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The publicly run
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 ...
consortium controls around 40 radio stations, 31 of which fall under the
France Bleu France Bleu is a network of local and regional radio stations in France, part of the national public broadcasting group Radio France. The network has a public service mission to serve local audiences and provides local news and content from each ...
group. * FIP *
France Bleu France Bleu is a network of local and regional radio stations in France, part of the national public broadcasting group Radio France. The network has a public service mission to serve local audiences and provides local news and content from each ...
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France Culture France Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: * France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" sta ...
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France Info France Info (stylised as franceinfo:) is a French Public broadcasting, public broadcasting service produced in collaboration with France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel. The serv ...
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France Inter France Inter () is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a " generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, li ...
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France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was launch ...
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Le Mouv' ''Mouv '' (formerly ''Le Mouv'') is a French youth-oriented radio station which began broadcasting on 17 June 1997. As part of Radio France, it is a public radio station. The station primarily plays youth-oriented music, centered on urban musi ...


Public radio independent of Radio France

* RFI (Radio France Internationale) (controlled by France Medias Monde) * RFO (Réseau France Outre-mer) (controlled by
France Télévisions France Télévisions (; stylized since 2018 as ) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (former ...
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Independent National Radio (by network)


Espace Group Espace Group is a French media company established in 1987, based at Lyon and which engages in mainly radio publishing. Between 1993 and 2009, the Espace Group was allowed to broadcast the Swiss radio station Couleur 3 in France, until all Fre ...

* Alpes 1 ( Annecy, Gap) * Jazz Radio (
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 ...
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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 ...
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Briançon Briançon (, ) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an a ...
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La Radio Plus LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
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Thonon-les-Bains Thonon-les-Bains (; frp, Tonon), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 35,241. Thonon-les-Bains is ...
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MFM Radio M Radio (originally known as MFM Radio) is a radio station, based at Lyon (France) and created in 1981. M is dedicated to only French songs like its local competitor in Île-de-France, Chante France. History In 1981, MFM was created in Lyon, t ...
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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 ...
) * ODS Radio ( Annecy) *
Radio Espace 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 ...
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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 ...
) * RVA (
Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...
) * Virage Radio (ex
Couleur 3 Couleur 3 is the third radio station operated by RTS Radio Télévision Suisse. The station was launched in 1982. It can be received in French-speaking Switzerland and in the canton of Bern on FM. The literal translation of the name is ‘Colo ...
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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 ...
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Groupe Les Échos

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Radio Classique Radio Classique is a French commercial radio station created in 1983 that broadcasts mainly classical music. Its programmes also contain segments of economic and political news. As of 2015, it had 1.1 million listeners per day. Radio Classique ...
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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 ...
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ISA Media Development

* N'Radio * Radio ISA * Radio No1


Lagardère Active Lagardère Active SAS, also known as Lagardère Media, is the media activities arm of the French Lagardère Group. Its subsidiaries include Lagardère's radio operations, television networks, and book and magazine publishers. In 2018, Arnaud Lag ...

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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 pr ...
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Europe 2 Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
* RFM


NextRadioTV NextRadioTV is a French company consisting of BFM TV and RMC.Marie-Catherine BeuthNextRadioTV toujours plus rentable ''Le Figaro'', 26 July 2012 NextRadioTV is on the CAC Small. History In 2000, the NextRadioTV company was founded by Alain We ...

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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 ...
* BFM Radio * RMC


Nova Press

* Radio Nova *
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 ...


NRJ Group The NRJ Group (NRJ is an acronym read as ''énergie'' in French, pronounced ) () is a French multimedia group based in Paris. Its founders are Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini. Since its foundation in 1981 as a French pop music radio ...

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Chérie FM Chérie FM is a French radio station created in 1987 and belongs to the NRJ Group. History Chérie FM is created in 1987 in Paris by Jean-Paul Baudecroux on the then defunct frequency of Gilda la Radiopolitaine. Chérie FM then started broadcast ...
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Nostalgie Nostalgie is a popular French radio station broadcasting on FM, mostly playing pre-2000s songs with 76% of them coming from the 1980s. Nostalgie is part of the NRJ Group. History Radio Nostalgie, now simply Nostalgie, was created on 16 Septembe ...
* NRJ * Rire & Chansons


Groupe Orbus A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation. Air and aviation groups The terms group and wing differ significantly from one country to another, as well as between different branches ...

