{{Short description|Radio station in Osaka, Japan}} {{Expand Japanese|エフエム大阪|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox radio station | name = JOBU-FM | logo = Fmosaka.jpg | city = Minato-ku, Osaka | country = JP | area = Osaka Prefecture | branding = FM Osaka | frequency = 85.1 MHz | translator = Nose 77.4 MHz | repeater = | airdate = {{Start date and age|1970|4|1|df=y}} | format = Full service–contemporary hit radio–J-Pop | language = Japanese | power = 10,000 watts | erp = 25,000 watts | haat = | class = | facility_id = | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = | licensing_authority = MIC | affiliations = Japan FM Network | owner = FM Osaka Co., Ltd. | licensee = | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = {{URL|https://www.fmosaka.net/}} }} thumb|300px|FM OSAKA Tower Station {{nihongo|'''FM Osaka'''|エフエム大阪}} is an FM radio station in Osaka, Japan. The station is an affiliate of Japan FM Network (JFN).
FM Osaka started broadcasting on April 1, 1970. It was the second commercial FM radio station to launch in Japan after FM Aichi. During its early years, FM Osaka transmitted from Mount Ikoma but later moved to Mount Iimori in June 1971, increasing its reception by 30%.<ref name="transmitter">「僕はFMしか知らなかった」Kyodo News, edited on behalf of FM Osaka, page 69.</ref>
FM Osaka's main studios are located at "Minatomachi River Place" in Minato, Naniwa, Osaka, in use since July 22, 2002. Its previous studios was at the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Headquarters building in Nakanoshima.
It was one of the thirteen commercial radio stations that took part in the pilot project that would become Radiko in 2010.<ref>『民放ラジオ13社、ネット同時送信へ 首都圏・関西』 - Asahi Shimbun, 13 February 2010、『在京・在阪の民放13局が3月からネット配信解禁へ』 - CNET Japan, 15 February 2010</ref>
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==See also== * List of radio stations in Japan * aiko - one of FM Osaka's disc jockeys, started as a DJ before her singing career.
==External links== * [http://fmosaka.net FM OSAKA] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Radio stations in Japan Category:Radio stations established in 1970 Category:Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Category:Mass media in Osaka