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{{short description|Japanese national radio station}}
{{refimprove|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = NHK Radio 2
| logo = NHK Radio 2 2024.svg
| country = Japan
| area = [[Japan]]
| format = [[Education]], language lessons
| owner = [[NHK]]
| sister_stations = [[NHK Radio 1]]<br>[[NHK FM Broadcast]]
| airdate = {{Start date|1931|04|06}}
| webcast = [https://www.nhk.or.jp/radio/player/?ch=r2 NHK Net Radio] (only available in Japan)
}}
{{nihongo|'''NHK Radio 2'''|NHKラジオ第2放送|NHK Rajio Dai-ni Hōsō}} is a Japanese radio station operated by the [[Public broadcasting|public]] [[Broadcasting|broadcaster]], [[NHK]]. Its  output consists of education and culture programming<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sterling|first1=Christopher H.|title=Encyclopedia of Radio 3-Volume Set|date=March 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135456498|pages=1280|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-UeveLMilioC&q=NHK+Radio+2&pg=PA1280|language=en}}</ref> where NHK Radio 2 is regarded{{by whom|date=July 2023}} as the radio version of [[NHK Educational TV]] and is broadly similar to [[South Korea]]'s [[HLQL-FM|EBS FM]]. NHK Radio 2 is available mainly on AM. It began broadcasting on April 6, 1931.

==Overview==
It was created in 1931 as a predominantly educational station, since there were only three stations in 1939, the existing Tokyo station as well as the Osaka and Nagoya stations adopted the name "City Broadcasting". Broadcasts were suspended in December 1941 due to the Pacific War, but were resumed on September 1, 1945 after the end of the war and Japan's surrender.<ref>“Chronology of Japanese Media History” (January 1, 2018, published by Yoshikawa Kobunkan, written by Reiko Tsuchiya), page 156.</ref>

==Planned closure==
It has been suggested that NHK Radio 2 will shut down and the AM network will be reduced to one network.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2020080400844&g=soc|title = ＮＨＫ、衛星２波に半減 ＡＭラジオ統合―受信料一本化検討|website = www.jiji.com|publisher =Jiji Press|date = 2020-08-04| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804082915/https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2020080400844&g=soc |accessdate = 2020-11-03| archive-date=4 August 2020 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200803131726/https://this.kiji.is/663007863903667297 NHK、AMラジオとBS削減へ 肥大化批判受け]共同通信2020年8月3日</ref> On January 13, 2021, NHK drafted a plan aiming at the 2025 fiscal year. The goal was to reformat the AM frequencies in order to limit to NHK Radio 1. It was suggested that the shutdown was planned for 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phileweb.com/news/d-av/202101/14/51932.html|title=NHK、BSは2023年度／ラジオは2025年度にチャンネル数削減へ|accessdate=2021-01-17|date=2021-01-14|publisher=phileweb}}</ref>

The management committee will compile public opinion for the total closure of the station at the end of 2025 and, after approval by the Diet, the official decision to close the station will be taken, with total closure scheduled for 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/284578 |archiveurl = |author = |title = NHKラジオ第1・第2 2026年度に1波に削減 AMラジオの老舗番組、これからも聴けるの？|website = www.tokyo-np.co.jp|date = 2023-10-19|archivedate = |accessdate = 2024-02-20}}</ref>

In order to carry out a demonstration experiment in preparation for the closure of Radio 2 Broadcasting, starting from the reorganization in the spring of 2022, the English language course program "Basic English for Junior High School Students" (Level 1) was broadcast on a trial basis from 6 o'clock (Monday to Friday) on NHK Radio 1. Level 2 of the course was broadcast on NHK FM.<ref>[https://www.nhk.or.jp/info/pr/hensei/assets/pdf/2022_kokunai.pdf 2022年度国内放送編成計画]</ref>。In 2023, "Radio English Conversation" and "Radio Business English" were added at 7 o'clock.<ref>[https://www.nhk.or.jp/info/pr/hensei/assets/pdf/2023_kokunai.pdf 2023年度国内放送編成計画]</ref>。

==Frequencies==
{| class="wikitable"
! Region !! City !! Call sign !! Frequency || Power
|-
| rowspan="7" | [[Hokkaido]] || [[Sapporo]] || JOIB || 747&nbsp;kHz || 500&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Hakodate]] || JOVB || 1467&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Asahikawa]] || JOCC || 1602&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Obihiro]] || JOOC || 1125&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kushiro]] || JOPC || 1152&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kitami]] || JOKD || 702&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Muroran]] || JOIZ || 1125&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] || [[Sendai]] || JOHB || 1089&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Akita (city)|Akita]] || JOUB || 774&nbsp;kHz || 500&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Yamagata (city)|Yamagata]] || JOJC || 1521&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Morioka]] || JOQC || 1386&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Fukushima (city)|Fukushima]] || JOFD || 1602&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Aomori (city)|Aomori]] || JOTC || 1521&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Kantō region|Kantō]]-[[Kōshin'etsu region|Kōshin'etsu]] || [[Tokyo]] || JOAB || 693&nbsp;kHz || 500&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] || JONB || 1467&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]] || JOQB || 1593&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kōfu]] || JOKC || 1602&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Tōkai region|Tōkai]]-[[Hokuriku region|Hokuriku]] || [[Nagoya]] || JOCB || 909&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kanazawa]] || JOJB || 1386&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]] || JOPB || 639&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Fukui (city)|Fukui]] || JOFC || 1521&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Toyama (city)|Toyama]] || JOIC || 1035&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kansai region|Kansai]] || [[Osaka]] || JOBB || 828&nbsp;kHz || 300&nbsp;kW
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Chugoku region|Chugoku]] || [[Hiroshima (city)|Hiroshima]] || JOFB || 702&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Okayama]] || JOKB || 1386&nbsp;kHz || 5&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Matsue]] || JOTB || 1593&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Tottori (city)|Tottori]] || JOLC || 1125&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Yamaguchi (city)|Yamaguchi]] || JOUC || 1377&nbsp;kHz || 5&nbsp;kW
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Shikoku]] || [[Matsuyama]] || JOZB || 1512&nbsp;kHz || 5&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kōchi (city)|Kōchi]] || JORB || 1152&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Takamatsu]] || JOHD || 1035&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[Kyushu]]-[[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] || [[Fukuoka (city)|Fukuoka]] || JOLB || 1017&nbsp;kHz || 50&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kitakyushu]] || JOSB || 1602&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kumamoto]] || JOGB || 873&nbsp;kHz || 500&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Nagasaki]] || JOAC || 1377&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Kagoshima]] || JOHC || 1386&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Miyazaki (city)|Miyazaki]] || JOMC || 1467&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Ōita (city)|Ōita]] || JOID || 1467&nbsp;kHz || 1&nbsp;kW
|-
| [[Naha]] || JOAD || 1125&nbsp;kHz || 10&nbsp;kW
|}

==See also==
*[[NHK Radio 1]]
*[[NHK Educational TV]]
*[[NHK FM Broadcast]]

==References==
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