Radio transmission in Paris began in 1921, and today there are many AM and FM radio stations available to listeners 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 ...

and the

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History

The first radio broadcast in Paris aimed at the general public took place on 24 December 1921. The next year, the French government allowed the establishment of the first private radio station in Paris: Radiola. After the

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, Parisian radio was nationalized, and it was not until 1981, following the election of

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that private companies were able easily to broadcast in the Paris area. Mitterrand was attempting to permit the growth of radio stations through privatization and fewer regulations, following the Italian example (in 1977, the Italian government permitted the establishment of private stations, leading to a boom in the number of stations). In the early 1980s, there were more than 200 radio stations in Paris. These stations often overlapped, broadcast only sporadically and often low-quality content. This chaotic situation came to an end after the establishment of several regulatory agencies — first the '' Haute Autorité'', then the

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, and finally the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel which granted licences to operate on specific frequencies to certain companies.

The first radio stations in Paris (chronological)

* Radio Tour Eiffel (general interest; state radio) 24 December 1921-June 1940. At the start, it broadcast only for a half-hour a day: a weather forecast, a review of the press and music. The first news broadcast took place on it 3 November 1925. * Radiola (general interest; private) 6 November 1922 to 28 March 1924. Radiola's first trials took place on 26 June 1922 and its first regular broadcasts began on 6 November 1922.

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provided the most-frequently-heard voice for the station. Its first news broadcasts took place on 6 January 1923. It became

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on 29 March 1924 (general interest ; private, then state-run on 17 December 1933) 29 March 1924–17 June 1940. It kept its name of Radio Paris from July 1940 until August 1944, but the station was then run by Nazis and French collaborators. *

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(general interest; state-run) 20 January 1923 until June 1940. *

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(general interest; private) from 30 March 1924 to June 1940. *

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(general interest; private) from March 1926 until 28 September 1935. It became

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(general interest; private) from 29 September 1935 until June 1940. *

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(general interest; private) from 1 December 1926 until 14 January 1934. It became Poste de l’Ile de France (general interest; private) from 15 January 1934 until June 1940 * Radio Luxembourg (general interest, private) from 15 March 1933 until 21 September 1939, and was resurrected from 1945 to 1966, before becoming RTL (general interest) since 1966 * Radio 37 (general interest; private) from 5 September 1937 to 13 June 1940 * Poste colonial (general interest, directed towards the French colonies ; state radio) from 30 April 1931 until 1 March 1938. It became

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(general interest, directed towards French colonies, in 20 languages ; state radio) from 2 March 1938 until 17 June 1940.

From Public Service to Pirate Radio (non-exhaustive chronological list)

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, then

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(general interest, state-run) from 1947 to 1963. Became

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(general interest, state-run) from 1963 on. *

Europe 1 Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. Owned and operated by Lagardère Active, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, it is one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in France and its pro ...

(general interest, private) from 1955 on. *

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(music, public service) from 1963 * France Culture (culture, public service), since 1963 * FIP (music, public service) since 1971 * RFI (news and information, public service — similar to the

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and NPR) since 6 January 1975 * Radio Verte (green/ecological/pirate) from 1977 until 1981 * Radio Ivre (drunk radio) (pirate) from 1979 until 1981 *

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(music, public service) from 1980 until 1987 *

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(here and now) (political/socialist) from 21 June 1980 (was pirate at the start) until 5 September 1996 * Radio Carbone 14 from 1981 until 1983. It was here that

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and "Supernana" débuted.

From free-form to formats (non-exhaustive chronological list)

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(general interest, FM), from 25 May 1981 on. *

Ado FM Ado FM is a radio station in France, broadcasting on FM to Paris and Toulouse. Created in 1981 and owned by the Groupe 1981. The station plays hip-hop music and R&B from the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. History The radio was created under the n ...