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Skyrock Skyrock may refer to: *Skyrock (social network site), a French social network site *Skyrock (radio) Skyrock is a French radio station based in Paris created in 1986, and is mainly dedicated to mainstream rap music Rapping (also rhyming, s ...


RTL Group RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France an ...

* Fun Radio * RTL * RTL 2


Groupe 1981

* Ado FM *
Black Box In science, computing, and engineering, a black box is a system which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs (or transfer characteristics), without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is "opaque" (black). The te ...
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Forum Forum or The Forum (plural forums or fora) may refer to: Common uses * Forum (legal), designated space for public expression in the United States *Forum (Roman), open public space within a Roman city **Roman Forum, most famous example *Internet ...
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Latina Latina or Latinas most often refers to: * Latinas, a demographic group in the United States * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America. *Latin Americans Latina and Latinas may also refer ...
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Ouï FM Groupe 1981 (from 1992 until 2010 ''Groupe Start'' then from 2010 until 2013 ''Sud Radio Groupe'') is a French company established in 1992 which engages in radio publishing and is based in Orléans, France. History In 1992, the Start Group is ...
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Vibration Vibration is a mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point. The word comes from Latin ''vibrationem'' ("shaking, brandishing"). The oscillations may be periodic, such as the motion of a pendulum—or random, su ...
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Voltage Voltage, also known as electric pressure, electric tension, or (electric) potential difference, is the difference in electric potential between two points. In a static electric field, it corresponds to the work needed per unit of charge to m ...
* Wit FM


Other private radio stations

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Beur FM Beur FM is a French local radio station catering mainly to France's Maghrebi communities including: Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians.Contact Contact may refer to: Interaction Physical interaction * Contact (geology), a common geological feature * Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye * Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects * ...
* Mona FM * Phare FM *
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 h ...
* RCF (Radios chrétiennes francophones) * Radio Courtoisie * ExplosHits Radio * In addition there are five independent stations that broadcast along the length of the major French motorways, principally providing 24 hour traffic information. **
Autoroute Info Autoroute may refer to the following: * Controlled-access highway, particularly in French-speaking countries * Routing (electronic design automation), when routes to wires in a design are automatically assigned * Microsoft AutoRoute, European nam ...
** Radio Atlandes Autoroute ** Sanef 107.7 **
Radio Vinci Autoroutes 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 ...
** Autoroute de Gascogne FM


Independent Local Radio (by region)


Paris and Ile-de-France

* Aligre FM * Francestar FM * Fréquence Paris Plurielle * Fréquence IDO * Fréquence protestante * Ici et Maintenant * Mamgembo *
Music Box A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'' ...
* Music Capucins * Radio Alfa - for the Portuguese community * Radio campus Paris * Radio Enghien * Radio Libertaire *
Radio Orient Radio Orient (in Arabic إذاعة الشرق pronounced as Iza'at al Sharq) is an Arab international radio station based in Paris, France with retransmissions in various cities in France, Europe and the Arab World. It was established by Lebane ...
* Radio pays * Sport FM * Vallée FM


