FM Toyohashi
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| Broadcast area | Toyohashi, Japan |
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| Branding | FM Toyohashi |
| First air date | frequency = 84.3 (MHz) |
| Format | Community radio |
| ERP | 20 |
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| Website | www.843fm.co.jp |
FM Toyohashi (JOZZ6AA-FM, 84.30MHz) is a FM radio station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is the third "community FM radio station" opened in Japan. Its broadcasts reach an area roughly bounded by Hamamatsu, Shizuoka in the east, and Gamagori and Shinshiro, Aichi in the west. Excluding parts of Sunday nights, it broadcasts 24 hours a day. Part of the time it runs MusicBird programs.
Its transmission antenna is on the 120 meter Holiday Tower, the highest building in Toyohashi.
[edit] History
FM Toyohashi first started broadcasting in Toyohashi as a mini FM radio station with the very low output power to qualify as a community FM radio station. Once it became established as one, it raised the output power to 20 W, resulting in a much larger broadcasting area.
[edit] Features
- Broadcasting from the southern portion ofHigashi-Mikawa in Aichi prefecture, it's programming focuses on Shizuoka prefecture west. Hence the name "Community FM Radio station."
- This was the 3rd "Community FM Radio station" to be established in Japan thus becoming one of the leaders in expressing Japanese public opinion.
- Nearly 24 hour broadcasts, excluding a small amount of time on Sunday nights. During that brief period it carries the signal of Tokyo MusicBird transmissions.
- In the listening ratio inside the principal broadcast area, everything pulling out major radio broadcast, it acquires one rank. It is threat support ratio of exceptional case as a community FM broadcast.
- Also interchange with the Hamamatsu FM broadcast(FM Haro!) of Hamamatsu city and Iida FM broadcast of Ida city is active. Personality and staff of three bureaus being even in all, there are also times when release live program is done.
- From 1996 to 2002, at least, the radio station transmitted a one-hour programme in Portuguese for the large Brazilian minority in the Aichi Prefecture.