(local, then musical) from 1981, changed to a commercial station run by Start (Vibration), and now plays R&B. * Radio Libertaire (anarchist) since 1981. *

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(

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) since 1981. * RFM (music) since May 1981, was independent, then owned by the British firm Crown, then groupe Lagardère. *

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) since 1981. *

Radio FG Radio FG (; since February 2013, formerly FG DJ Radio, acronym for Feel Good) is a French-language radio station that began broadcasting from Paris on 98.2 MHz in the FM band in 1981. It is France's first radio station that broadcasts deep ho ...

(originally serving the gay community, it has now somewhat walked away from that angle. Today it is classified as a mostly techno/house radio) since 1981 (Trivia: FG stands for ''Fréquence Gay''). * Radio Montmartre (French music) from 1981 until 11 July 1995. Became Montmartre FM (French music) from 11 July 1995 until 1998, then became MFM (French music) since 1998. * La voix du Lézard (modern rock) from 1982 to 1986. Became

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(top 40, then top 40/rap) since 1986 * Radio Classique (classical) since January 1983. *

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(oldies) since 1986 * France Info (news, public service) since 1 June 1987. *

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(?; owned by de Bouygues); since 1987. * (rock) from 1981 to 1987. * Ca bouge dans ma tête (world) from 1985 to 1987. Became

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(alternative rock) SINCE 1987. * Hit FM (?) from 1 January 1985 to 11 mars 1988. Became

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(Adult contemporary, sister station to Europe 1) from January 1987 until 12 mars 1988, at which point it became Hit FM once again). * CFM (General interest FM, sister station of Europe 1) from 15 April 1985 to 30 May 1986. Broadcasts some news shows produced by Europe 1. *

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(General interest FM) from 1981 until 1987. Became

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(Music and news; owned by NRJ) in 1987. *

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(jazz) since 1987. Merger of "Génération" and "Paris Jazz sur Paris". * Pacific FM (music) from July 1987 until 13 November 1989 (became Rire et Chansons, (music and sketches ; owned by NRJ) from 14 November 1989 on. * Chic FM (music) from January 1986 until 2 September 1987 Became

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(top 40) in 1987. * 95.2 (music) from 1983 until 1987. Became KISS FM (General interest FM) from 30 avril 1987 until October 1990 ; Frequency shared since April 2001 by

and Radio Néo * Muppies FM (children's radio) began as pirate in 1987, later became Superloustic (children's radio) from May 1987 until September 1987. Restarted in 2004 as an AM station. * Radio Eglantine (Portuguese) from the 1980s until the 1990s.
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(rock) from September 1989 until October 1990, following California FM ot the US station from Tucson, AZ * Aventure FM (owned by the French Army) from December 1987 until 1989. Became Maxximum (dance ; owned by RTL) from 23 October 1989 to 5 January 1992. Became M40 (top 40 ; owned by RTL) from 6 January 1992 until 18 January 1995. Became RTL 1 (top 40; owned by RTL) from 19 January 1995, then became RTL 2 (pop-rock ; owned by RTL) from 1995 on. * BFM (news) since 1992. *

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(Music) from November 1992 to 31 December 1993. Station belonged to Eddie Barclay. Became

Chante France Chante France is a radio station created in 1994 owned by Groupe HPI, based at Paris (France), and dedicated to French Chansons. It currently has 2 transmitters - in Paris and Beauvais, both broadcasting on 90.9 MHz. Its slogan is ''Les plus b ...

(French music) since le 1 January 1994. *

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(soft rock, public service) since 8 December 2001. * Radio Néo (New artists) since 2001. Broadcasters in the

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* IDFM (

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) since 1982, initially Radio-Enghien. * CVS ( Hauts de Seine) from 1981 until September 1990. Became O'FM from September 1990 until 1998. Became Sport O’FM in 1998, then

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since 2002. *

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and his Radio-Bocal (both in Nanterre), and RSRM. (Rueil-Malmaison) broadcast locally a few years at the start of the 1980s. * TSF radio du jazz (communist, then jazz) since 1981, broadcast successively from Nanterre then from Bobigny. * MBS, Daniel Gérard, (92.8)

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and American music.

