Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. Owned and operated by

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, a subsidiary of the

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, it is one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in

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and its programmes can be received throughout the country. In January 2022 the conservative media mogul

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took over the station.

History

In 1955, to circumvent the prohibition of commercial broadcasting in France after the

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, Europe n° 1 was established in the

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, a German state that borders

and

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. Transmissions were not legally authorised, however, until France's post-war administration of the Saarland ceased and sovereignty returned to

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in 1957; so, during its first two years (1955–1957), under the direction of

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, who had defected from

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, Europe n° 1 was a

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station. In 1959 the French government bought part of the broadcasting corporation, and this interest is administered today by the

. All programming has always been produced in

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. For the few parts of France who can't receive the FM signal,

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broadcast still exists : the programme feed is transferred over ISDN lines to the transmitting station situated on the territory of the villages of Berus and

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in the

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. From its beginning, Europe n°1's priorities were two-fold: first, news and cultural information with an emphasis on eyewitness accounts rather than an announcer with a script; second, shows aimed at establishing bonds with listeners, including plays, contests, informal talk,

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, and street-level politics. In both respects, it was a departure from radio formats of the day. In the 1960s, Europe 1 pioneered a new tone in French radio. Salut les copains became an icon of popular culture and the

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generation. Europe 1 played a role in the

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political crisis by being the principal source of information untainted by government sanction; it was nicknamed "barricade radio". In the 1970s, President Giscard d'Estaing criticized its "mocking" tone. When the industrialist

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became president of Europe 1 group, some feared the network might lose its independent point of view. Since the 1980s, Europe 1 has experienced decreases in audience, and average age of listeners has steadily increased. Both can be traced to the proliferation of FM radio, after socialist President François Mitterrand made FM private radio legal in 1981. In 1986, for equality, the regulation authorities gave FM frequencies to Europe 1 and other peripheral radios still emitting from outside France. A network of Europe 1 FM transmitters was established within France. They later had to be shared with

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, now Virgin Radio. In the 1990s, Europe 1 became a news and talk network.

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became president in 2005. He was dismissed by the CSA (Comité de Surveillance de l'Audiovisuel) after announcing the death of Pascal Sevran prematurely in June 2008 and was replaced by

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, former Director of the Sports at

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. Today, Europe 1 is France's fifth most popular network, with the other four being RTL (radio-television Luxembourg),

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(state-owned, general), NRJ (music) and

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(state-owned, news). Europe 1 also became a supplementary active member of the

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in 1978 and in 1982, an active member.

Programming

Over the last fifty years, the best-known programs on Europe 1 have included: 'Pour ceux qui aiment le jazz' ("For those who love jazz") hosted by

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and

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, 'Signé Furax' ("Signed, Furax", a comic adventure serial), 'Salut les copains' ("Hi, friends", a pop music programme), 'Campus' (book reviews, interviews with literary personalities, and chat about current events and culture), 'Vous êtes formidables' (a programme devoted to "demonstrations of solidarity"), 'Bonjour, monsieur le maire' (aimed at rural France), 'L'horoscope de Madame Soleil' (astrology), '

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' (a reprise of the musical charts), and 'Le club de la presse' ("Press Club", political conversation). BBC Radio 5 had a translated version of Top 50 called Le Top (with Marc et La Mèche) from 1990 to 1994. Noted journalists, presenters, and performers have included:

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, André Arnaud,

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, Lucien Morisse, Robert Willar,

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and Madame Soleil. Former is

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. She was succeeded by

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in 2014. In June 2021, Arnaud Lagardère, the owner of Europe 1, presented the new programming of Europe 1, which revealed an alignment of the station's programming with the news channel CNews, including a joint show presented by

. This announcement led to a strike by the employees of Europe 1 expressing the concern that the station will lose its journalistic independence and become influenced by partisan politics.

Europe 1 on longwave

Europe 1 has been broadcast in France, from France, through a dense FM network since 1986, but the station was also broadcast on

by Europe 1's longwave transmitter until the end of 2019. The

feed was transmitted by Europäische Rundfunk- und Fernseh-AG (in English, European Radio and Television Company), broadcasting on

at 183

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from

in the Saarland. Car radios in France scanned in 3 kHz steps making it easy to tune 183 kHz. For

, the Felsberg antenna system beamed Europe 1's signal southwestward towards France. In the easterly direction, transmissions were attenuated, so, in

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, only a weak signal could be heard. However, because of a defect in the antenna system, only the

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was properly screened to the east; the sidebands suffered less attenuation, so that, in the east, sideband reception was adequate (especially if using an SSB receiver) but distorted. Following the collapse of one mast in the four-mast

