France Info (radio network)
France Info is a radio network operated by the French public service radio broadcaster Radio France with involvement of France Télévisions. It provides continuous live news and information.
Broadcasting on FM, France Info is receivable across France and audible too in the border regions of neighbouring countries, including southern parts of the United Kingdom, especially the southeastern coastal region of England.
History
France Info was founded in 1987 by Roland Faure and Jérôme Bellay. Year on year its audience has grown, notably after the social conflicts of 1995, 2003, and 2006. It is frequently estimated to be the fourth largest French radio network in terms of listener numbers, after RTL, NRJ and France Inter.France Info has offices in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse, and also makes use of local-news input from the France Bleu network.
Journalists and presenters
- David Abiker
- Sophie Auvigne
- Matthieu Beauval
- Gilbert Chevalier
- Jérôme Colombain
- Olivier de Lagarde
- Raphaëlle Duchemin
- Olivier Émond
- Jean-Pierre Gauffre
- Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine
- Chloé Leprince
- Jean Leymarie (journalist)
- Marie-Ève Malouines
- Marie-Odile Monchicourt
- Benjamin Muller
- Grégory Philipps
- Richard Place
- Catherine Pottier
- Bernard Thomasson
- Philippe Vandel
Frequencies
FM
Main transmitters:- Bar-le-Duc 104.5 MHz
- Bastia 105.5 MHz
- Bayonne 105.5 MHz
- Charleville-Mézières 105.9 MHz
- Clermont-Ferrand 105.5 MHz
- Le Mans 105.5 MHz
- Lille 105.2 MHz
- Lyon 103.4 MHz
- Marseille 105.3 MHz
- Metz 106.8 MHz
- Mulhouse 105.5 MHz
- Nice 105.7 MHz
- Paris 105.5 MHz
- Perpignan 105.1 MHz
- Reims 105.5 MHz
- Strasbourg 104.4 MHz
- Vannes 105.5 MHz
Former mediumwave frequencies
These frequencies were de-activated at midnight local time on the night of 31 December 2015, except for Lyon and Rennes: Rennes transmitter continued to broadcast until 2 January 2016 0900 UTC, while Lyon continued to broadcast until midnight on 4 January 2016, for the Holy Mass for the sick held by Notre Dame des Ondes on Sunday 3 January.- Bayonne 1494 kHz; Power : 4 kW
- Lyon 603 kHz; Power : 300 kW
- Bordeaux 1206 kHz; Power : 100 kW
- Brest 1404 kHz; Power : 20 kW
- Clermont-Ferrand 1494 kHz; Power : 20 kW
- Dijon 1404 kHz; Power : 5 kW
- Lille 1377 kHz; Power : 300 kW
- Marseille 1242 kHz; Power : 150 kW
- Nice 1557 kHz; Power : 150 kW
- Rennes 711 kHz; Power : 300 kW