NHK Radio 1

NHK AM
Broadcast areaJapan
FrequenciesMW in kHz: 540, 549, 567, 594, 612, 639, 666, 684, 729, 891, 963, 1071, 1323, 1503
Programming
Language(s)Japanese
FormatNews, talk, sport and drama
Ownership
OwnerNHK
NHK Radio 2
NHK FM Broadcast
History
First air date
22 March 1925; 99 years ago (1925-03-22)
Former names
NHK Radio 1
Call sign meaning
NHK AM
Technical information
Power300kW (594KHz JOAK)
Links
WebcastNHK Net Radio(only in Japan)
WebsiteNHK.or.jp/r1/

NHK AM (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, LRT Radijas in Lithuania and Radyo 1 in Turkey. [1] NHK Radio 1 is available mainly on AM. The callsign is JOAK in Tokyo. It began broadcasting on July 12, 1925. During World War II, it often broadcast official announcements.[2]

  1. ^ "Regular Radio Broadcasting Begins". Archived from the original on 8 June 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ Chun, Jayson Makoto (6 December 2006). A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots?: A Social History of Japanese Television, 1953 - 1973. Routledge. ISBN 9781135869762. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2017.