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on 8 October 2012, the two-mast reserve antenna was used, resulting in a reduced signal in parts of France but a stronger and undistorted signal in northern Europe and the British Isles. Carrier frequencies on the longwave band are assigned as integer multiples of nine kHz ranging from 153 to 279 kHz. However, the Europe 1 transmitter's frequency, 183 kHz, was offset from the usual nine kHz multiples established under the Geneva Plan. For

, in Felsberg, the four guyed antenna masts which were erected in 1954 and 1955 average 277 metres in height. The building where the transmitters were housed is an architecturally unusual, prestressed-concrete construction that needs no internal supporting columns. It has been designated an architectural monument by the

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and is a protected structure. It was reported on 23 December 2019 that an email from

had confirmed that the

service of Europe 1 would cease transmission at midnight

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on 1 January 2020. In the event, Europe 1

transmission ceased on 31 December 2019 at 23:30

Visual identity

Logos

File:Logo Europe1 1955.png, First old logo of Europe 1 from 1955 until 1965. File:Logo Europe1 1965.png, Old logo of Europe 1 from 1965 until 2001. File:Logo Europe1 2001.png, Old logo of Europe 1 from 2001 until 2005. File:Logo Europe1 2005.jpg, Old logo of Europe 1 from 2005 until 2010. File:Europe 1 logo (2010).svg, The logo of Europe 1 since 23 August 2010.

Slogans

* 1965 - 1975: ''Je choisis, Europe 1 !'' * 1975 - 1981: ''Europe 1, c'est naturel'' * 1981 - 1986: ''De grands moments, à chaque instants'' * 1986 - 2000: ''Europe 1 c'est la pêche'' * 2000 - 2001: ''Europe 1, c'est bien'' * 2001 - 2005: ''Europe 1, ça me parle'' * 2005 - 2009: ''Parlons-nous'' * 2009 - 2013: ''Europe 1, bien entendu'' * 2013 - 2014: ''Europe 1 réveille les Français'' * 2014 - 2016: ''Europe 1, Un temps d'avance'' * 2016 - 2018: ''Europe 1, Mieux capter son époque'' * 2019: ''On est bien, sur Europe 1'' * 2019: ''Europe 1, bien dans son époque'' * Since 2019: ''Écoutez le monde changer''

Hosts

* Fanny Agostini *Elisabeth Assayag *Nicolas Barré *Jean-Rémi Baudot * Matthieu Belliard * Stéphane Bern * Nicolas Beytout *Catherine Blanc *Matthieu Bock *

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* Laurent Cabrol *

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*Nicolas Carreau *Mathieu Charrier * Benoit Clair *

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*François Clauss * Patrick Cohen *

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* Thierry Dagiral * Michaël Darmon *Valérie Darmon *

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*Emmanuel Duteil *Carole Ferry *François Geffrier *Mélanie Gomez *Sébastien Guyot *Didier Hameau *Aurélie Herbemont *Pierre Herbulot * Vincent Hervouët *

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* Matthieu Noël *Julien Pearce *Roland Perez *Virginie Phulpin *Olivier Poels *Eva Roque *

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*Virginie Salmen *Marion Sauveur * Josef Schovanec * Frédéric Taddéï *Sophie Tusseau * Philippe Vandel *Xavier Yvon *Hélène Zélany *Vanessa Zha

Former presenters

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(1955-1986) * Francis Blanche *

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(2014-2015, 2016-2017) * Pierre Thivolet (2007) * Frédéric Taddeï (2005-2011) *

(1955-1968) * Thomas Thouroude (2016-2018) *

Marc Toesca Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...

(1984-1996) * Patrick Topaloff * Robert Willar (1969-1986) * Jean Yanne *

Jacky Gallois Jackie or Jacky may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters named Jackie or Jacky ** Jackie, current ring name of female professional wrestler Jacqueline Moore ** Jackie Lee (I ...

(1983-2016) * Jean-Philippe ALLAIN (1970-1978)

Former journalists

* David Abiker (2010-2019) * Antonin André (2008-2011, 2012-2017) *

Jean-Michel Aphatie Jean-Michel is a French masculine given name. It may refer to : * Jean-Michel Arnold, General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française * Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist * Jean-Michel Aulas (born 1949), French businessman * Jean-Mic ...

(2015-2016, 2018-2019) * André Arnaud *Jean-Philippe Balasse (1994-2020) * Jean-Charles Banoun (1998-2013) * Laurent Bazin (2004-2005, 2018) * Julien Besançon (1955-1970) * Guy Birenbaum (2007-2014) * Christian Boner (1996-2008) * Guillaume Cahour (2010-2012) *

Yves Calvi Yves Calvi (born Yves Krettly on 30 August 1959) is a French journalist and television presenter. Early career and education Yves Calvi was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. He graduated in modern literature and ...

