Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. Owned and operated by
Lagardère Active
Lagardère Active SAS, also known as Lagardère Media, is the media activities arm of the French Lagardère Group.
Its subsidiaries include Lagardère's radio operations, television networks, and book and magazine publishers.
In 2018, Arnaud Lag ...
, a subsidiary of the
Lagardère Group
Lagardère S.A. () is an international group with operations in over 40 countries. It is headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group was created in 1992 as Matra, Hachette & Lagardère. Headed by Arnaud Lagardère, it is focuse ...
, it is one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
and its programmes can be received throughout the country. In January 2022 the conservative media mogul
Vincent Bolloré
Vincent Bolloré (born 1 April 1952) is a French billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré. As of September 2021, his net worth is estimated at US$9 billion.
Early life
Bolloré was born in Boulogne- ...
took over the station.
History
In 1955, to circumvent the prohibition of commercial broadcasting in France after the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Europe n° 1 was established in the
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...
, a German state that borders
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
and
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. Transmissions were not legally authorised, however, until France's post-war administration of the Saarland ceased and sovereignty returned to
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
in 1957; so, during its first two years (1955–1957), under the direction of
Louis Merlin Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
, who had defected from
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg. It is known in most non-English languages as RTL (for Radio Television Luxembourg).
The English-language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earlies ...
, Europe n° 1 was a
pirate radio
Pirate radio or a pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license.
In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially w ...
station. In 1959 the French government bought part of the broadcasting corporation, and this interest is administered today by the
Lagardère Group
Lagardère S.A. () is an international group with operations in over 40 countries. It is headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group was created in 1992 as Matra, Hachette & Lagardère. Headed by Arnaud Lagardère, it is focuse ...
. All programming has always been produced in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. For the few parts of France who can't receive the FM signal,
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
broadcast still exists : the programme feed is transferred over ISDN lines to the transmitting station situated on the territory of the villages of
Berus
Berus is a village in the municipality of Überherrn in the district of Saarlouis, Saarland, southwestern Germany. Until December 1973, Berus was a municipality of its own.
Geographic position
The old centre of the village is situated on a s ...
and
Felsberg Felsberg (german: rock hill, link=no) may refer to:
* Felsberg, Hessen, a town in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
* , a part of Überherrn, Landkreis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
* Felsberg (Odenwald), a mountain in the Odenwald hills, Landk ...
in the
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
.
From its beginning, Europe n°1's priorities were two-fold: first, news and cultural information with an emphasis on eyewitness accounts rather than an announcer with a script; second, shows aimed at establishing bonds with listeners, including plays,
contests, informal talk,
popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Fun ...
, and
street-level politics. In both respects, it was a departure from radio formats of the day.
In the 1960s, Europe 1 pioneered a new tone in French radio.
Salut les copains became an icon of popular culture and the
baby boom
A baby boom is a period marked by a significant increase of birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds of defined national and cultural populations. People born during these periods are often ca ...
generation. Europe 1 played a role in the
May 68
Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, as well as the occupation of universities and factories. At the height of events, which ha ...
political crisis by being the principal source of information untainted by government sanction; it was nicknamed "barricade radio". In the 1970s, President
Giscard d'Estaing criticized its "mocking" tone. When the industrialist
Jean-Luc Lagardère
Jean-Luc Lagardère (10 February 1928, Aubiet – 14 March 2003, Paris) was a major French businessman, CEO of the Lagardère Group, one of the largest French conglomerates.
Jean-Luc Lagardère was a '' Supelec'' engineer. He began his caree ...
became president of Europe 1 group, some feared the network might lose its independent point of view.
Since the 1980s, Europe 1 has experienced decreases in audience, and average age of listeners has steadily increased. Both can be traced to the proliferation of FM radio, after socialist President François Mitterrand made FM private radio legal in 1981. In 1986, for equality, the regulation authorities gave FM frequencies to Europe 1 and other peripheral radios still emitting from outside France. A network of Europe 1 FM transmitters was established within France. They later had to be shared with
Europe 2
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, now Virgin Radio. In the 1990s, Europe 1 became a news and talk network.
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (born 29 September 1937) is a French journalist.
Biography
Elkabbach was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran in 1937, then the prefecture of the ''département d'Oran'' in French Algeria. He began his journalisti ...
became president in 2005. He was dismissed by the CSA (Comité de Surveillance de l'Audiovisuel) after announcing the death of Pascal Sevran prematurely in June 2008 and was replaced by
Alexandre Bompard
Alexandre Bompard (born 4 October 1972) is a French businessman. He became CEO of the retail chain Fnac in 2011. Since July 2017, he has also been chairman and CEO of Carrefour.
Early life
Alexandre Bompard was born on 4 October 1972 in Saint- ...
, former Director of the Sports at
Canal+
Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several ki ...
.
Today, Europe 1 is France's fifth most popular network, with the other four being
RTL (radio-television Luxembourg),
France Inter
France Inter () is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, li ...
(state-owned, general),
NRJ
NRJ (NRJ is an acronym read as Nouvelle Radio Jeune, or ''énergie'' in French, pronounced , literally "energy") is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981, and was widely popularized than ...
(music) and
France Info
France Info (stylised as franceinfo:) is a French public broadcasting service produced in collaboration with France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel.
The service includes a radio ...
(state-owned, news).
