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| Company type | Société anonyme |
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| Industry | Public broadcasting |
| Founded | 1 January 1975; 50 years ago (1975-01-01) |
| Headquarters | Paris ,France |
Area served | France |
Key people | Sibyle Veil (CEO) |
| Products | Radio broadcasting, radio production |
| Services | Public radio |
| Revenue | 671 millions € (2018) |
| 7,3 millions € (2018) | |
| Owner | Government of France |
Number of employees | 4 562 (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | France Inter France Bleu France Culture France Musique France Info FIP Mouv' Sophia [fr] Arte (15%) Radio France Publicité [fr] |
| Website | www |
Radio France (French pronunciation:[ʁadjofʁɑ̃s]) is the French national public radio broadcaster.
Radio France offers seven national networks:
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Radio France's two principal missions are:
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Radio France has its headquarters at theMaison de la Radio et de la Musique, a circular building designed by the architectHenry Bernard (architect)and inaugurated in December 1963 by PresidentCharles de Gaulle, which stands beside theRiver Seine in the16th arrondissement of Paris. In addition to housing Radio France's central services and the studios of several of its channels, the building is home to theMusée de Radio France, a museum of radio and television broadcasting and recording techniques. The building caught fire in October 2014.[2]
The headquarters of Radio France is constituted of roughly a hundred studios dedicated to radio broadcasts and concerts, as well as an auditorium, which stands on the site of the former studios 102 and 103.Public broadcasts and concerts are generally held in studio 105 (with 237 seats) and studio 106 (with 137 seats). Studios 611, 621, 511, and 521 are dedicated to theFrance Inter channel. Studio 221 is described as the "telegenic" studio, where programs such as "Les Informés", "8.30 Franceinfo", or "Questions Politiques" are recorded and aired on the television channelFrance Info.
The Radio France group is 100% owned by the French State. Nearly 80% of Radio France's funding comes fromTelevision licence, the remaining 20% comes from own resources, mainly from advertising and diversification activities developed by Radio France.
In September 2019, a bill emanating from theMinistry of Culture announces the creation of "France Médias", a parent company which will bring togetherFrance Télévisions, Radio France,France Médias Monde and theINA.[3] This bill also provides for the end of the appointments of directors of Radio France by theCSA, a power which will be attributed to the board of directors of the radiophonic entity, which will continue to operate independently, but also in synergy with the other entities of France Médias.[3]
Mathieu Gallet, former President and CEO of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel|National Audiovisual Institute (INA) from 2010 to 2014, was unanimously appointed by the members of the Higher Audiovisual Council (CSA)[4]
Beyond its primary profession which is to make radio, Radio France works on many political, social or cultural projects. The group deploys resources to support various causes, is committed on several fronts, and makes it known through communication actions. Thus, in 2018 Radio France indicates that:
In application of the law of 14 November 2016 and its implementing decree of 21 March 2017, an ethics committee is created to strengthen freedom, the independence and pluralism of the media. […] This committee is made up of five independent individuals appointed for three years, and whose mandate is renewable.[11]
The investigation unit of Radio France, the usual name of the investigation and investigation department of Radio France, is divided into three poles: production, digital, and investigation. This last pole includes five investigators.[12]
The investigation unit has been a partner ofDisclose since 2018.[13]
When the news so requires, Radio France stations resort to event programming, which is no longer subject to the program schedules. These events, whether political, economic, societal, cultural or sporting, can be found in the pages retracing the annual chronologies of the radio media.
Since 1975, Radio France has been broadcasting inFM on almost the entire territory.
Radio France broadcast between 1975 and 2016 inAM:France InterGO (1939–2016); France InterPO (1956–1996); France InterOC (1975–1981),France Culture PO (1975–1980);Radio Bleu PO (1980–2000);France Info PO (2000–2016).
In 2016, Radio France's programs were broadcast inRNT (DAB +) over the Paris region via an experiment. In 2019, the CSA allocates to all the national frequencies of Radio France, via a call for tenders procedure, broadcast in DAB +. This technology mainly aims to allow better sound quality, the addition of data synchronized or not with the radio (scrolling texts, images, information, websites, etc.) and a lower broadcasting cost than that of FM.
Since 2006, Radio France has produced its programs entirely in digital and since 2012 has offered numerous programs inpodcast inMP3 format.[14] From 2014, faced with the boom in the consumption of videos on the Internet, and the development of the use of tablets or smartphones, Radio France introduced the concept of "enriched radio" which consists of filming the studio during the recording some radio broadcasts. The video is then put online live (in streaming) on the station's website or inserted into a video catalog so that it can be viewed after the broadcast on air.
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