Beur FM is a French local

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catering mainly to France's Maghrebi communities including: Algerians,

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and

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.TeleObs: Beur FM : “Nous sommes la France”
Beur FM broadcasts in three languages:

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(60% of the time),

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, including

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(20% of the time), and

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(20% of the time).

History

The station was launched in 1981 as "Radio Beur", later renamed "Beur FM". It is the first and the most prominent maghrébine community station in France. Around 1989, the independent radio station started broadcasting on a licensed frequency. The station was established by Algerian-French Nacer Kettane in Paris. Kettane had been a prominent figure in the "beur movement" in the 1980s and 1990s and already had media interests by launching the monthly ''Sans frontière'' (meaning Without borders).Egalité et reconciliation Beur FM vendue à Serge Dassault
/ref> It broadcast on 98.2

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. In 1992 the Parisian station changed its frequency, to broadcast on 106.7

. Later in the 1990s, Beur FM started broadcasting nationally, and presently it broadcasts on 18 frequencies in France and has a large and diversified listenership. Beur FM broadcasts 24 hours a day and its main frequency is FM 106.7 MHz for

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region in

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. Beur FM also became part of the

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Les Indés Radios. The station has acquired around 20 frequencies. It has an audience of around 1% of the listeners in Ile-de-France. 2019 figures showed the station was improving further on its audience levels. Although it primarily addresses Frances North African communities, the station also wants to enlarge its listenership base by actively addressing audiences outside the North African communities.Bondy Blog: Beur FM : pas seulement pour les « beurs »
Kettane sold his shares to

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in July 2014. In April 2003,

Beur TV Beur TV is a French television station mostly addressed to France's Maghrebi communities ( Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians). It is broadcast through cable and offered on ADSL. The community-based television station was licensed through th ...

was created, which was a television version based on Beur FM. Beur TV partnered with

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TV stations

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and

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(

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) and

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). Abdelkrim Branine, is the chief editor of its new section. In May 2015, the French periodical ''

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'' citing its programme "Les Zinformés" accused the station of being pro-islamist. The station refuted the allegations. The radio publicly says it is a secular radio station. The station popularized the term "Beur" for North Africans in France although the term is considered somewhat pejorative and restrictive in some circles. Beur FM has also released a number of Oriental and North African based music albums like ''Generation Beur FM'' (2001), ''Rai 4 Ever'' (2010) and ''Beur FM présente Oriental Clubbing'' (2012) amongst others. The station has also established a literary award, "Le Prix littéraire Beur FM Méditerranée" in collaboration with TV 5 Monde.ActualLitte: Sofia Aouine, Prix Beur FM Méditerranée - TV5Monde 2020

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* {{Coord missing, France Arab-French culture Arabic-language radio stations Berbers in France Berber-language mass media Radio broadcasting companies of France North African diaspora in Paris Radio stations established in 1989

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