Europe 1 also became a supplementary active member of the
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; french: Union européenne de radio-télévision, links=no, UER) is an alliance of Public broadcasting, public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who ar ...
in 1978 and in 1982, an active member.
Programming
Over the last fifty years, the best-known programs on Europe 1 have included: 'Pour ceux qui aiment le jazz' ("For those who love jazz") hosted by
Daniel Filipacchi
Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias and a French collector of surrealist art.
Career
Filipacchi wrote and worked as a photographer for ''Paris Match'' from its founding in 1949 by J ...
and
Franck Ténot Franck can refer to:
People
* Franck (name)
Other
* Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company
* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
See also
* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Frankie ...
, 'Signé Furax' ("Signed, Furax", a comic adventure serial), 'Salut les copains' ("Hi, friends", a pop music programme), 'Campus' (book reviews, interviews with literary personalities, and chat about current events and culture), 'Vous êtes formidables' (a programme devoted to "demonstrations of solidarity"), 'Bonjour, monsieur le maire' (aimed at rural France), 'L'horoscope de Madame Soleil' (astrology), '
Top 50
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or "conte ...
' (a reprise of the musical charts), and 'Le club de la presse' ("Press Club", political conversation).
BBC Radio 5 had a translated version of Top 50 called Le Top (with Marc et La Mèche) from 1990 to 1994.
Noted journalists, presenters, and performers have included:
Patrick Topaloff
Patrick Topaloff (30 December 1944 – 7 March 2010) was a French comedian, singer, and actor.
The son of a Georgia (country), Georgian father and a Corsican mother which, according to him, made him "a delicate Franco-Russian dessert", Topaloff b ...
,
Maurice Siegel Maurice may refer to:
People
*Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr
*Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
*Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...
,
Jean Gorini
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Je ...
,
André Arnaud
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...
,
Pierre Bouteiller
Pierre Bouteiller (1655–1717) was a French Baroque composer. His surviving works comprise 13 petits motets
The ''petit motet'' ("little motet") was a genre of domestic sacred chamber music popular in France during the baroque era. It was the sa ...
,
Pierre Bellemare
Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor.
Television
* ''La Tête et les Jambes''
* '' La Caméra invisible''
* '' J'ai un Secre ...
,
Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Blanche was ...
,
Daniel Filipacchi
Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias and a French collector of surrealist art.
Career
Filipacchi wrote and worked as a photographer for ''Paris Match'' from its founding in 1949 by J ...
,
Frank Ténot
Frank Ténot (31 October 1925 – 8 January 2004) was a press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic. He managed a number of publications over the course of his long association with Daniel Filipacchi. He is best remembered as one of the founders o ...
,
Lucien Morisse,
Robert Willar
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
,
Albert Simon
Albert Simon (3 July 1901 – 13 March 1956) was a Luxembourgian painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), of ...
,
Laurent Ferrari
Laurent may refer to:
*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
and
Madame Soleil. Former is
Wendy Bouchard
Wendy Bouchard (born 22 June 1980) is a French journalist, radio presenter, radio and television presenter.
Early life and education
Born in Paris, Wendy Bouchard studied at the high school of Saint-Michel-de-Picpus in Paris. She graduated in h ...
. She was succeeded by
Laurence Ferrari
Laurence Ferrari ( ; born 5 July 1966) is a French journalist, best known as a former anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news ''Le 20H''."À TF1, Laurence Ferrari va remplacer Patrick Poivre d’Arvor", ''Le Monde'', Guy DutheiLemonde.frRetrieve ...
in 2014.
In June 2021, Arnaud Lagardère, the owner of Europe 1, presented the new programming of Europe 1, which revealed an alignment of the station's programming with the news channel
CNews, including a joint show presented by
Laurence Ferrari
Laurence Ferrari ( ; born 5 July 1966) is a French journalist, best known as a former anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news ''Le 20H''."À TF1, Laurence Ferrari va remplacer Patrick Poivre d’Arvor", ''Le Monde'', Guy DutheiLemonde.frRetrieve ...
.
This announcement led to a strike by the employees of Europe 1 expressing the concern that the station will lose its journalistic independence and become influenced by partisan politics.
Europe 1 on longwave
Europe 1 has been broadcast in France, from France, through a dense FM network since 1986, but the station was also broadcast on
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
by
Europe 1's longwave transmitter until the end of 2019. The
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
feed was transmitted by
Europäische Rundfunk- und Fernseh-AG (in English, European Radio and Television Company), broadcasting on
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
at 183
kHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that on ...
from
Felsberg Felsberg (german: rock hill, link=no) may refer to:
* Felsberg, Hessen, a town in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
* , a part of Überherrn, Landkreis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
* Felsberg (Odenwald), a mountain in the Odenwald hills, Landk ...
in the Saarland. Car radios in France scanned in 3 kHz steps making it easy to tune 183 kHz.
For
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
, the Felsberg antenna system beamed Europe 1's signal southwestward towards France. In the easterly direction, transmissions were attenuated, so, in
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russ ...
, only a weak signal could be heard. However, because of a defect in the antenna system, only the
carrier frequency
In telecommunications, a carrier wave, carrier signal, or just carrier, is a waveform (usually sinusoidal) that is modulated (modified) with an information-bearing signal for the purpose of conveying information. This carrier wave usually has a m ...
was properly screened to the east; the sidebands suffered less attenuation, so that, in the east, sideband reception was adequate (especially if using an SSB receiver) but distorted. Following the collapse of one mast in the four-mast
phased array
In antenna theory, a phased array usually means an electronically scanned array, a computer-controlled array of antennas which creates a beam of radio waves that can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving th ...
on 8 October 2012, the two-mast reserve antenna was used, resulting in a reduced signal in parts of France but a stronger and undistorted signal in northern Europe and the British Isles.
