VivaCité is a

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public service radio station operated by RTBF. The station launched on 29 February 2004 from the merger of regional network ''Fréquence Wallonie'' and Brussels station ''Bruxelles Capitale''. VivaCité is the French-language equivalent of VRT Radio 2.

Overview

VivaCité is a radio network, covering the French-speaking regions of Belgium, via six regional stations (

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Charleroi, Hainaut, Liège, Namur/

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 ...

Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant (french: Brabant wallon ; nl, Waals-Brabant ; wa, Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and ...

). Its programming is a mix of

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

music with personality-driven shows and sports coverage in the evenings. All six stations air local programming in the morning between 5:30 and 8:30 weekdays, with evening drive coming from four locations (Luxembourg and Charleroi air neighbouring stations' shows). ''Radiolène'', a station based in Verviers was absorbed into the VivaCité network. ''Radiolène'' was created in 1982 as an experimental local station. It was severely reduced in 2004 by the ''Magellan Plan'' re-organisation of public radio, then closed as an independent station with three morning opt-out news bulletins remaining as local output.

Slogans

* 2004: ''La nouvelle radio'' * 2004-2006: ''On a plein de choses à se dire'' * 2006: ''Au cœur de vos émotions'' * 2007-2009: ''En toute complicité'' * 2009: ''La radio complice'' * 2009: ''Et la vie va!'' * 2011: ''Ma radio complicité''

Reception

FM

VivaCité Brabant wallon *

Wavre Wavre (; nl, Waver, ; wa, Wåve) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, capital of the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Wavre is in the Dyle valley. Most inhabitants speak French as their mother tongue and are called "Wavriens" and " ...

: 97.3 VivaCité Bruxelles *

: 99.3 VivaCité Liège * Liège: 90.5 *

Malmedy Malmedy (; german: Malmünd, ; wa, Måmdiy) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Malmedy had a total population of 12,654. The total area is 99.96 km2 which gives a populati ...

: 91.6 * Spa: 94.6 *

Verviers Verviers (; wa, Vervî) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Ensival, Heusy, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Verviers. It is also ...

: 103.0 *

Welkenraedt Welkenraedt (; Ripuarian: ; wa, Welkenrote) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Welkenraedt had a total population of 9,920. The total area is 24.47 km² which gives a population d ...

: 89.4 VivaCité Charleroi * Charleroi: 92.3 * Chimay: 95.4 VivaCité Hainaut * La Louvière: 99.5 * Mons: 97.1 * Hainaut: 101.8 VivaCité Namur *

Couvin Couvin (; wa, Couvén) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2018 the municipality had 13,782 inhabitants. Couvin is the second largest municipality of Belgium by surface area, after Tourna ...

: 94.2 * Namur (centre): 89.1 * Namur (province): 98.3 VivaCité Luxembourg * Ardennes and

: 91.5 *

Bouillon Bouillon can refer to: Food * Bouillon (broth), a simple broth ** Court-bouillon, a quick broth * Bouillon (soup), a Haitian soup * Bouillon (restaurant), a traditional type of French restaurant **Bouillon Chartier, a bouillon restaurant foun ...

: 98.1 *

Houffalize Houffalize (; german: Hohenfels; wa, Oufalijhe) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium.Sven Vrielinck: De territoriale indeling van België 1795-1963 Volume 1. Universitaire Pers Leuven 2000. page 48 ...

: 91.8 * La Roche-en-Ardenne: 88.2 *

Marche-en-Famenne Marche-en-Famenne (, literally ''Marche in Famenne''; wa, Måtche-el-Fåmene, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The municipality consists of the following districts: Aye, Hargimont, Hum ...

: 95.2

AM

* 621 kHz - shared time with La Première, everyday between 20:00-23:00, within a radius of about from

* 1125 kHz - within a radius of about from La Louvière

DAB+

Since the end of 2018, each local stations are available on DAB+ on their provincial block. Until 2018, VivaCité was broadcast on DAB Block 12B (225.648 kHz). These were programmes that are broadcast by VivaCité Bruxelles which covers all of the

French Community of Belgium In Belgium, the French Community (french: Communauté française; ) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation (french: Féd� ...

Satellite

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- 12343.50 H (encrypted) Audio: 137

Digital terrestrial television

* UHF channel 56, 66 and 45

Internet

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