France 3 Alsace is a regional television service and part of the

France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services provi ...

network. Serving the

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

region from its headquarters in Strasbourg, ''France 3 Alsace'' produces regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming.

History

'' RTF Télé-Strasbourg'' began broadcasting on 15 October 1953. In 1964, RTF was replaced with ORTF by the government, with ''RTF Télé-Strasbourg'' becoming ''ORTF Télé-Strasbourg''. After the de-establishment of ORTF on 6 January 1975, ''ORTF Télé-Strasbourg'' became '' FR3 Alsace''. Following the establishment of

France Télévisions France Télévisions (; stylized since 2018 as ) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (form ...

on 7 September 1992, ''FR3 Alsace'' was rebranded ''France 3 Alsace''.

Programming

News

France 3 Alsace produces two daily region-wide news programmes - a 15 to 20-minute bulletin (''midi-pile'') at 1200 CET during ''Ici 12/13'' and the main half-hour news at 1900 during ''Ici 19/20''. Two 10-minute sub-regional bulletins, ''Strasbourg-Deux Rives'' (serving

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

) and ''France 3 Haute-Alsace'' (serving

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

) are broadcast during ''Ici 19/20'' at 1900 CET. ''Rund um'', a short bulletin in the Alsatian language with French subtitles, is also aired each weekday after the regional ''Ici 12/13'' bulletin. On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of '' Soir 3''.

Non-news programming

* ''Triangle'' * ''C'est mieux le matin'' * ''Vis à vis'' * ''7 jours en Alsace et Le Mag'' (Current affairs debate) * ''Européos'' (programme on Europe and European institutions) * ''Sportshow'' (a weekly sport programme) * ''La voix est libre'' (debate show) * ''Gsuntheim'' (Alsatian-language weekend magazine) * '' Sür un Siess'' (cooking programme, also in Alsatian)

Capital

France 3 Alsace has an annual budget of €20.4 million (£14.3 m, $29.3 m) (roughly 2% of the national budget of France 3).

Broadcast area

As well as the target coverage area of

, France 3 Alsace also broadcasts to

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

in Switzerland and parts of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

and

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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 ...

, counting to an overall potential audience of around 2.5 million people (including 1.8 million in Alsace).

References

External links

Official site
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