Carrier frequencies on the longwave band are assigned as integer multiples of nine kHz ranging from 153 to 279 kHz. However, the Europe 1 transmitter's frequency, 183 kHz, was offset from the usual nine kHz multiples established under the
Geneva Plan.
For
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
, in Felsberg, the four guyed antenna masts which were erected in 1954 and 1955 average 277 metres in height. The building where the transmitters were housed is an architecturally unusual, prestressed-concrete construction that needs no internal supporting columns. It has been designated an architectural monument by the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
and is a protected structure.
It was reported on 23 December 2019
that an email from
Lagardère Active
Lagardère Active SAS, also known as Lagardère Media, is the media activities arm of the French Lagardère Group.
Its subsidiaries include Lagardère's radio operations, television networks, and book and magazine publishers.
In 2018, Arnaud Lag ...
had confirmed that the
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
service of Europe 1 would cease transmission at midnight
CET
CET or cet may refer to:
Places
* Cet, Albania
* Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus
* Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Comcast Ente ...
on 1 January 2020.
In the event, Europe 1
longwave
In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, and commonly abbreviated LW, refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band. The term is historic, dating from the e ...
transmission ceased on 31 December 2019 at 23:30
CET
CET or cet may refer to:
Places
* Cet, Albania
* Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus
* Colchester Town railway station (National Rail code CET), in Colchester, England
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Comcast Ente ...
.
Visual identity
Logos
File:Logo Europe1 1955.png, First old logo of Europe 1 from 1955 until 1965.
File:Logo Europe1 1965.png, Old logo of Europe 1 from 1965 until 2001.
File:Logo Europe1 2001.png, Old logo of Europe 1 from 2001 until 2005.
File:Logo Europe1 2005.jpg, Old logo of Europe 1 from 2005 until 2010.
File:Europe 1 logo (2010).svg, The logo of Europe 1 since 23 August 2010.
Slogans
* 1965 - 1975: ''Je choisis, Europe 1 !''
* 1975 - 1981: ''Europe 1, c'est naturel''
* 1981 - 1986: ''De grands moments, à chaque instants''
* 1986 - 2000: ''Europe 1 c'est la pêche''
* 2000 - 2001: ''Europe 1, c'est bien''
* 2001 - 2005: ''Europe 1, ça me parle''
* 2005 - 2009: ''Parlons-nous''
* 2009 - 2013: ''Europe 1, bien entendu''
* 2013 - 2014: ''Europe 1 réveille les Français''
* 2014 - 2016: ''Europe 1, Un temps d'avance''
* 2016 - 2018: ''Europe 1, Mieux capter son époque''
* 2019: ''On est bien, sur Europe 1''
* 2019: ''Europe 1, bien dans son époque''
* Since 2019: ''Écoutez le monde changer''
Hosts
*
Fanny Agostini
Fanny Agostini (born 8 July 1988) is a French journalist and television presenter for France 3.
Early life and education
Fanny Agostini was born in La Bourboule in the department of Puy-de-Dôme, the daughter of pizzeria owners. She was raised ...
*Elisabeth Assayag
*Nicolas Barré
*Jean-Rémi Baudot
*
Matthieu Belliard Matthieu is a given name or surname. It comes from French language, French Matthieu, which is from Latin Matthaeus, derived from w:Greek language, Greek Ματθαῖος (''Matthaios'') from w:Hebrew language, Hebrew מתתיהו (''Matatyahu''), ...
*
Stéphane Bern
Stéphane Bern, OBE (; born 14 November 1963) is a French-Luxembourgish journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre de ...
*
Nicolas Beytout
*Catherine Blanc
*Matthieu Bock
*
Wendy Bouchard
Wendy Bouchard (born 22 June 1980) is a French journalist, radio presenter, radio and television presenter.
Early life and education
Born in Paris, Wendy Bouchard studied at the high school of Saint-Michel-de-Picpus in Paris. She graduated in h ...
*
Julian Bugier
Julian Bugier (born November 22, 1980, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher), is a French TV journalist.
After working for news channels BFM TV and i Télé; he presented, as a substitute, the 8 o'clock news on weekdays on France 2.
Family
Julian Bugier ...
*
Laurent Cabrol
*
Marion Calais Marion may refer to:
People
*Marion (given name)
*Marion (surname)
*Marion Silva Fernandes, Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion"
*Marion (singer), Filipino singer-songwriter and pianist Marion Aunor (born 1992)
Places Antarctica
* Mario ...
*
Nicolas Canteloup
Nicolas Canteloup (born in Mérignac, Gironde on 4 November 1963) is a French Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist.
Television career
In 1995, he appeared as impressionist in the TV show ''Les Guignols, Les Guignols de l'info'', on Canal ...
*Nicolas Carreau
*Mathieu Charrier
*
Benoit Clair
*
Pascale Clark
Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name.
Pascale derives from the Latin ''pa ...
