“My Life” and “Full of Memories”…Voices from voice actors and listeners including Satomi Akesaka and others as Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Radio’s “Cho! A&G+” service ends
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It has been announced that “Cho! A&G+”, an internet radio service with anime, game, and voice actor content operated by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Corporation, will end its service on March 31, 2025. Listeners and voice actors expressed their condolences, and the program’s name was the number one trending song when it was announced.
“Cho! A&G+” started in September 2007 as an anime, game, and voice actor-related program channel of the terrestrial digital radio “DigiQ+N 93”, which was produced by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Corporation and broadcast on a commercial trial basis by the Digital Radio Promotion Association. did.
After that, practical test broadcasting of terrestrial digital radio was completed in March 2011. In April of the same year, it was relaunched as the Internet radio channel “Cho! A&G+”, and from April 1, 2024, it will also be simulcast on the “Cho! A&G+ Channel” of Nippon Cultural Broadcasting’s original distribution platform “QloveR (Clover)”. I’m going.
The internet radio program that has such a long history and has been gaining support from anime fans will end its service. Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Corporation commented on this decision, “In order to improve our services in response to changes in market needs and user viewing environments, and to continue providing high-quality content.”
The voice actors expressed surprise at this announcement, as many programs have been broadcast so far. “Voice of A&G Digital Satomi Akesaka, who was the personality on “Cho-Radi! Girls”, said, “Oh, our Cho-A&G+…!!!” and “I like it when they just appear on the program before and after. I think the fact that the artist’s song was supposed to be played was a karaoke by the composer, and that the guest had a photo of me attached to his nipples was broadcast live, all because of the atmosphere of Super A&G+ (Super Rad! Girls). Thank you very much for your help…! So sad…(´；ω；`)”
Voice actress Erika Ishitobi also posted a regretful message saying, “My life is super A&G+… I’ll always love you…” Hearing the heartbreaking voices of the voice actors, listeners also expressed their feelings, saying things like, “It’s hard for the listeners and us, so it’s even harder for the performers…” and “This is the radio that got me to know you.”
For a while after the announcement, the program’s name became the number one trending topic, with listeners posting comments on social media, such as, “As an otaku who loves radio, I’ve never felt so sad,” “When I think of Aniraji, I have so many memories of this…” “It’s a turning point in history” and “Wow, really. ? I’ll never forget the irreplaceable radio experience,” and so on, each wrote their thoughts on the program.
Details regarding the continuation of each program, service transition, and termination of “Cho! A&G+” will be announced in due course. Some programs are scheduled to be broadcast on terrestrial TV and distributed on the station’s original distribution platform “QloveR” from April 2025.
In addition, a special program will be broadcast on “Cho! A&G+” on March 31st, which is the end of the service of “Cho! A&G+”.
■Schedule until the end of “Super! A&G+”
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Announcement of “Super! A&G+” 3/31 service termination decision
From then on, each program will announce continuation, service transition, termination, etc.
Sunday, March 30, 2025 “Cho! A&G+” regular broadcast ends
A special program will be scheduled on “Cho! A&G+” on Monday, March 31, 2025, and the service of “Cho! A&G+” will end.