(1996-2005) *

Guy Carlier Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorp ...

(2009-2014, 2016-2018) *

Aymeric Caron Aymeric Caron (; born 4 December 1971) is a French politician and former radio and television journalist who has represented the 18th constituency of Paris in the National Assembly since 2022. He was elected as a member of the Ecological Revo ...

(2009-2011) * Hervé Chabalier (2013-2017) *

Arlette Chabot Arlette Chabot (born 21 July 1951) is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. She was until August 2010 the head of the editorial team of France 2. In March 2011 she moved to the radio station Europe 1 to become head of news and ...

(2011-2015) * Pauline Clavière (Summer 2018) * Patrick Cohen (2008-2010) *

Yves Coppens Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist. A graduate from the University of Rennes and Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October ...

(Summer 2018) * Gérard Carreyrou * Antoine Cormery (1991) * Michaël Darmon (2011-2016) *

Jean-Claude Dassier Jean-Claude Dassier (born 28 July 1941 in Paris, France) is the president of Olympique de Marseille between June 2009 and June 2011. Before, he was a journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, ...

(1968-1985) *

Nicolas Demorand Nicolas Demorand (born May 5, 1971) is a French journalist who works as a producer, host and editor of French public radio station France Inter. He was the executive editor of French daily '' Libération'' from 2011 to 2014. Early life Demora ...

(2010-2011) * Jean-Michel Dhuez (1999-2013) *

Bruno Donnet Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...

(2017-2018) * Jérôme Dorville (1999-2008) *David Doukhan (2013-2019) *

Marie Drucker Marie Drucker (born 3 December 1974) is a French journalist, author, television and radio personality. Early life The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educa ...

(2008-2010) * Raphaëlle Duchemin (2017-2020) * Albert Ducrocq *

Guillaume Durand Guillaume Durand, or William Durand (c. 1230 – 1 November 1296), also known as Durandus, Duranti or Durantis, from the Italian form of Durandi filius, as he sometimes signed himself, was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop ...

(1978-1987, 1999-2004, 2007–2008) * Valérie Durier (1991-2008) *

Benoît Duquesne Benoît Duquesne (19 July 1957 – 4 July 2014) was a French journalist, television reporter and newscaster. He worked as presenter of the news magazine '' Complément d'enquête'' from 2007 until his death. He also was anchor of the ''Journal de ...

(1982-1988 then 2007-2008) *

(1981-2016) *

Myriam Encaoua Miriam () is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew, recorded in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the prophetess Miriam. Spelling variants include French ''Myriam'', German ''Mirjam, Mirijam''; hypocoristic for ...

(2016-2017) * Raphaël Enthoven (2015-2018) * Nicolas Escoulan (2017) * Samuel Etienne (2013-2017) *

Emmanuel Faux Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

(1987-2017) *

Michel Field Michel Field (born 17 July 1954) is a French journalist, television presenter, philosopher and novelist. He is the author of several novels. He served as the political director of France Télévisions. Early life Michel Field was born as Michel F ...

(1995-2015) * Thierry Fréret (1987-2010) * Jean Gorini *

Laurent Guimier Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...

(1994-2005, 2011-2014) *

Pierre Guyot Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(1995-1998) *Claire Hazan (until 2018) *Pascal Humeau (2006-2011) * Jérôme Ivanichtchenko (2014-2017) * Hélène Jouan (2017-2019) * Thomas Joubert (2008-2017) *Marion Lagardère (2017-2018) *Thibault Lambert (2018-2020) * Ivan Levaï (1972-1987) * Nathalie Levy (2019-2020) * Emmanuel Maubert (2006-2013) *

Jean-Marc Morandini Jean-Marc Morandini (; born 5 August 1965) is a French television host. Morandini was born in Marseille. In 1985, aged 20, he became the youngest TV announcer in France. He worked for channel ''La Cinq'', before creating and animating the program ...

(2003-2016) * Étienne Mougeotte (1968 puis 1974 - 1981) * Géraldine Muhlmann (2017-2018) *Benjamin Muller (2013-2019) * Fabien Namias (2017) * Robert Namias (1969-1984) * Jacques Paoli *Shanel Petit (2016-2019) * Benjamin Petrover (2008-2014) * Nicolas Poincaré (2011-2018) *Bernard Poirette (2018-2020) *

Natacha Polony Natacha Polony (born 15 April 1975) is a French journalist and essayist. She worked on the France 2 TV show '' On n'est pas couché'', presented by Laurent Ruquier from 2011 until 2014. Bibliography * ''Nos Enfants gâchés : petit traité sur ...

