Cross FM explained

JORV-FM
City:	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Area:	Kyūshū
Branding:	Cross FM
Frequency:	78.7 MHz
Translator:	77 MHz (Kitakyūshū) 86.5 MHz (Kurume) 87.8 MHz (Ōmuta) 87.2 MHz (Yukuhashi)
Airdate:	September 1, 1993 under the name FM Kyūshū and July 1, 2008 as Cross FM
Format:	Full Service, J-Pop, contemporary hit radio
Language:	Japanese
Power:	3 KW
Class:	all
Affiliations:	JFL
Owner:	Cross FM Co., Ltd.
Webcast:	crossfmkitakyushunow on Ustream
Website:	http://www.crossfm.co.jp/

(formerly) is a commercial radio station operating in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan. It is an affiliate of the Japan FM League.

History

Cross FM Co., Ltd.
Type:	private
Foundation:	December 9, 1992 (as FM Kyūshū Co. Ltd.)
Key People:	Hisao Tateishi (chairman/representative director) Wakako Tokuda (CEO) Yoshitaka Hombo Shigeki Suzuki
Products:	radio broadcasting credit cards (in partnership with Circle K Sunkus and JCB)^[1]
Owner:	DHC Corp. (100%)
Parent:	DHC Corp. (since April 2016)
Homepage:	http://www.crossfm.co.jp/

• December 9, 1992 - FM Kyūshū Co. Ltd. was founded.
• April 2004 - FM Kyūshū sets up a studio at the Hakata Station called .
• June 30, 2008 - FM Kyūshū signed off for some changes.
• July 1, 2008 - FM Kyūshū relaunches as Cross FM.
• April 28, 2016 - Cross FM was acquired by DHC Corp.

Former Slogans as FM Kyūshū

• "Kyūshū's Number One Music Station!"
• "Pacific Power Station"

Features

Time Signal

As FM Kyūshū

• "This is Cross FM. After the tone, it's _ o'clock."

As Cross FM

• BGM - - signal (without sponsor)
• CM - - signal (with sponsor)

Life Information

• Headline News
• Traffic Information
• Weather Information
• Drive and Weather Information
• Sports Line

Programming

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5 AM	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest
6 AM
7 AM	Morning Gate	Morning Gate	Morning Gate	Morning Gate	Morning Gate	Green Drive	Green Drive
8 AM
9 AM
10 AM	Green Life	Green Life	Green Life	Green Life	Green Life	10:30 - Noz Inner Beauty
11 AM						11:00 - 旬感通信 ふくおかまるかじり!, 11:30 - 筑紫環境保全センター music forest	11:30 - Ragtime Life
12 NN						Hi	Calorie	Presen Marche
13 PM
14 PM	Combo Master	Combo Master	Combo Master	Combo Master	Friday Special: The Presidents
15 PM
16 PM							Music Forest or Sunday Special
17 PM	Toggy's TT	Toggy's TT	Toggy's TT	Toggy's TT		Weekend Jazz	Weekend Jazz
18 PM						Music Amp	Sunday Sunset Cruise
19 PM							Drivers' Meeting
20 PM	Challenge Rachin	Challenge Rachin	Challenge Rachin	Groove Train	Nobukawa Sports		19:30 - 北九魂 -KITAKYU SPIRIT
21 PM
22 PM	22:52 - Power of Message	22:52 - Power of Message	22:52 - Power of Message	22:52 - Power of Message	22:52 - Power of Message	Fumika Happy School Radio
23 PM	Music Forest	Music Forest	PS PalPonte 2	23:00 - どっちもイケます!, 23:30 - A Piece of Today	Alice in Wonder Radio	PE'Z Saturday Night Radio	Radio Kicks!
24 MN	24:00 - Night Kit, 24:30 - Music Forest	24:00 - Spin the Music, 24:30 - Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Aladin Backyard Radio		From Now On
1 AM	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest	Music Forest		Technical Sign-off
2 AM						Music Forest
3 AM
4 AM

source:^[2]

Navigators

• Hisae Aigoshi
• Alice
• Maki Ariga
• D-High-LoW
• fumika
• Funkist
• Honey
• Racer Kashima
• Natsuko Kondo
• Makoto Kosaka
• Yuta Kozuma
• Zentaro Kurita
• Lucy
• Masaki
• Akiko Matsumoto
• The Mercury Sound
• Moby
• Tetsuzo Motoki
• Mye
• Ryuta Nobukawa
• Pe'z
• Prague
• Shirley Tomioka-Sheridan (see also FM802)
• Ritsuko Tateyama
• Toggy
• Shion Tsuji
• Yayoi Tsuruta
• Toru Yagi
• Marico Yamamoto

Source:^[3]

See also

• Japan FM League

Other stations in Fukuoka

• FM Fukuoka (JFN)
• Love FM (MegaNet)

Notes and References

1. http://www.crossfm.co.jp/club/w_club.php Cross Club Card
2. http://www.crossfm.co.jp/timetable/w_timetable.php Cross FM Time Table
3. http://www.crossfm.co.jp/dj/w_djlist.php Cross FM Navigators