The Public Francophone Radios (French: ''Radios francophones publiques'') is a group of

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broadcasters comprising

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, the

Radio Télévision Suisse Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...

and

RTBF The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Commu ...

. It produces programmes such as ''L'actualité francophone'' (weekly news), ''La librairie francophone''''La librairie francophone''
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, www.radiosfrancophones.org (page visited on 13 April 2013).

History

The ''Communauté des radios publiques de langue française'' (CRPLF) was created in

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and became the ''Radios francophones publiques'' in

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. In 2016, the ''Radios francophones publiques'' fused with the ''Communauté des télévisions francophones'' to form the ''Médias francophones publics''.

Notes and references

External links

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Official website
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