Japan FM League

The Japan FM League (JFL; {{Langx|ja|ジャパンエフエムリーグ}}) is a Japanese commercial radio network. It is organised by J-Wave and was established on 1 October 1993.

JFL's main ideal is to respect the operation of each of its affiliates, letting each affiliate flourish under its own terms. The network is a co-operative, with each affiliate offering its resources when useful. So, for example, when J-Wave wants to air a concert or ask for interviews when a group tours in Nagoya, it can easily borrow the studios of Zip FM (the JFL affiliate there) to help produce what's needed.

List of affiliates

class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" \| Broadcasting area(s) ! colspan="2" \| Station ! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" \| Frequency ! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" \| Start date of broadcast ! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" \| Note(s)
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colspan="2" \| Hokkaidō ! FM North Wave \| JOPV-FM \| 82.5 MHz \| 1 August 1993 \|
Tokyo{{cite book \|editor-last=Banerjee \|editor-first=Indrajit \|editor2=Stephen Logan\| title = Asian Communication Handbook 2008 \| publisher = AMIC \| date = 2008 \| page = 240 \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo9YWvrWFcIC&dq=%22Japan+FM+League%22+FM&pg=PA240 \| isbn = 978-981-4136-10-5 }} \| Kantō ! J-Wave \| JOAV-FM \| 81.3 MHz \| 1 October 1988 \|
Aichi \| Chūbu ! Zip FM \| JOQV-FM \| 77.8 MHz \| 1 October 1993 \|
Osaka \| Kansai ! FM802 \| JOFV-FM \| 80.2 MHz \| 1 June 1989 \|
Fukuoka \| Kyūshū ! Cross FM \| JORV-FM \| 78.7 MHz \| 1 September 1993 \| Operated by old management (FM Kyushu Co., Ltd.) until 30 June 2008; took over by new company (Cross FM Co., Ltd.) since 1 July 2008

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! colspan="2" | Broadcasting area(s)

! colspan="2" | Station

! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | Frequency

! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | Start date of
broadcast

! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | Note(s)

style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | Prefecture(s)

! style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | Region

! style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | On air branding

! style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" | Call sign

colspan="2" | Hokkaidō

! FM North Wave

| JOPV-FM

| 82.5 MHz

| 1 August 1993

Tokyo{{cite book |editor-last=Banerjee |editor-first=Indrajit |editor2=Stephen Logan| title = Asian Communication Handbook 2008 | publisher = AMIC | date = 2008 | page = 240 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo9YWvrWFcIC&dq=%22Japan+FM+League%22+FM&pg=PA240 | isbn = 978-981-4136-10-5 }}

| Kantō

! J-Wave

| JOAV-FM

| 81.3 MHz

| 1 October 1988

Aichi

| Chūbu

! Zip FM

| JOQV-FM

| 77.8 MHz

| 1 October 1993

Osaka

| Kansai

! FM802

| JOFV-FM

| 80.2 MHz

| 1 June 1989

Fukuoka

| Kyūshū

! Cross FM

| JORV-FM

| 78.7 MHz

| 1 September 1993

| Operated by old management (FM Kyushu Co., Ltd.) until 30 June 2008; took over by new company (Cross FM Co., Ltd.) since 1 July 2008

=Former affiliate station=

class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="2" \| Broadcasting area(s) ! colspan="2" \| Station ! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" \| Frequency ! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" \| Years of affiliation ! rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:3px solid green;" \| Note(s)
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Niigata \| Chūbu ! FM Port \| JOWV-FM \| 79.0 MHz \| 2000–2020 \| Ceased operation on 30 June 2020