*François Clauss
*
Patrick Cohen Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
*
Frédéric Dabi
Frédéric and Frédérick are the French language, French versions of the common male given name Frederick (given name), Frederick. They may refer to:
In artistry:
* Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator
* Frédéric Bartholdi, French ...
*
Thierry Dagiral
*
Michaël Darmon
*Valérie Darmon
*
Olivier Delacroix
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
*
*Valentine Desjeunes
*
Pierre de Vilno
*
Olivier Duhamel
Olivier Duhamel (born 2 May 1950) is a French former university professor and politician. As a member of the social-democratic Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party, he was elected as a member of the European Parliament from 1997 to 2004. In ...
*Emmanuel Duteil
*Carole Ferry
*François Geffrier
*Mélanie Gomez
*Sébastien Guyot
*Didier Hameau
*Aurélie Herbemont
*Pierre Herbulot
*
Vincent Hervouët
*
Christophe Hondelatte
Christophe Hondelatte (born 17 December 1962) is a French television and radio host who has worked for BFMTV since fall 2014.
*Sébastien Krebs
*Jérôme Lacroix
*Sophie Larmoyer
*
Fabien Lecœuvre
*Marguerite Lefebvre
*Anne Le Gall
*
Philippe Legrand Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to:
* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
* Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Prince Philippe, Count o ...
*Thierry Léger
*Fabienne Le Moal
*
Régis Le Sommier
Régis Le Sommier (born c. 1969) is a French journalist.
Biography
Régis Le Sommier was co-editor of ''Paris Match'' magazine. As a senior reporter and US Bureau Chief from 2003 to 2009 of the largest French weekly publication and fifth most ...
*
Sonia Mabrouk
Sonia Mabrouk (; born 1977) is a Tunisian-born journalist who in 2010 obtained French nationality. After first embarking on an academic career in Tunisia, in 2005 she turned to journalism, writing for the magazine ''Jeune Afrique''. In 2009, she ...
*Hélène Mannarino
*Théo Maneval
*
Sabine Marin
*
Laurent Mariotte
*Axel May
*
Émilie Mazoyer
Émilie () is a French female given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Émile. Spelled Emilie, it is used internationally.
People named Émilie
*Émilie Bigottini (1784–1858), French dancer of Italian ancestry
* Émilie Bonnivard ...
*Anicet Mbida
*
Isabelle Millet
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba, Elisheva''), Arising in ...
*Jimmy Mohamed
*Lénaïg Monier
*
Isabelle Morizet
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba, Elisheva''), Arising in ...
*
Catherine Nay
Catherine Nay (born 1 January 1943 in Tours) is a French political columnist and commentator.
Biography
After she attended primary and secondary schools in Périgueux, Nay started studying law but dropped in license year to become a journalist. ...
*
Matthieu Noël
*Julien Pearce
*Roland Perez
*Virginie Phulpin
*Olivier Poels
*Eva Roque
*
Lionel Rosso __TOC__
Lionel may refer to: Name
*Lionel (given name) Places
*Lionel, Lewis, a village in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
*Lionel Town, Jamaica, a settlement Brands and enterprises
*Lionel, LLC, an American designer and importer of toy trains and mo ...
*
Anne Roumanoff
Anne Roumanoff (born 25 September 1965 in Paris) is a French comedian and actress.
Early life
Anne Leila Roumanoff was born on 25 September 1965 in Paris, France. Her grandparents on one side were Ashkenazi Jews from Russia, and on the other side ...
*Virginie Salmen
*Marion Sauveur
*
Josef Schovanec
*
Frédéric Taddéï
Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to:
In artistry:
* Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator
* Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor
* Frédéric Bazille, Impressio ...
*Sophie Tusseau
*
Philippe Vandel
*Xavier Yvon
*Hélène Zélany
*Vanessa Zha
Former presenters
*
Nikos Aliagas
Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''.
Biograph ...
(2011-2019)
* Yann Arribard
*
Arthur
Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. An ...
(1992-1996)
*
Laurent Baffie
Laurent Baffie (born 18 April 1958 in Montreuil) is a French author, short film director and humorist.
Baffie (often only called by his last name ‘ugly frenchman’) is famous for his funny hidden cameras, sense of repartee, biting humour a ...
(2007-2011)
*
Pierre-Louis Basse Pierre-Louis or Pierre Louis is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Pierre-Louis Bentabole (1756–1798), revolutionary Frenchman
*Pierre-Louis Billaudèle (1796–1869), priest from, and educated in, Franc ...
(until 2004 then 2005-2011)
*
Christian Barbier
Christian Barbier (28 June 1924 – 3 November 2009) was a French film and television actor.
Barbier was born at Saint-Ouen, Seine (currently Seine-Saint-Denis), France. During his career (1964 to 1997), he specialized in drama rather t ...
(1967-1998)
*
Pierre Bellemare
Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor.
Television
* ''La Tête et les Jambes''
* '' La Caméra invisible''
* '' J'ai un Secre ...
(1955-1986)
* Francis Blanche
*
Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He died on 24 December 1982 i ...
*
Faustine Bollaert
Faustine Bollaert (born 20 March 1979) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter.
Early life and career
Born Faustine Faraggi in Paris, she is of Breton and Italian descent. She then took the name Faustine Bollaert, the family name ...
(2004-2012)
*
Denis Brogniart
Denis Brogniart (; born 12 June 1967 in Dijon) is a French sport journalist and television host. He presents the show ''Koh-Lanta'' since 2002 and Formula One racing on TF1 with Marion Jollès Grosjean.