Current FM band in Paris

*87,8 :

*88,2 : Générations *88,6 : Radio soleil *89,0 :

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*89,4 : Radio libertaire *89,9 :

TSF Jazz TSF Jazz, previously known as TSF 89.9, is a jazz radio station in Paris, France, that was started in 1999 and owned by Nova Press. The station broadcasts in the Île-de-France: in Paris on 89.9 FM where it can almost be heard in the whole region ...

*90,4 :

*90,9 :

*91,3 :

*91,7 :

*92,1 :

*92,6 : Tropiques FM *92,8 : Music Box *93,1 : Radio pays / Aligre FM *93,5 : France Culture *93,9 :

Radio Campus Paris Radio Campus Paris is a student radio station in Paris. Created in 1998 as an internet radio Online radio (also web radio, net radio, streaming radio, e-radio, IP radio, Internet radio) is a digital audio service transmitted via the Internet. ...

Vivre FM Vivre can refer to: * ''Vivre'' (album), a 1988 album by Celine Dion * "Vivre" (Carole Vinci song), the Swiss entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 * "Vivre" (Guy Bonnet song), the French entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 * "Vivre" (Noa ...

*94,3 : Radio Orient *94,8 :

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Judaïques FM (, "Jewish FM") was a radio station in Paris, France. It broadcast on 94.8 MHz as part of a four-way shared-time arrangement, consisting entirely of Jewish radio stations, between 1981 and 2020. While technically still a separate station with ...

/ RCJ / Radio Shalom *95,2 :

/ Radio Néo *95,6 :

Radio courtoisie Radio Courtoisie (English: Radio Courtesy) is a French radio station and cultural associative union created in 1987 by Jean Ferré. ''Radio Courtoisie'' defines itself as the "free radio of the real country eferring to the ''pays réel'' concep ...

*96,0 :

*96,4 :

BFM Business BFM Business (called BFM for ''Business FM'' until April 2009 and BFM Radio until November 2010) is France's first business news channel. It's also the most-listened to business news radio station in this country. From November 2010, BFM Business ...

*96,9 :

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*97,4 : Rire et Chansons *97,8 :

*98,2 :

*98,6 :

Radio Alfa Radio Alfa is a French radio station broadcast from Paris, aimed at the Portuguese community. It broadcasts to Ile-de-France on 98.6 MHz. Its studios are based in Créteil. See also * Les Indépendants * Frequency modulation * Radio Rad ...

*98,8 : Radio Espace FM *99,0 :

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*99,5 :

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AYP FM AYP may refer to: Places * Albany Park railway station, UK, station code * Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendívil Duarte Airport, Ayacucho, Peru, IATA code Language * North Mesopotamian Arabic (ISO 639-3 ayp), a variety of Arabic Music * America ...

*99,9 :

Sud Radio Sud Radio is a French privately owned radio station, founded in 1958. Until 2017, it was headquartered in Labège, Haute-Garonne near Toulouse, before it moved to Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. This relocation to the Parisian region allows for the ...

*100,3 :

*100,7 : Radio Notre Dame / Fréquence protestante *101,1 : Radio Classique *101,5 : Radio Nova *101,9 : FUN Radio *102,3 :

*102,7 : MFM *103,1 : RMC Info *103,5 :

Virgin Radio Virgin Radio launched in the United Kingdom in 1993. In 2008, Virgin Radio UK was sold to TIML, a subsidiary of The Times of India group, and the name was changed to Absolute Radio; the Virgin Radio name was not included in the sale. In 2001, ...

*103,9 : RFM *104,3 : RTL *104,7 :

*105,1 : FIP *105,5 : France Info *105,9 : RTL 2 *106,3 : Fréquence Paris plurielle *106,7 :

Beur FM Beur FM is a French local radio station catering mainly to France's Maghrebi communities including: Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians.France Bleu Ile de France *107,5 : Africa n°1 *107,7 :

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*107,7 : 107,9 : Vent d'Ouest (pirate) (not regular) / Radio Plus (pirate) (not regular)

External links

Radio stations in Paris (Radiomap.eu)

List of Radio Stations in Paris

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