The Real Music Station
The Real Music Station
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The Real Music Station
When The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck the Kansai area of Western Japan in 1995, many foreign residents were left in a state of confusion because of a lack of emergen-cy information in any langauage other than Japanese. As a result, licenses for new radio stations broadcasting in foreign languages, particularly in the event of emergencies, were allotted in both Osaka and Tokyo, and InterFM started broadcasting in Tokyo in April 1996. Only Kanto FM station has a Kanto wide area license. Became a special member of the National FM Broadcasting Council from September 1, 2020.
With 'The Real Music Station,' for a catchphrase, InterFM plays a wide variety of music, primarily international repertoire, selected both by individual DJs and by a selection team within the programming department We broadcast live from early morning until late in the evening. In an era when radio is becoming more and more tightly formatted, InterFM has managed to retain a liberal stance in its programming.
| Name | InterFM897 Co., Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Station name | InterFM897 |
| Capital | 300 million yen |
| Executives |
Representative Director and Chairman Motohiro Iizuka Representative Director and President Yasuharu Takahara Managing Director Kosuke Fujiwara Managing Director Yuzo Takano Director Mamoru Nishikawa Director Masamitsu Murakami Corporate Auditor Masato Ouchi |
| Head Office | TV Tokyo Tennozu Studio 7th floor 1-3-3 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL: +81-3-5781-7610 |
| Nature of business | Foreign language ultra-short wave broadcasting and broadcast program production |
| Established | 14-Sep-1995 |
| Open | 1-Apr-1996 |
| Service area | Tokyo metropolitan area including 23 -ku of Tokyo and Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Chiba City, Saitama City |
| Listening population within the broadcast area | About 37 million Japanese / About 500,000 foreigners |
| Frequency | 89.7MHz |
| Broadcast output number | 10kw |
| Call sign | JODW-FM |
| Relay station transmission station | Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama City |
| Relay station frequency | 76.5MHz |
