InterFM

JODW-FM
City Japan Tokyo
Broadcast area Greater Tokyo
Branding InterFM897
Slogan The Real Music Station
Frequency 89.7 MHz (Tokyo Tower)
Translator(s) 76.5 MHz (Yokohama)
First air date April 1, 1996 (1996-04-01)
Format International pop music, information
Language(s) Japanese (mostly), English (mostly), Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Indonesian, Spanish, Thai, Portuguese, and French
Power 10,000 watts (Tokyo)
300 watts (Yokohama)
Former frequencies 76.1 MHz (April 1996-October 2015)
Affiliations MegaNet
Owner InterFM Inc.
(joint venture of Kinoshita Management Inc. and TV Tokyo Corporation)
Website http://www.interfm.co.jp/

InterFM (JODW-FM 89.7 MHz Tokyo, 76.5 MHz Yokohama; branding as InterFM897) is a commercial radio station on the Frequency Modulation (FM), transmitting in the Greater Tokyo area (including Narita International Airport), owned and operated by InterFM Inc. (株式会社InterFM), jointly owned by Kinoshita Management Inc. and the Japanese television network TV Tokyo.

It is the key station of MegaNet.

InterFM started broadcasting from its new frequency of 89.7 MHz on June 26, 2015 with its first official broadcast started on June 30 the same year at 6:00 pm. InterFM ended broadcasting on its old frequency on October 31, 2015.

Programming

InterFM's slogan is The Real Music Station since April 2013. Its previous slogan was "Tokyo's No. 1 Music Station".

The station uses English as its main language besides Japanese, with the Public Service Announcement segments aired in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Indonesian, Spanish, Thai, Portuguese, and French to better serve the international community in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and its vicinity, not to mention news and other information bits in Japanese that the locals will find convenient.

70% of its airtime is dedicated to music created and played worldwide, while the remaining 30% goes to Japanese pop and rock music selected in large part by a committee.

InterFM broadcast style mirrors American FM radio style and is consistent with stations in networks such as iHeartMedia in the United States.

Rebroadcasters of JODW-FM
City of licenseIdentifierFrequencyPower
YokohamaN/A76.5 MHz300 watts

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