Personal life
Married in 2007 with Horte ...
(1991-2006)
*
Daphné Bürki (2017-2018)
*
Benjamin Castaldi
Benjamin Castaldi (; born 28 March 1970) is a French television host, columnist, radio host and producer. He is the former host of '' Secret Story'' which is a spinoff of '' Loft Story'' that he hosted as well.
Biography Family
Benjamin Castald ...
(2000-2004)
*
Nicolas Charbonneau
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to:
People Given name
* Nicolas (given name)
Mononym
* Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer
* Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Surname Nicolas
* Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...
(until summer 2007)
*
Coluche
Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment c ...
(1978-1979 then 1985-1986)
*José Covès (1977-2019)
*Céline Da Costa (2013-2015, 2018-2020)
*
Jean-Luc Delarue
Jean-Luc Delarue (24 June 1964 – 23 August 2012) was a French television presenter and producer specialising in televised discussion programmes.
Early life and education
Delarue was born in Paris on the 24 June 1964. His mother, an Englis ...
(1987-1995)
*
Alexandre Delpérier
Alexandre Delpérier (born 17 November 1967) is a French sports journalist, radio and television presenter.
Television career
Alexandre Delpérier began his career on Antenne 2 with in internship at the sports service with the help of Sophi ...
(2008-2010)
*
François Diwo
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King o ...
(1973-1987)
*Jean Doridot (Summer 2018)
*
Michel Drucker
Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942 in Vire) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that h ...
(1983-1987 then 2008-2013)
*
Caroline Dublanche
Caroline may refer to:
People
*Caroline (given name), a feminine given name
* J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player
* Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player
Places Antarctica
*Ca ...
(1999-2018)
*
Franck Ferrand
Franck Ferrand (born 12 October 1967 in Poitiers) is a French writer and radio personality who specializes in history. He has a radio show about major figures of French history on Radio Classique
Radio Classique is a French commercial radio ...
(2003-2018)
*
Daniel Filipacchi
Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias and a French collector of surrealist art.
Career
Filipacchi wrote and worked as a photographer for ''Paris Match'' from its founding in 1949 by J ...
(1955-1968)
*
Marc-Olivier Fogiel
Marc-Olivier Fogiel (born July 5, 1969) is a French television and radio presenter and producer.
Early life
Marc-Olivier Fogiel was born on July 5, 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. His father is a dentist; his mother was an estate agent who reti ...
(2008-2011)
*
Cyril Hanouna
Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (; ar, سيريل فاليري إسحاق حنونة, link=no; born 23 September 1974) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunis ...
(2013-2016)
*
Yann Hegann
Yann is a French language, French male given name, specifically, the Breton language, Breton form of "Jean (male given name), Jean" (French for "John (given name), John").
Notable persons with the name Yann include:
__NOTOC__
In arts and enterta ...
(1973-1987)
*
Christian Jeanpierre
Christian Jeanpierre (also spelt Jean-Pierre, born 9 April 1965) is a French sports journalist who has worked for French television channels Canal+ and TF1, as well as radio station Europe 1. Jeanpierre presented TF1's football programme, T ...
(2006-2008)
*
François Jouffa
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King o ...
(1968 then 1982 then 1990-1996)
* Harold Kay
(1969-1986)
*
Jean-Loup Lafont (1970-1977)
*
Laurent Luyat
Laurent may refer to:
*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
(2001-2008)
*
Julia Martin
Julia Martin is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game.
Career
Julia Martin worked for Game Designers' Workshop until she left in 1991 to work for TSR. Martin wor ...
(2006-2017)
*
Helena Morna
Helena may refer to:
People
*Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer
*Helena, mother of Constantine I
Places
Greece
* Helena (island)
Guyana
* H ...
(2008-2019)
*
Christian Morin
Christian Morin (born 2 March 1945) is a French television and radio presenter, musician (clarinetist) and comedian.
Early life
Christian Morin was born in Bordeaux in the department of Gironde. He graduated at the Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and th ...
(1972-1987)
*
Nagui
Nagui Fam (; born 14 November 1961) is an Egyptian-born French TV and radio personality of Egyptian and Italian descent. In his professional life, he goes by his first name Nagui.
Biography
His television career began in 1987 on M6, and swit ...
(2009-2011)
*
Sophie Péters
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia (given name), Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of T ...
(2008-2019)
*
Jacques Pradel (1997-2010)
*
Pascal Pouret (1988-1991)
*
Isabelle Quenin
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew '' Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popu ...
(2008-2018)
*
Jean Roucas
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
(1986-1994)
*
Jean-Paul Rouland
*
Jacques Rouland
Jacques Rouland (13 November 1929 – 14 June 2002) was a French radio and television broadcaster.
Biography
In 1964 created and presented the hidden camera show La Caméra invisible where he made practical jokes on unsuspecting members of t ...
(1978-1984)
*
Willy Rovelli
William "Willy" Rovelli (born 18 March 1975) is a French actor, writer, columnist, comedian, and television personality. He is the chef on the French television game show '' Fort Boyard''.
Early life
William Rovelli was born on 18 March 1975 in ...
(2009-2017)
*
Alexandre Ruiz
Alexandre Ruiz (born 24 March 1987) is a professional rugby union referee who represents the French Rugby Federation. He is a regular appointment at Top 14 and has recently joined the top level of European Rugby.
