Well folks, here we go into February. With the exception of some technical malfunctions we have had lately, J1 has been running fantastic. TLH (Total Listening Hours) has been up at its highest points in a few years ago when we had higher listener caps and it was easier to listen to the station. I have been receiving letters from listeners thanking us for running the station and we are even getting letters acknowledging the news and information J1 is now airing. I feel that this aspect of J1 is very important not only to Tokyo but to the rest of J1's world.

First of all, I would like to extend the best to all of you this holiday season. I hope everyone had a very joyous 2011 and I hope 2012 is successful for all of you. Here at J1, we will be busy putting together this year's Top-100 of 2011, the 3rd Annual J1 Night of Red and White and another program to be announced.

Here's what our programming is going to be for the holiday (times in Pacific Standard Time):

FRIDAY 12/23
4:00PM - A J1 Christmas

Due to Google's discontinuance of their translations API, a couple of J1 website features have been left with limited functionality.
- On the English (International) site, the translations of the JR and Tokyo Metro service advisories. Since the development of page, we have had other ways to obtain service advisories from JR East and we will be looking at transitioning this site to that system. The elimination of the Google API will have no impact on the "Tokyo and Travel Updates" you hear over the air on J1 Radio.

NHK has announced the artists who have been invited to perform at this year's Kouhaku Uta Gassen / Red and White Song Contest that will air on NHK TV and Radio on New Year's Eve. There will be two teams: Akagumi (Red Team) that will be the female artists and Shirogumi (White Team) that will be the male artists.

After a long and somewhat adventuresome trip across the country, we have arrived at what we call "REC East". This will be the new home of J1 Radio. J1 is currently in an interim operation at this time similar to how we operated it at REC West in Arizona. We are in the process of getting ready to build a new studio facility and we will have more capability once this is completed.

REC East is located in Mardela Springs, Maryland, USA. This is a small community on the "eastern shore" of Maryland across the Chesapeake River from Washington, DC.

J1 and Hardcore J has been on the air for over 545 weeks and we have never missed a chart. We are not letting this facility move stop us from compiling an official J1 Top 40 Chart. This data will be entered into the website after the end of the Facility move. Also due to the facility move, we will not be presenting a Top 40 Countdown Show this weekend but if we did, this would have been this week's chart:

J1ラジオは、アリゾナ州（RECWEST）からメリーランド州（RECEAST）まで、私たちのメインスタジオ施設を移転される。

J1ラジオは月曜日にプレスコットバレーからライブモード、午前4時JSTで2011年11月7日に放送を中止します。その時点で、J1は約3週間の期間のための基本的な放送モードに戻ります。この時間の間に、J1には、スケジュールプログラム（トップ40カウントダウン～ミチ朝ミュージック～シーズンスポットライト）、無旅行/天気アップデートと緊急地震速報（放送とウェブサイト）に動作しません存在しません。 Twitterのライブプレイのシステムは動作しません。

J1ラジオは、移転期間中の基本的な放送モードになります。 J1は、音楽を放送続けます。

放送を生きるためにリターンは、新しいスタジオとネットワークインフラの構築に依存します。

J1ラジオを聴くための再度ありがとう。 J1 LOVES YOU！

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ディレクター、J1ラジオ