Others

* 100% Radio * 47 FM * Accent 4 *
Activ Radio Activ may refer to: *Activ (ship), SS Revoljucija 1909 *Activ (band) *Activ (car), 1.5L model of the Chevrolet Spin *Activ (company which supplies automotive components including ADAS) See also *Activ Solar, Austrian solar company *Citizens Activ ...
* Aligre FM * Alouette FM * Aquitaine Radio Live *
Beur FM Beur FM is a French local radio station catering mainly to France's Maghrebi communities including: Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians.Canal FM * Champagne FM * Collines FM *
Delta FM Delta FM was a United Kingdom local radio station, broadcasting to East Hampshire, South West Surrey and North West Sussex. The station provided local news, community information, and specialist music programming to the towns of Alton, Hampshire ...
* D!rect FM * Divergence FM * Durance FM * Echo FM * ECN * Émotion FM * Est FM * FC Radio * Flash FM * Flor FM * FMC Radio *
France Maghreb 2 France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
* Fréquence Grands Lacs * Fréquence Horizon * Fréquence Paris Plurielle 1992 Gianni Carrozza rédacteur en chef FPP Fréquence Paris Plurielle * Fréquence Plus *
Fusion FM ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sixth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2004's ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andr ...
* Gold FM * Grand Sud FM * Happy FM * Hit West *
Hot Radio Hot Radio is a community radio station for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and the surrounding areas offering rhythmic music and local information. The station started life as "The Bay 102.8" and was awarded a community radio licence by O ...
* Impact FM *
Inside Radio iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly CC Media Holdings, Inc., is an American mass media corporation headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company fou ...
* Intensité * Jordanne FM * K6FM * Kiss FM (Nice) *
Latina Latina or Latinas most often refers to: * Latinas, a demographic group in the United States * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America. *Latin Americans Latina and Latinas may also refer ...
* Littoral FM * Logos FM * Lor'FM * Lyon 1ère * Magnum la radio * Maritima Radio * Mistral FM * Mixx Radio * Mona FM * Montagne FM * NOV Fm * MTI * Océane FM * Or'FM *
Plein Air ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or ''plein air'' painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...
* Radio Bonheur * Radio 6 *
Radio 8 Radio 8 is a Bosnian commercial radio station, broadcasting from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Radio 8 focuses on urban music, entertainment shows and local news. The program is currently broadcast at one frequency (Sarajevo ), estimated n ...
* Radio Alfa - for the Portuguese community * Radio Azur * Radio Bonheur *
Radio Caroline Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Alan Crawford initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly ...
* Radio Cigogne * Radio Côte d'amour * Radio Cristal *
Radio Dreyeckland Radio Dreyeckland is a radio station in Mulhouse, Alsace, France. Another station with the same name operates in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Both stations are successors to Radio Verte Fessenheim which was started by opponents to the Fessenhei ...
* Radio ECN *
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 h ...
* Radio Fugi * Radio Galaxie * Radio Galere * Radio Grenouille * Radio Jérico * Radio Latitude *
Radio Liberté 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 ...
* Radio Mélodie * Radio Ménergy * Radio Metropolys *
Radio Mont Blanc 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 ...
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Radio Orient Radio Orient (in Arabic إذاعة الشرق pronounced as Iza'at al Sharq) is an Arab international radio station based in Paris, France with retransmissions in various cities in France, Europe and the Arab World. It was established by Lebane ...
* Radio Oxygène * Radio Rezo * Radio Scoop * Radio Star * Radio Studio 1 * Radio VFM * Radio Vitamine * RadiOcéan * Radio RCN * RDL Radio * Résonance * RBA *
RMB The renminbi (; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's most traded currencies, ranking as the fifth most traded currency in the world as of April 2022. ...
* RMN FM * RTS FM * RV1 * RVM *
Sea FM Sea FM was an Australian radio network, consisting of stations in Queensland and NSW owned by Southern Cross Austereo. Some Sea FM stations were later sold to meet media ownership requirements. Prime Television Limited purchased Sea FM Townsvi ...
* Sun 101.5 *
Sweet FM Sweetness is a Taste#Basic tastes, basic taste most commonly Perception, perceived when eating foods rich in sugars. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasure, pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds ...
* Tempo La Radio *
Tendance Ouest ''Tendance'' ( French for ''Trend'') is a reissue of French singer Amanda Lear's studio album ''Heart''. The album was released in 2003 by Le Marais Prod. and Sony Music. Background ''Tendance'' is an expanded re-release of the 2001 studio albu ...
* TFM * Tonic Radio * Top Music *
Totem A totem (from oj, ᑑᑌᒼ, italics=no or '' doodem'') is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. While ''the ...
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Toulouse FM Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...
* Tropiques FM * Urban Hit * Variation


Category A Stations

Non-Commercial Stations * Judaïques FM, Radio J, Radio Shalom, RCJ (Radio de la Communauté Juive) - Paris (time sharing on 94.8 FM); Religious * Radio Courtoisie - political * Radio Notre-Dame - Paris; religious


Internet

* Francestar FM, France's Hit Music Station...!
FRANCESTAR MEDIA
* France Vivace, from the
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 ...
group * Frequence 3, a Web Radio from Paris * Plasm, a web radio from an independent group * Berceuses, a web radio broadcasting lullabies. It is also available to download on the
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Stations that are no longer broadcasting

* Brioude FM (?-1988) * Chic FM (1986-1987) * Hit FM *
KWFM KWFM was a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to South Tucson, Arizona, serving Tucson, Arizona. KWFM was last owned by AM Radio Licenses, LLC. History The station went on the air as KMOP in 1957. It became KHYT in 1965, KM ...
(1989-1990) * Radio Blagon, an internet radio station promoting francophone groups from the alternative music scene (off air since January 9, 2013) {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio stations in France *
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Lists of mass media in France