Referee career
Ruiz started offic ...
(2008-2011)
*
Marion Ruggieri Marion may refer to:
People
*Marion (given name)
*Marion (surname)
*Marion Silva Fernandes, Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion"
* Marion (singer), Filipino singer-songwriter and pianist Marion Aunor (born 1992)
Places Antarctica
* Mar ...
(2011-2016)
*
Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (; born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Be ...
(1999-2014)
*
Eugène Saccomano
Eugène Saccomano (23 September 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a French radio journalist and non-fiction author.
Biography
Eugène Saccomano was born on 23 September 1936 in Marseille, southern France.Grégoire LeménagerEugène Saccomano, le journ ...
(1996-2001)
*
Dominique Souchier (1988-2012)
*
Alessandra Sublet
Alessandra Sublet (born Alexandra Sublet on 5 October 1976) is a French radio and television presenter. She hosted the daily television program ''C à vous'' from September 2009 to June 2013 on France 5.
Early life and education
Alessandra Subl ...
(2014-2015, 2016-2017)
*
Pierre Thivolet (2007)
*
Frédéric Taddeï
Frédéric Taddeï (born 5 January 1961) is a French journalist and television and radio host. He hosted ''Interdit d'interdire'' on the French-language version of the Russian state-controlled television network RT from 2018 until 2022, when he ...
(2005-2011)
*
Frank Ténot
Frank Ténot (31 October 1925 – 8 January 2004) was a press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic. He managed a number of publications over the course of his long association with Daniel Filipacchi. He is best remembered as one of the founders o ...
(1955-1968)
*
Thomas Thouroude (2016-2018)
*
Marc Toesca Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...
(1984-1996)
* Patrick Topaloff
*
Robert Willar
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
(1969-1986)
* Jean Yanne
*
Jacky Gallois
Jackie or Jacky may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jackie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Jackie or Jacky
** Jackie, current ring name of female professional wrestler Jacqueline Moore
** Jackie Lee (I ...
(1983-2016)
* Jean-Philippe ALLAIN (1970-1978)
Former journalists
*
(2010-2019)
*
Antonin André Antonin may refer to:
People
* Antonin (name)
Places
;Poland
* Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Antonin, Ostrów ...
(2008-2011, 2012-2017)
*
Jean-Michel Aphatie
Jean-Michel is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :
* Jean-Michel Arnold, General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française
* Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist
* Jean-Michel Aulas (born 1949), French businessman
* Jean-Mic ...
(2015-2016, 2018-2019)
*
André Arnaud
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...
*Jean-Philippe Balasse (1994-2020)
*
Jean-Charles Banoun
Jean-Charles and Jean-Carles is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Jean Charles, Chevalier Folard (1669–1752), French soldier and military author
* Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (1817–1891), French engineer
* ...
(1998-2013)
*
Laurent Bazin (2004-2005, 2018)
*
Julien Besançon (1955-1970)
*
Guy Birenbaum (2007-2014)
*
Christian Boner
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρισ ...
(1996-2008)
*
Guillaume Cahour (2010-2012)
*
Yves Calvi
Yves Calvi (born Yves Krettly on 30 August 1959) is a French journalist and television presenter.
Early career and education
Yves Calvi was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. He graduated in modern literature and ...
(1996-2005)
*
Guy Carlier
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
Places
* Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet
* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
* Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...
(2009-2014, 2016-2018)
*
Aymeric Caron
Aymeric Caron (; born 4 December 1971) is a French politician and former radio and television journalist who has represented the 18th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 2022. He was elected as a member of the Ecological Revolu ...
(2009-2011)
*
Hervé Chabalier (2013-2017)
*
Arlette Chabot
Arlette Chabot (born 21 July 1951) is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. She was until August 2010 the head of the editorial team of France 2. In March 2011 she moved to the radio station Europe 1 to become head of news and ...
(2011-2015)
*
Pauline Clavière (Summer 2018)
*
Patrick Cohen Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
(2008-2010)
*
Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist. A graduate from the University of Rennes and Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2 ...
(Summer 2018)
*
Gérard Carreyrou
*
Antoine Cormery
Antoine Cormery is a French journalist who works at France 24, a French international non-stop news TV channel since 2006.
Antoine Cormery graduated from Centre de formation des journalistes (the national centre for education in journalism) in ...
(1991)
*
Michaël Darmon (2011-2016)
*
Jean-Claude Dassier
Jean-Claude Dassier (born 28 July 1941 in Paris, France) is the president of Olympique de Marseille between June 2009 and June 2011. Before, he was a journalist and the news director of TF1.
References
Further reading
*
1941 bir ...
(1968-1985)
*
Nicolas Demorand
Nicolas Demorand (born May 5, 1971) is a French journalist who works as a producer, host and editor of French public radio station France Inter. He was the executive editor of French daily ''Libération'' from 2011 to 2014.
Early life
Demorand ...
(2010-2011)
*
Jean-Michel Dhuez
Jean-Michel is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :
* Jean-Michel Arnold, General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française
* Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist
* Jean-Michel Aulas (born 1949), French businessman
* Jean-Mic ...
(1999-2013)
*
Bruno Donnet
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
(2017-2018)
*
Jérôme Dorville (1999-2008)
*David Doukhan (2013-2019)
*
Marie Drucker
Marie Drucker (born 3 December 1974) is a French journalist, author, television and radio personality.
