Radio Monte Carlo (RMC) is the name of radio stations owned and managed by several different entities: * RMC (France) is a French-speaking station, broadcasting in

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and

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owned by NextRadioTV. **RMC Sport, a French bouquet of paid TV sport channels, launched on 7 June 2016 as SFR Sport and rebranded as RMC Sport on 3 July 2018: ***RMC Sport 1, flagship channel ***RMC Sport 2, multisports ***RMC Sport 3, extreme sports and equitation ***RMC Sport 4,

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***RMC Sport Live 5-16, additional channels to broadcast live matches **RMC Découverte and RMC Story, two digital free-to-air TV channels focused on talk-shows and documentaries *Radio Monte Carlo Network is an Italian-speaking station, broadcasting in

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and

from both

and

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, and owned by Mediaset. Radio Monte Carlo was founded in 1966 by Noel Cutisson and its enlisted deejays included: Antonio Devia, Awanagana, Ettore Andenna, Gigi Salvadori, Herbert Pagani, Liliana Dell'Acqua, Luisella Berrino, Manuela De Vito, Marco Odino, Mario Raffaele Conti, Max Pagani, Riccardo Heinen, Roberto Arnaldi, Valeria Porrà, and others. Nowadays deejays are: Paolo Remondini, Alberto Capozzella, Luisella Berrino, Maurizio Di Maggio, Massimo Valli, Max Venegoni, Patrizia Farchetto, Marco Porticelli, "Jackie", Nick "The Nightfly", David Dunn, Kay Rush, "Katamashi", Stefano Bragatto, Monica Sala, Clive Malcolm Griffiths, Mauro Pellegrino and Erina Martelli. **Monte Carlo 2 (MC2) is the second Italian-speaking station, formerly associated with RMC Radio Monte Carlo Network broadcasting in

and

. *Radio Monte Carlo (Switzerland) was a

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station broadcasting from Zurich, Switzerland. It ceased in 2014 following bankruptcy of Music First Network AG *Radio Monte Carlo (Russia) is broadcasting from

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(102.1 fm),

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(105.9 fm), Rostov-on-Don (103.7 fm),

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

(100.9 fm),

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus n ...

(99.8 fm),

Syzran Syzran ( rus, Сызрань, p=ˈsɨzrənʲ) is the third largest city in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Saratov Reservoir of the Volga River. Population: History Founded in 1683 as a fortress, Syzran grew into an important ...

(92.9 fm),

Balakovo Balakovo ( rus, Балако́во, p=bəlɐˈkovə) is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the East bank of the Volga River about northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in 1 ...

(96.6 fm) and

Nakhodka Nakhodka ( rus, Нахо́дка, p=nɐˈxotkə) is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. Po ...

(106.7 fm). This is the Russian-speaking radio station which broadcasts modern, new age, and semi classic music along with news and other broadcasts. At 2008-2010 was broadcasting contemporary lounge and house music and remixes. *Radio Monte Carlo International was an English language station on 205 metres on the mediumwave. Launched on December 1, 1970 with British DJs

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and Dave Cash with contemporary pop music and considered at the time as a rival of

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's English programming. * Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya is an

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station, broadcasting throughout the

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and

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. *

Radio Monte Carlo (Uruguay) CX 20 Radio Monte Carlo is a Uruguayan Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 ...

- Montevideo, Uruguay is a Spanish-speaking station broadcast on 930AM. *Radio Monte Carlo (Georgia)

Perception

Radio Monte Carlo is considered one of the most popular networks especially in non-

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and French-speaking regions for its assumed neutrality. During the

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, it was mentioned by some journalists as a reliable source. Radio Monte Carlo was founded by the Nazis in March 1942, ceased transmission in June 1944 and was back on the air with American help as a joint venture with the Principality of

in August 1944. In 1998, the French government sold its share to a private holding group made up of Sud Radio and la Depeche du Midi.

Broadcasts in other languages

Radio Monte Carlo's transmission network includes some high power Longwave and Mediumwave transmitters located at

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in France. For many years the MW unit has been hired out at nighttime to the Middle East Reformed Fellowship through

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, with programming in various languages including Arabic and English. In 1970, RMC's transmitters were also used by the short lived British commercial album station

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''The World Tomorrow'' broadcast

During the late 1950s '' The World Tomorrow'' radio broadcast of

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was carried by Radio Monte Carlo in the English, Spanish and Russian languages. Armstrong claimed that while the ''

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'' was jammed by the

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, his Russian-language broadcast was heard loud and clear in

. The Medium wave transmitter of RMC carries mostly

programming during evening hours.

Transmitters

Transmitter Roumoules The Roumoules transmitter is the main broadcasting facility for longwave and mediumwave broadcasting of Radio Monte Carlo near Roumoules, France and is owned by Monaco Media Diffusion. The 1000 and 2000kW transmitters installed are among the mos ...

* Col de La Madonne * Fontbonne

External links

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