is an
FM radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
in
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. The station is an affiliate of
Japan FM Network (JFN).
FM Osaka started broadcasting on April 1, 1970. It was the second commercial FM radio station to launch in Japan after FM Aichi. During its early years, FM Osaka transmitted from Mount Ikoma but later moved to Mount Iimori.
FM Osaka's main studios are located at "Minatomachi River Place" in
Minato,
Naniwa, Osaka, in use since July 22, 2002. Its previous studios was at the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters building in
Nakanoshima.
See also
*
List of radio stations in Japan
*
aiko - one of FM Osaka's disc jockeys, started as a DJ before her singing career.
External links
FM OSAKA
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Radio in Japan
Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
Mass media in Osaka