Early life
The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educate ...
(2008-2010)
*
Raphaëlle Duchemin (2017-2020)
*
Albert Ducrocq
*
Guillaume Durand
Guillaume Durand, or William Durand (c. 1230 – 1 November 1296), also known as Durandus, Duranti or Durantis, from the Italian form of Durandi filius, as he sometimes signed himself, was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop ...
(1978-1987, 1999-2004, 2007–2008)
*
Valérie Durier (1991-2008)
*
Benoît Duquesne
Benoît Duquesne (19 July 1957 – 4 July 2014) was a French journalist, television reporter and newscaster. He worked as presenter of the news magazine '' Complément d'enquête'' from 2007 until his death. He also was anchor of the ''Journal de ...
(1982-1988 then 2007-2008)
*
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (born 29 September 1937) is a French journalist.
Biography
Elkabbach was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran in 1937, then the prefecture of the ''département d'Oran'' in French Algeria. He began his journalisti ...
(1981-2016)
*
Myriam Encaoua
Miriam () is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew, recorded in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the prophetess Miriam.
Spelling variants include French ''Myriam'', German ''Mirjam, Mirijam''; hypocoristic for ...
(2016-2017)
*
Raphaël Enthoven
Raphaël Enthoven (born 9 November 1975) is a French philosophy teacher, radio host and television host. An '' agrégé'' who taught at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and Paris Diderot University, Enthoven is known to the French public for hosti ...
(2015-2018)
*
Nicolas Escoulan
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to:
People Given name
* Nicolas (given name)
Mononym
* Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer
* Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer
Surname Nicolas
* Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...
(2017)
*
Samuel Etienne (2013-2017)
*
Emmanuel Faux
Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...
(1987-2017)
*
Michel Field
Michel Field (born 17 July 1954) is a French journalist, television presenter, philosopher and novelist. He is the author of several novels. He served as the political director of France Télévisions.
Early life
Michel Field was born as Michel F ...
(1995-2015)
*
Thierry Fréret
Thierry is a French language, French male given name, derived from the Germanic languages, Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German language, German "Dietrich (disambiguation), Dietrich" and "Dieter (disambiguation), Dieter", English langu ...
(1987-2010)
* Jean Gorini
*
Laurent Guimier
Laurent may refer to:
*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
(1994-2005, 2011-2014)
*
Pierre Guyot
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
(1995-1998)
*Claire Hazan (until 2018)
*Pascal Humeau (2006-2011)
*
Jérôme Ivanichtchenko (2014-2017)
*
Hélène Jouan (2017-2019)
*
Thomas Joubert (2008-2017)
*Marion Lagardère (2017-2018)
*Thibault Lambert (2018-2020)
*
Ivan Levaï (1972-1987)
*
Nathalie Levy (2019-2020)
*
Emmanuel Maubert (2006-2013)
*
Jean-Marc Morandini
Jean-Marc Morandini (; born 5 August 1965) is a French television host.
Morandini was born in Marseille. In 1985, aged 20, he became the youngest TV announcer in France. He worked for channel ''La Cinq'', before creating and animating the program ...
(2003-2016)
*
Étienne Mougeotte (1968 puis 1974 - 1981)
*
Géraldine Muhlmann
Géraldine Muhlmann is a French people, French political scientist and political journalist. She is a former host of the France 5 program ''C politique'' (:fr:C politique, Fr).
Education and positions
Muhlmann received the ''1er accessit'' in th ...
(2017-2018)
*Benjamin Muller (2013-2019)
*
Fabien Namias
Fabien is both a French given masculine name and a French surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name Fabien:
* Fabien Audard (born 1978), French professional football (soccer) player
* Fabien Barthez (born 1971), r ...
(2017)
*
Robert Namias (1969-1984)
* Jacques Paoli
*Shanel Petit (2016-2019)
*
Benjamin Petrover
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...
(2008-2014)
*
Nicolas Poincaré (2011-2018)
*Bernard Poirette (2018-2020)
*
Natacha Polony
Natacha Polony (born 15 April 1975) is a French journalist and essayist. She worked on the France 2 TV show '' On n'est pas couché'', presented by Laurent Ruquier from 2011 until 2014.
Bibliography
* ''Nos Enfants gâchés : petit traité sur ...
(2012-2017)
*
Patrick Roger Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...
(2011-2016)
*
Caroline Roux
Caroline may refer to:
People
*Caroline (given name), a feminine given name
* J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player
* Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player
Places Antarctica
* ...
(2012-2016)
*
Eugène Saccomano
Eugène Saccomano (23 September 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a French radio journalist and non-fiction author.
Biography
Eugène Saccomano was born on 23 September 1936 in Marseille, southern France.Grégoire LeménagerEugène Saccomano, le journ ...
(1970-2001)
* Maurice Siegel
* Albert Simon (Météo)
*
Anne Sinclair
Anne Sinclair (, born Anne-Élise Schwartz; 15 July 1948) is a New-York-born French television and radio interviewer. She hosted one of the most popular political shows for more than thirteen years on TF1, the largest European private TV channel ...
(2014-2016)
*
Thomas Sotto
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
(2013-2017)
*
Maxime Switek Maxime is a French given name that may refer to:
As a name
*Maxime Bernier (born 1963), former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Maxime Bôcher, American mathematician
*Maxime Boyer, Canadian professional wrestler
*Maxime Du Camp, French writer ...
