NHK Radio 1
NHK Radio 1 (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, Radio National in Australia, CBC Radio One in Canada and Radyo 1 in Turkey . NHK Radio 1 is available mainly on AM. The callsign is JOAK in Tokyo. It began broadcasting on March 22, 1925. During World War II, it often broadcast official announcements.
| Broadcast area | Japan |
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| Frequencies | MW in kHz: 540, 549, 567, 594, 612, 639, 666, 684, 729, 891, 963, 1071, 1323, 1503 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Japanese, English |
| Format | News, talk, sport and drama |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NHK |
| NHK Radio 2 NHK FM Broadcast | |
| History | |
First air date | 22 March 1925 |
Call sign meaning | NHK Radio 1 |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 500kW |
| Links | |
| Webcast | NHK Net Radio(only in Japan) |
| Website | NHK.or.jp/r1/ |
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