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{{short description|Multicultural radio station in Tokyo}}
{{Expand Japanese|InterFM|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name               = JODW-FM
| logo               = InterFM Logo 2022.svg
| city               = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo]]
| area               = [[Greater Tokyo]]
| branding           = InterFM
| frequency          = 89.7 MHz ([[Tokyo Tower]])
| translator         = 76.5 MHz (Yokohama)
| repeater           =
| airdate            = April 1, [[1996 in radio|1996]]
| format             = International [[pop music]], [[infotainment|information]]
| language           = [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (mostly), [[English language|English]] (mostly), [[Mandarin Chinese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and [[French language|French]] (public service announcements)
| power              = 10,000 [[watt]]s (Tokyo)<br> 300 watts (Yokohama)
| erp                = 13,000 [[watt]]s (Tokyo)<br> 3,700 watts (Yokohama)
| haat               = 
| class              = 
| facility_id        = 
| coordinates        = 
| callsign_meaning   = 
| former_callsigns   = 
| former_frequencies = 76.1&nbsp;MHz (April 1996-October 2015)
| affiliations       = [[MegaNet]], [[Japan FM Network|JFN]] (special station)
| owner              = '''InterFM Inc.'''
| licensee           = ''Subsidiary of [[Japan FM Network|The Japan FM Network Company]]''<ref name="jfnc">{{Cite press release |title=株式会社InterFM897の全株式を株式会社ジャパンエフエムネットワークが取得 |publisher=The Japan FM Network Company |date=2020-09-01 |url=http://park-s3.gsj.mobi.s3.amazonaws.com/report/jfn_release_20200901.pdf |access-date=2020-09-01}}</ref>
| sister_stations    = [[Tokyo FM]]<br />[[:ja:Radio NEO|Radio NEO]] (formerly)
| webcast            = 
| website            = [http://www.interfm.co.jp www.interfm.co.jp] 
}}

''' InterFM ''' (JODW-FM 89.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]] [[Tokyo]], 76.5&nbsp;MHz [[Yokohama]]) is a Japanese commercial radio station on the [[FM broadcasting in Japan|FM band]], transmitting in the [[Greater Tokyo]] area (including [[Narita International Airport]]), and owned and operated by {{nihongo|'''InterFM897 Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社InterFM897}}. Since September 2020, it is a subsidiary of The Japan FM Network Company, owner of until then rival [[Tokyo FM]]. InterFM was formerly the key station of [[MegaNet]].

InterFM started broadcasting from its new frequency of 89.7&nbsp;MHz on June 26, 2015 with its first official broadcast started on June 30 the same year at 6:00&nbsp;p.m. InterFM ended broadcasting on its old frequency (76.1&nbsp;MHz) on October 31, 2015.

==Programming==
InterFM's slogan is ''The Real Music Station'' since April 2013. Its previous slogan was "Tokyo's No. 1 Music Station".

The station uses [[English language|English]] as its main language besides [[Japanese language|Japanese]], with the Public Service Announcement segments aired in [[Mandarin Chinese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], and [[French language|French]] to better serve the international community in the Tokyo Metropolitan area and its vicinity, not to mention news and other information bits in Japanese that the locals will find convenient.

70% of its airtime is dedicated to music created and played worldwide, while the remaining 30% goes to [[J-pop|Japanese pop]] and [[Music of Japan#Rock|rock]] music selected in large part by a committee.

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| callsign         = JODW-FM
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| freq1            = 76.5 MHz
| watts1           = 300 
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==Shareholders==
===Current===
*[[Japan FM Network|The Japan FM Network Company]] (since September 2020)

===Past===
*[[The Japan Times]] (past)
*[[TV Tokyo]] (past)
*[[Kinoshita Komuten|Kinoshita Management Inc.]] (2016–2020)

==See also==
* [[MegaNet]]
* [[Japan FM Network]]
* [[FM COCOLO]]
* [[Love FM (Japan)|Love FM]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.interfm.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://www.interfm.co.jp/about/en About InterFM897] {{in lang|en}}
{{Tokyo Radio}}
{{JFN}}

[[Category:Radio stations in Japan|InterFM]]
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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1996]]
[[Category:Mass media companies based in Tokyo|InterFM]]
[[Category:Filipino-language radio stations]]


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