M Radio (originally known as MFM Radio) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

, based at

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

(France) and created in 1981. M is dedicated to only

French songs A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic so ...

like its local competitor in

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, Chante France.

History

In 1981, MFM was created in

, then named as Radio Montmartre, and proposed a format essentially based on French chansons from the 1920s till the 1960s. Following a certain success, Radio Montmartre extended its coverage in the late 1980s. In 1995, it was authorized by the

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to change its name to "Montmartre FM". Until 1998, MFM was controlled by the

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. The station was then acquired by LV & Co who were owned by Gérard Louvin. After the purchase, Montmartre FM became known simply as MFM. In April 2007, the programming was made around a musical format focused on ''relaxation and emotion'', broadcasting mainly songs from the 1970s to today. Since then, it always plays "40 minutes of ad-free music" for EVERY hour of the day. The format was changed to be aimed at mainly women between 35 and 49 years. The slogan of the station was, at the time, "l'Émotion partagée". At the beginning of 2007, new radio hosts arrived at the radio station, including Thierry Debrune in the morning. In June 2010, the station had been taken over by the

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based in

.« La station a été cédée au groupe lyonnais Espace Group » sur radioactu.com Depuis fin juillet 2010 la radio change sa programmation en ne diffusant que des tubes 100% français toute la journée. Mais la radio ne fut plus automatique la journée mais elle contient des animateurs la journée.

Identity of MFM

Logos

Image:Logo MFM 2010.jpg, Logo of M'FM from 2004 till 2008. Image:Logo MFM 2010.png, Logo of MFM Radio from October 2010 till December 2017. Image:Mradio.png, Current M Radio since January 2018.

Slogans

* 1983 – 1987 : ''La radio tricolore'' (The tricolor radio) * 1987 – 1994 : ''La radio aimable en vogue'' (The pleasure radio in vogue) * 1994 – 1998 : ''La vie est belle'' (Life is beautiful) * 1998 – 2000 : ''Aime, comme Montmartre'' (Love, like Montmartre) * 2000 – 2004 : ''Les mélodies qu'on aime'' (Melodies we love) * 2004 – 2007 : ''Au cœur de la musique'' (At the heart of the music) * 2007 – 2008 : ''L'emotion partagée'' (Sharing emotion) * 2008 – 2009 : ''Music & Smile'' * 2009 – 2009 : ''Le Mix Variété Pop'' (The Pop Mix Variety) * 2009 – 2010 : ''La Radio Variété Pop'' (The Pop Variety Radio) * 2010 – 2011 : ''Ma French Musique (MFM)'' (My French Music) * 6/2011 - 9/2013 : ''100% Musique Française'' (100% French Music) * 2013 - 2014 : ''100% Chanson Française'' (100% French Songs) * From 2014 : ''Vos plus belles chansons françaises'' (The most beautiful French songs) * From 2016 : ''Numéro 1 sur la chanson française'' (Number 1 on the French songs) * From 2016 : ''La radio bleu blanc rouge'' (The blue white red radio)

External links

References

{{Radio stations in France Radio stations in France Mass media in Lyon Radio stations established in 1981