Editing Nippon Broadcasting System (section)

{{Short description|Radio station in Tokyo, Japan}}
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{{Infobox company|
name = Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.|
logo = NipponBroadcasting86.svg|
logo_size = 150px|
logo_caption = Logo used since 1986|
image = ニッポン放送 有楽町本社.jpg|
image_caption = Headquarters in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]|
native_name = 株式会社ニッポン放送|
romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Hōsō|
type = [[Subsidiary]] [[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]]|
foundation = {{start date|2006|4|1}} (spun off from the former Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. founded in 1954) |
location = 9-3, [[Yūrakuchō]]|
location_city = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]|
location_country = Japan|
key_people = {{ill|Maki Hiwara|ja|檜原麻希}} (president and CEO)|
industry = Broadcasting|
num_employees = 121 (June 2021) |
parent = [[Fuji Media Holdings]]|
website = https://www.jolf.co.jp/
}}

{{Infobox radio station
| name         = JOLF
| logo         =
| city         = [[Tokyo]]
| area         = [[Kanto region]]
| branding     = {{nihongo|'''AM Radio 1242 Nippon Hōsō'''|AMラジオ1242ニッポン放送|AM Rajio ichi ni yo ni Nippon Hōsō}}
| frequency    = 1242 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] (AM), 93.0&nbsp;MHz (FM)
| format       = [[Talk radio|Talk]], [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| language     = Japanese
| power        = 100,000 [[watt]]s (AM 1242&nbsp;kHz) <br> 7,000 [[watt]]s (FM 93&nbsp;MHz)
| erp          = 57,000 [[watt]]s (FM 93&nbsp;MHz)
| airdate      = {{start date and age|1954|7|15}}
| licensing_authority = [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications|MIC]]
| affiliations = [[National Radio Network (Japan)|National Radio Network]]
| webcast      = https://radiko.jp/#LFR
(Japan only) 
| website      = https://www.1242.com
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.'''|株式会社ニッポン放送|Kabushiki-gaisha Nippon Hōsō}}, or '''JOLF''', is a Japanese [[radio station]] based in [[Yurakucho]], [[Chiyoda ward]], [[Tokyo]], headquartered near the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]. It is also the main company of the Nippon Broadcasting Group.<ref name="FGC">{{cite web |url=http://www.fujisankei-g.co.jp/pdf/fcglist_up_150626.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.fujisankei-g.co.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015921/http://www.fujisankei-g.co.jp/pdf/fcglist_up_150626.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  Nippon Broadcasting System is a subsidiary of [[Fuji Media Holdings]] and both companies are affiliated with the [[Fujisankei Communications Group]].

Reportedly the most listened-to radio station in the world in 1990,<ref name="then">{{cite news |title=Asia, and then the world |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19910131-1.2.59.7.2?qt=fujisankei,%20communications,%20international&q=fujisankei%20communications%20international |work=The Straits Times |date=October 31, 1990 |quote=...the Nippon Broadcasting System, which is the most listened-to station in the world;...}}</ref> Nippon Broadcasting System was instrumental in the creation of several companies including [[Fuji Television]] in 1957, [[Pony Canyon]] in 1966 and the [[Fujisankei Communications Group]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-29-mn-2454-story.html|title = Archives|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date=29 October 1990 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/comp/profile.html|title=ポニーキャニオン公式企業サイト|accessdate=9 July 2023|language=ja|archive-date=1 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601222541/http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/comp/profile.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=【ベンチャー三国志】vol.19 楽天、ＴＢＳ買収に挑む／楽天会長兼社長 三木谷浩史 |url=http://kigyoka.com/news/magazine/magazine_20130508.html |work=Kigyoka Club |date=April 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907225427/http://kigyoka.com/news/magazine/magazine_20130508.html |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> Nippon Broadcasting System is also the home of the long-running radio program ''[[All Night Nippon]]''.