station owned and operated by FM 802 Co., Ltd. The station broadcasts on the 76.5 MHz FM broadcasting in Japan, FM to the Kansai area which includes Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Kyoto Prefecture, ...
Filipino-language radio stations