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The listed stations with ★ signs also broadcast television. Many stations have multiple frequencies . Certain AM-only radio stations (or AM stations with limited FM simulcast coverage) will be broadcasting solely in FM by 2028. [3] The switch will not affect Hokkaido and Akita Prefectures and will continue AM-FM radio simulcasts.
NHK World Radio Japan (RJ) is the international radio arm of NHK. It broadcasts a weekly lineup of news, current affairs, cultural, and educative radio program focusing on Japan and Asia, for a daily total of 65 hours of broadcasts. Radio Japan provides two main feeds: The General Service broadcasts worldwide in Japanese and English.
In addition to NHK public radio, there are 48 AM and 51 FM stations in Japan divided between various private networks (Japan Radio Network and National Radio Network in AM, Japan FM Network, Japan FM League and MegaNet in FM). There is also a community radio circuit consisting of around 300 radio stations.
NHK-FM (NHK-FM, Enueichikei-Efuemu) is a Japanese radio station operated by the public broadcaster, NHK.Its programming output, which consists of classical music, jazz, rock, Japanese pop music, folk, seven times of news bulletins and talk is broadly similar to the BBC's Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 3 in the United Kingdom and KBS Happy FM, KBS Classic FM and KBS Cool FM in South Korea.
NHK AM (NHKラジオ第1放送, NHK Rajio Dai-ichi Hōsō) is Japan's oldest radio station operated by the public broadcaster, NHK.Its programming output, which consists of news, current affairs, and information is broadly similar to the BBC's Radio 4 in the United Kingdom, National Public Radio in the United States, CBC Radio One in Canada and Deutschlandfunk in Germany.
It maintains three radio stations available nationwide: NHK Radio 1 – Organized mainly on news, information, drama and entertainment programs. It began its broadcasts on July 12, 1925 as the first radio station of Japan. It is similar to BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom is also conducted (24-hour broadcast).
J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Skytree to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music, including J-pop, C-pop and Western music, covering a wide range of formats.
The station features the following four genres as the core of its programming: finance, JRA horse racing (weekends), health-medical, and culture. Radio Nikkei 1 is for general programs and eastern Japan horse-racing coverage. Radio Nikkei 2 is for live company stock price announcement and western Japan horse-racing coverage.