Nippon Broadcasting System

Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
Native name
株式会社ニッポン放送
Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Hōsō
Company typeSubsidiary KK
IndustryBroadcasting
FoundedApril 1, 2006 (2006-04-01) (spun off from the former Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. founded in 1954)
Headquarters9-3, Yūrakuchō, ,
Japan
Key people
Maki Hiwara (president and CEO)
Number of employees
121 (June 2021)
ParentFuji Media Holdings
Websitehttps://www.jolf.co.jp/
JOLF
Broadcast areaKanto region
Frequency1242 kHz (AM), 93.0 MHz (FM)
BrandingAM Radio 1242 Nippon Hōsō (AMラジオ1242ニッポン放送, AM Rajio ichi ni yo ni Nippon Hōsō)
Programming
LanguageJapanese
FormatTalk, Sports
AffiliationsNational Radio Network
History
First air date
July 15, 1954 (1954-07-15)
Technical information
Licensing authority
MIC
Power100,000 watts (AM 1242 kHz)
7,000 watts (FM 93 MHz)
ERP57,000 watts (FM 93 MHz)
Links
Webcasthttps://radiko.jp/#LFR (Japan only)
Websitehttps://www.1242.com

Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (株式会社ニッポン放送, Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Hōsō), or JOLF, is a Japanese radio station based in Yurakucho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, headquartered near the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group.[1] Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings and both companies are affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group.

Reportedly the most listened-to radio station in the world in 1990,[2] Nippon Broadcasting System was instrumental in the creation of several companies including Fuji Television in 1957, Pony Canyon in 1966 and the Fujisankei Communications Group in 1967.[3][4][5] Nippon Broadcasting System is also the home of the long-running radio program All Night Nippon.

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fujisankei-g.co.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Asia, and then the world". The Straits Times. October 31, 1990. ...the Nippon Broadcasting System, which is the most listened-to station in the world;...
  3. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 29 October 1990.
  4. ^ "ポニーキャニオン公式企業サイト" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ "【ベンチャー三国志】vol.19 楽天、TBS買収に挑む/楽天会長兼社長 三木谷浩史". Kigyoka Club (in Japanese). April 27, 2013. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018.

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