Nippon Cultural Broadcasting

JOQR

Tokyo
Broadcast area	Kanto region
Frequency	1134 kHz (AM); 91.6 MHz (FM)
Branding	Bunka Hōsō AM 1134 (文化放送 AM 1134, Bunka Hōsō AM ichi ichi san yon, "Nippon Cultural Broadcasting AM 1134 kHz")
Programming
Format	Talk, Sports, Religious
Affiliations	NRN
Ownership
Owner	Society of St. Paul Shogakukan Kodansha Dai Nippon Printing Kobunsha Toei Company Family Light Association
History
First air date	March 31, 1952
Technical information
Power	100,000 watts
Links
Website	JOQR

Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc. (株式会社文化放送, Kabushiki Gaisha Bunka Hōsō, JOQR, QR) is a Japanese radio station in Tokyo which broadcasts to the Kanto area. It is one of the two flagship radio stations of National Radio Network (NRN) (the other station is Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. (株式会社ニッポン放送)) and also has a relationship with JOLF and Fuji Television.

JOQR moved the head office from Wakaba, Shinjuku to QR Media Plus in Hamamatsuchō, Minato on July 24, 2006, and started broadcasting from Hamamatsuchō at 13:00 on the same day.

Society of St. Paul holds 30 percent of the station's shares, followed by Shogakukan (17.1%), Kodansha (9.0%) and Dai Nippon Printing (8.5%).

Headquarters

• QR Media Plus - 31, Hamamatsuchō 1-chōme, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Broadcasting

JOQR

• Frequency: 1310 kHz (March 31, 1952 - August 14, 1953);1130 kHz (August 15, 1953 - November 22, 1978) → 1134 kHz (November 23, 1978 -; AM); 91.6  MHz (December 7, 2015; FM)
• Output: 10 kW (March 31, 1952 - March 30, 1954) → 50 kW (March 31, 1954 - November 1971) → 100 kW (November 1971 - present)
• Time: from 5:00 AM (5:00) every Monday until 2:00 AM (26:00) every Sunday night

Programs

• Friday Super Countdown 50 (aka SupaCan)
• Saitama Seibu Lions games
• Say! Young
• Shinjuku Music Festival, etc...

External links

• JOQR Official Website