(2012-2017) *

Patrick Roger Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...

(2011-2016) *

Caroline Roux Caroline may refer to: People *Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica * ...

(2012-2016) *

(1970-2001) * Maurice Siegel * Albert Simon (Météo) *

Anne Sinclair Anne Sinclair (, born Anne-Élise Schwartz; 15 July 1948) is a New-York-born French television and radio interviewer. She hosted one of the most popular political shows for more than thirteen years on TF1, the largest European private TV channel ...

(2014-2016) * Thomas Sotto (2013-2017) * Maxime Switek (2005-2018) * Bruce Toussaint (2011-2013) * Benjamin Vincent (2003-2009) *Géraldine Woessner (2012-2019) * Edmond Zucchelli (1985-1998)

Former columnists

Fabrice d'Almeida Fabrice d'Almeida (born 15 November 1963) is a French historian, whose work focuses on the history of the media, image propaganda and manipulation. Biography d'Almeida was born in November 1963 in Ajaccio, the son of academic Hélène d'Almeid ...

(2018-2019) * Raphaëlle Baillot (2017-2018) *

(2013-2015) *

Valérie Bénaïm Valerie Benaim (; ar, فاليري بنعيم; born 30 August 1969) is a Moroccan-born French journalist, columnist, writer, TV Presenter and radio host. Personal life She was born in Casablanca, Morocco. In 2012, she joined the team of the T ...

(2013-2016) *Anne Cazaubon (2015-2018) * Julien Cazarre (2017-2018) *

Bertrand Chameroy Bertrand may refer to: Places * Bertrand, Missouri, US * Bertrand, Nebraska, US * Bertrand, New Brunswick, Canada * Bertrand Township, Michigan, US * Bertrand, Michigan * Bertrand, Virginia, US * Bertrand Creek, state of Washington * Saint-Bertr ...

(2015-2016, 2017-2018) *

Daniel Cohn-Bendit Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician of Jewish descent. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as ''Dany le Rouge'' (French for "Danny the Red" ...

(2013-2018) * Jérôme Commandeur (2010-2018) *

Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (; born 30 September 1944) is a former French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.Nadia Daam Nadia Daam (born 1978) is a French journalist. Life Brought up in Strasbourg to a Moroccan family, Daam obtained a Baccalauréat in 1996 at the International School of Pontonniers. She studied at Lycée Victor-Hugo in Paris, she also obtaine ...

(2017-2018) *

Estelle Denis Estelle Denis (born 6 December 1976) is a French journalist and television presenter. Early life and education Estelle Denis was born in Paris but spent her childhood in Le Coudray-Montceaux, a town in the department of Essonne. In 1994, she ...

(2015-2016) * Axel de Tarlé (1996-2020) *Pierre Dezeraud (2019-2020) * Louise Ekland (2016-2017) *

Jean-Pierre Foucault Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947 in Marseille) is a French television and radio host. He was born in Marseille, his mother was Jewish. He was the host of '' Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a ...

(2014-2016) *Bernard Fripiat (2015-2020) *Mickaël Frison (2017-2018) * Thierry Geffrotin (1997-2020) *Cyrielle Hariel (2017-2018) * Michaël Hirsch (2017-2018) * Gérald Kierzek (2014-2018) *Cyril Lacarrière (2017-2018, 2019-2020) *Jean-Pierre Montanay (2019-2020) * Jérémy Michalak (2004-2014, 2016-2017) *

Didier Roustan Didier Roustan (born 10 October 1957) is a French sports journalist who has presented and commentated for multiple French football channels, and currently works for L'Équipe television channel. In 1984, he was the temporary main presenter of t ...

(2017-2018) * Mathilde Terrier (2017-2018) *

Julia Vignali Julia Vignali (born 13 July 1975) is a French actress and television presenter. Career After studying at commerce at the Grenoble School of Management, Julia Vignali briefly worked for the marketing service of Polydor Records at Universal Music ...

(2016-2017) *

Ariel Wizman Ariel Wizman (born 19 May 1962) is a French musician, DJ, journalist and actor born in Casablanca, Morocco.de Chamberet, Georgia (1999) ''XCiTés: The Flamingo Book of Fresh French Writing'', Flamingo, , p. 209 Longwave transmitter Europe 1 The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 is the oldest privately owned radio station in Germany, situated between and Berus/Saar, Germany. It transmitted on 183 kHz with a power of 2,000 kilowatts a French speaking programme, Europe 1 toward France ...

* Transmitter Building Europe 1 * Telesaar

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