, branded as Date FM (stylized Date fm) is an FM radio station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The station is a Japan FM Network affiliate. Prior to adopting the current brand name in 1997, the station was abbreviated FMS. FM Saga currently uses the abbreviation.
Capital composition As of 2015: CapitalTotal number of sharesNumber of shareholders480 million yen8,850 shares37 ShareholderNumber of sharesPercentageFM Tokyo1,050 shares10.5%First Agency1,050 shares10.5%Kahoku Shimpo Printing Company1,000 shares10.0%Fuji Media Holdings800 shares8.0%Daiwa Securities Group700 shares7.0%Motohisa Tada550 shares5.5%Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo Headquarters)550 shares5.5%Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company550 shares5.5%
History JOJU-FM was the eighth commercial radio station in Japan to begin operations, being registered in 1982 and commencing transmissions on December 1 of that year. Since its launch, the station produced a high volume of local programming, including formats that remained long after its founding.
In 1997, for its fifteenth anniversary, the station solicited suggestions for a new nickname for the station. The name "Date" was chosen, having a double meaning: that of the Date Domain and the English word "date", as in "up-to-date". The name FM Sendai is still used as its corporate name. Tokyo FM, one of its shareholders, still refers to the station under its corporate name FM Sendai.BACK TO THE STAGE on Date fm:1997年（株式会社エフエム仙台）
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the six JFN stations in the region, as well as Tokyo FM, started broadcasting on the LISMO WAVE service, valid from March 15, through April 30. On September 29, 2016, the station started streaming on Radiko for free in Miyagi, and nationwide in its Radiko Premium plan.
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