Radio-i

Radio-i

Radio-i is a Multilingual commercial radio stationcite web |url= http://www.multilingual-matters.net/laic/005/laic0050248.htm |title= Japan's Experience of Language Contact: A Case Study of RADIO-i |author= Sanae Tsuda |work= Language and Intercultural Communication Vol. 5, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 248–263 (ISSN|1470-8477) |date= 2005 |quote= This paper … isolates the rationale for the existence of a multilingual radio station, RADIO-i, and examines why its listeners prefer it to a monolingual alternative. ] based in central Japan in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.

Nagoya University cites Radio-i FM (79.5 MHz) and ZIP-FM (77.8 MHz) as sourcescite web |url= http://anshin.seis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/taisaku/documents/pdf/bousaiguide06e.pdf |title= Guide for Earthquake Disaster Preparedness |work= Disaster Management Office of Nagoya University ] cite web |url= http://www.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/info/life/clife.html |title= Information for International Students |work= Nagoya University Education Center for International Students ] of multilingual information during emergencies. At the time of disaster it can broadcast in the following languages: Chinese, English, Simple Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Tagalog.cite web |url= http://www.radio-i.co.jp/disaster.php |title= In time of Disaster |work= Radio-i website |accessdate= 2007-11-03 ]

Set up as Aichi International Broadcasting, Radio-i commenced operations in April 2000 and is the third of a series of radio stations created to bring a more international scope to local regions across Japan (they form the MegaNet.)

The station broadcasts on three frequencies, 79.5 FM in Nagoya and across Aichi Prefecture, 79.9 FM in Hamamatsu and southern Shizuoka Prefecture, and on 83.0 FM in the southern districts of Aichi Prefecture from Toyohashi. Playing a mixture of Top 40 and Album-oriented rock formats, Radio-i features a team of mostly bilingual radio DJ's handling the main programmes.

Current line up features Cocoro in the mornings with Canadian David Yanase and New Yorker, Mark Bailey alternating the mid mornings. Afternoons have Australian DJ Chris Glenn followed by Eri Sano, with evenings DJ'd by Takeda Yuko. Other main DJ's include Hana Shintani, American Nic James.

The Sorensen Media Groupcite web |url= http://www.sorensenmediagroup.com/asianradio.htm |title= Asian radio programming |work= Sorensen Media Group ] in Guam provides some of the original radio programming for both Radio-i Nagoya and InterFM Tokyo.

References

External links

* [http://www.radio-i.co.jp Official web site of Radio-i]


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