Japan FM Network (JFN; ) is a Japanese commercial

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. It was founded in 1981.

Tokyo FM (abbreviation:TFM) is a radio station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flagship station of the Japan FM Network (JFN). Timeline The station's forerunner, FM Tokai (FM東海, abbreviated FMT), owned by Tokai University, was launched on ...

is the

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of the network.

Overview

FM Tokyo (Tokyo FM), FM Aichi, FM Osaka, and FM Fukuoka, the initial commercial FM stations, established a network protocol on May 20, 1981. This followed the launch of the first stereo broadcasting line on April 1, 1980. TOKYO FM serves as the key station. The council’s secretariat is located in the JFN Center Building at 1-8 Koji-cho,

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, Tokyo, near the headquarters of TOKYO FM, with many member bureaus’ Tokyo branch offices also situated in the building.

List of affiliates

Stations are listed in Japanese order of prefectures which is mirrored in ISO 3166-2:JP.

FMQ League

FMQ League () is a group of radio stations mostly comprising JFN affiliates in the region of

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; FM Okinawa is not a part of this group, but FMQ League is joined by FM Yamaguchi from

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. FM Fukuoka serves as the chief station.

Areas without a JFN station

The prefectures the JFN is yet to have a presence are Chiba, Ibaraki,

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, Saitama,

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and Yamanashi. Ibaraki had no assigned frequency, the local frequency was used by NHK FM in 1992.

Frequency assigned, but yet to be launched

- 85.8 MHz *

- 77.2 MHz

Special affiliates

Former affiliate station

References

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