is an AM

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of National Radio Network (NRN) in

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 ...

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. It is a company of the Donuts group, which owns 34% of the shares in the company with the

Sankei Shimbun The , name short for , is a daily national newspaper in Japan published by the Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd, ranking amongst the top five most circulated newspapers in Japan. Together with its English-language paper ''Japan Forward'', the ''Sankei ...

, part of the

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owning 15.9% of the broadcaster's shares. Radio Osaka started broadcasting on July 1, 1958.

Offices of Radio Osaka

*The Headquarters - ORC200, 2-4, Benten Itchome, Minato-ku,

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

*Tokyo office - Musashi 7 Building, 2-4, Ginza Nanachome,

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Changing Frequency of Radio Osaka

*1958 - 1971: 1380 kHz, 3 kW *1971 - 1978: 1310 kHz, 50 kW *1978–Present: 1314 kHz, 50 kW

Broadcasting

JOUF *Osaka - 1314 kHz, 50 kW; 91.9 MHz FM *

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- 1314 kHz, 300W *Total:50.3 kW to 55 kW

Time signal

880 Hz ( A5)

Supplement

*The "OBC Song (OBCソング)" (lyrics by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如), music by Taku Izumi (いずみたく)) is Japan's first commercial broadcasting station's song produced in 1961. *The present headquarters and performance place are located on the fourth floor of the harp hall of the large-sized building "ORC200" near Bentencho Station in Benten Itchome, Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan, and the stereophonic broadcast is performed from the time transferred here.

Programs

*Yes! This is Toshiharu Harada (ほんまもん!原田年晴です) *Beppin Radio (高岡美樹のべっぴんラジオ) *Radio Yoshimoto Genki Super (ラジオよしもとむっちゃ元気スーパー) *5 up Yoshimoto Gachimori (5upよしもとガチモリ) * OBC Dramatic Keiba (OBCドラマティック競馬) *

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Express News (

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) *1314 V-STATION, etc. *Programs from other radio stations via network ** A Wake-up Call for You (あなたへモーニングコール, produced by

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, Inc. (TBS R&C), from 5 (JST) until 6 (JST) every day) **

All Night Nippon is a Japanese radio program broadcast by Nippon Broadcasting System and other radio stations. DJs The day of the week below are for the evening preceding in Japan, i.e. day in UTC. * Mondays – Thursdays, 13:00 UTC – 15:00 UTC wi ...

(オールナイトニッポン, produced by

Nippon Broadcasting System , or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, headquartered near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group. Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of Fu ...

, Inc. (LF), from 25 (JST) until 27 (JST) every Monday to Saturday)

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Kansai TV JODX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is the Kansai region key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS), owned-and-operated by the . Its studios and headquarters are located in Osaka and the broadcaster is an affi ...

Other radio stations in Osaka

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(ABC, 朝日放送) *

Mainichi Broadcasting System JOOY-DTV (channel 4), branded as or (formerly known as from 1959 to 2011), is a Japanese television station serving as the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network, owned-and-operated by a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings with ...

, Inc. (MBS, 毎日放送) * FM OSAKA (851, FM大阪) *

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 ...

(802, FM802) *

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, ...

(COCOLO, 関西インターメディア)

External links

The official website of Radio Osaka (OBC)
Radio stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Japan Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Radio stations in Japan Mass media in Osaka Fujisankei Communications Group Mass media companies established in 1958 {{Japan-radio-station-stub