France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by

Radio France Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: * France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety o ...

. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" al ...

and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

History

The channel was launched by

Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF; ''French Radio and Television Broadcasting'') was the French national public broadcaster television organization established on 9 February 1949 to replace the post-war "''Radiodiffusion Française''" ...

(RTF) in 1954 as ''La Chaîne Haute-Fidélité'', then renamed in 1958 as ''France IV Haute Fidélité'', as ''RTF Haute Fidélité'' in 1963, and finally as ''France Musique'' later in the same year. It was known between 1999 and 2005 as ''France Musiques''. The conductor

André Jouve André Jouve, born 1929, died 2 March 2019 was a French conductor and radio producer, active mainly in France, who left a number of recordings and was for many years associated with classical music on French Radio.André Jouve - Ils nous ont quitt ...

was coordinator of programming and music services at France Musique during the 1980s.Mort d'André Jouve, figure musicale de Radio France
Obituary for André Jouve on France Musique website, accessed 18 December 2019.

Programming

The channel's schedules feature the transmission of many live and "as live" concerts (that is to say, those recorded live for broadcast at a later date), including the majority of the concerts given by the

Orchestre National de France The Orchestre national de France (ONF; literal translation, ''National Orchestra of France'') is a French symphony orchestra based in Paris, founded in 1934. Placed under the administration of the French national radio (named Radio France sinc ...

. Many of the concerts organized by France Musique are also broadcast in Canada by

CBC Radio 2 CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a ...

as well as being relayed by other European classical music radio channels, such as

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also featuring. The sta ...

in the United Kingdom, and filmed for

Arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plu ...

television. Live programmes begin at 7am each morning with ''Musique Matin''. Jazz is an important part of the output with two programmes each weekday evening: ''Open Jazz'' and ''Banzzaï''. Weekend shows include a request show, ''France Musique est à vous'', specialist programmes on guitars, cinema and musicals (''42e Rue''). France Musique also has a number of genre-specific internet radio streams.

References

External links

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France Musique transmitters map
Classical music radio stations Jazz radio stations in France Radio France Radio stations established in 1954 {{France-radio-station-stub