(2005-2018)
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Bruce Toussaint
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a ...
(2011-2013)
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Benjamin Vincent (2003-2009)
*Géraldine Woessner (2012-2019)
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Edmond Zucchelli (1985-1998)
Former columnists
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Fabrice d'Almeida
Fabrice d'Almeida (born 15 November 1963) is a French historian, whose work focuses on the history of the media, image propaganda and manipulation.
Biography
d'Almeida was born in November 1963 in Ajaccio, the son of academic Hélène d'Almei ...
(2018-2019)
* Raphaëlle Baillot (2017-2018)
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Pierre Bellemare
Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor.
Television
* ''La Tête et les Jambes''
* '' La Caméra invisible''
* '' J'ai un Secre ...
(2013-2015)
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Valérie Bénaïm
Valerie Benaim (; ar, فاليري بنعيم; born 30 August 1969) is a Moroccan-born French journalist, columnist, writer, TV Presenter and radio host.
Personal life
She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.
In 2012, she joined the team of the TV ...
(2013-2016)
*Anne Cazaubon (2015-2018)
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Julien Cazarre
Julien may refer to:
People
* Julien (given name)
* Julien (surname)
Music
* Julien (opera), ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier
* Julien (album), ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973
* Julien (song), "Julien" (so ...
(2017-2018)
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Bertrand Chameroy
Bertrand may refer to:
Places
* Bertrand, Missouri, US
* Bertrand, Nebraska, US
* Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada
* Bertrand Township, Michigan, US
* Bertrand, Michigan
* Bertrand, Virginia, US
* Bertrand Creek, state of Washington
* Saint-Bertr ...
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Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician of Jewish descent. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as ''Dany le Rouge'' (French for "Danny the Red" ...
(2013-2018)
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Jérôme Commandeur
Jérôme Commandeur (born 12 April 1976) is a French actor and director.
Filmography
Radio
* 2014-2016 : ''Les pieds dans le plat'' on Europe 1
Television
* 2017 : Host of the 42nd César Awards
The 42nd César Awards ceremony, presented b ...
(2010-2018)
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Jean-Louis Debré
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Nadia Daam (born 1978) is a French journalist.
Life
Brought up in Strasbourg to a Moroccan family, Daam obtained a Baccalauréat in 1996 at the International School of Pontonniers. She studied at Lycée Victor-Hugo in Paris, she also obtaine ...]
(2017-2018)
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Estelle Denis
Estelle Denis (born 6 December 1976) is a French journalist and television presenter.
Early life and education
Estelle Denis was born in Paris but spent her childhood in Le Coudray-Montceaux, a town in the department of Essonne.
In 1994, she ...
(2015-2016)
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Axel de Tarlé
Axel may refer to:
People
* Axel (name), all persons with the name
Places
* Axel, Netherlands, a town
** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586
Arts, entertainment, media
* ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove
* ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...
(1996-2020)
*Pierre Dezeraud (2019-2020)
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Louise Ekland
Louise Ekland (born 22 July 1978) is a British television presenter active on the French media. After presenting on France Télévisions, BFM TV and the M6 Group, she joined France 3 in 2017.
Television career
From 2005 to 2006, Louise Ekland p ...
(2016-2017)
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Jean-Pierre Foucault
Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947 in Marseille) is a French television and radio host.
He was born in Marseille, his mother was Jewish.
He was the host of '' Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a ...
(2014-2016)
*Bernard Fripiat (2015-2020)
*Mickaël Frison (2017-2018)
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Thierry Geffrotin (1997-2020)
*Cyrielle Hariel (2017-2018)
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Michaël Hirsch (2017-2018)
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Gérald Kierzek (2014-2018)
*Cyril Lacarrière (2017-2018, 2019-2020)
*Jean-Pierre Montanay (2019-2020)
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Jérémy Michalak (2004-2014, 2016-2017)
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Didier Roustan
Didier Roustan (born 10 October 1957) is a French sports journalist who has presented and commentated for multiple French football channels, and currently works for L'Équipe television channel. In 1984, he was the temporary main presenter of t ...
(2017-2018)
* Mathilde Terrier (2017-2018)
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Julia Vignali
Julia Vignali (born 13 July 1975) is a French actress and television presenter.
Career
After studying at commerce at the Grenoble School of Management, Julia Vignali briefly worked for the marketing service of Polydor Records at Universal Music ...
(2016-2017)
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Ariel Wizman
Ariel Wizman (born 19 May 1962) is a French musician, DJ, journalist and actor born in Casablanca, Morocco.de Chamberet, Georgia (1999) ''XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing'', Flamingo, , p. 209[Longwave transmitter Europe 1
The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 is the oldest privately owned radio station in Germany, situated between and Berus/Saar, Germany. It transmitted on 183 kHz with a power of 2,000 kilowatts a French speaking programme, Europe 1 toward France ...]
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Transmitter Building Europe 1 The Europe 1 Transmitter building is located in Felsberg, a part of the municipality Überherrn, Germany close to the French border. It was built in 1954 to house the transmitter device of Europe 1, and the maiden transmission was made on January 1, ...
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Telesaar
Telesaar is the designation of the first German private television station. It was brought in 1954 by the European Broadcast and Television AG, which also operates the transmitter of Europe 1.
This was permitted, because until the end of 1956 the ...
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Radio stations established in 1955
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