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JOAV-FM
City of license Tokyo, Japan
Broadcast area Greater Tokyo Area
Branding 81.3 J-Wave
Slogan "The Best Music on the Planet"
Frequency 81.3 MHz
First air date August 1, 1988 (as FM Japan)
Format J-pop/CHR
Power 10kW
ERP 10,000 Watts
Facility ID N/A
Callsign meaning J(O)-wAVe FM
Affiliations Japan FM League
Owner J-Wave Inc. (owned by Credit Saison, Nippon Broadcasting System, Kyodo News, and other stakeholders)
Webcast J-Wave on radiko
J-Wave on Ustream
Website www.j-wave.co.jp

J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Tower to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music covering a wide range of formats. The station is considered the most popular among FM broadcasts in Tokyo,[1] and has surprised the radio broadcast industry by gaining a higher popularity rate than an AM station (JOQR-AM) in a survey conducted in June 2008.[2] J-Wave was founded in October 1988 with the callsign of JOAV-FM. It is a member station of the Japan FM League (JFL) commercial radio network.[3]

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[edit] Features

J-WAVE's slogan is "The Best Music on the Planet." The DJs are known as "navigators" (nabigētā). The music format can be considered a Japanese equivalent of the Western concept of Top 40 or CHR radio.

Hundreds of different jingles separate programs from commercials; they are generally played at the same decibel level and are variations on a single melody.[citation needed] J-Wave has been broadcast via satellite since 1994.

[edit] History

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On December 10, 1987, J-WAVE was incorporated and started test broadcasts on the FM band at 81.3 MHz beginning August 1, 1988. On October 1 of that year, it started transmission from Tokyo Tower. J-Wave was rated 27th nationwide at the time, and second in Tokyo. While other radio stations focused more on presentation, J-WAVE adopted a "more music less talk" format.

The station had a large fanbase because of its unusual programming style, playing music non-stop except for jingles and breaks for news, traffic and weather. The law in Japan at that time stipulated that programming had to be maximum 80% music, and minimum 20% talk and continuity.

J-WAVE coined the term "J-pop", which is only vaguely defined. However, as the years went by, the station lost influence. Sponsor after sponsor pulled their ads because of the growing irrelevance of the programming to what they were selling.

Around 1995, J-WAVE hired new personalities in an attempt to rejuvenate itself. Its term "J-POP" became synonymous with commercially palatable Japanese music from across the spectrum, except for traditional Japanese music. Specials started to air around this time, and the station took steps to attract a listener base desirable for higher ad revenues.

The format J-WAVE introduced to Japan, "more music less talk" almost disappeared during reorganization in early 1997, when DJ banter became more pronounced.

Today, J-WAVE has changed dramatically since its first broadcast. The station acquired a solid listener base who were less interested in a pretense of social rebellion. Nonetheless, J-Wave has never hit the Number 1 rank in ratings in the last ten years in the Tokyo region.

On October 1, 2003, J-WAVE moved its head office to the 33rd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Minato, Tokyo.

[edit] Programs

[edit] Tokio Hot 100

Main article: Tokio Hot 100

J-WAVE has set up its own airplay charts [2], which tallies the songs were played the most during that week on its own station. Note: These should not be confused with the Japanese single charts, Oricon. Oricon has its own national airplay charts here.

There is also a TV version shown on MTV Japan. [3]

[edit] Others

[edit] Song of the year

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Condry, Ian (2006). Hip-hop Japan. Duke University Press. pp. 175. ISBN 0822338920. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=CH8Nj_bBxWoC. 
  2. ^ "J-Wave has drawn considerable attention in the industry with the 'phenomenal overtaking by an FM station of AM'", reported ZAKZAK, an internet news branch of Sankei Digital on 2008-07-23. It said that J-Wave ranked fourth with 0.9% share, overtaking Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (0.8%).(Japanese)[1]
  3. ^ Banerjee, Indrajit; Indrajit Banerjee & Stephen Logan (eds.), Stephen Logan, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Nanyang Technological University. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. AMIC. pp. 240. ISBN 9814136107. http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=Wo9YWvrWFcIC&pg=PA240&dq=%22Japan+FM+League%22+FM&lr=&as_brr=3. 

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