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Europe 1, (''Europe un'') formerly known as Europe nº 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. It was owned and operated by
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, a subsidiary of the
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, it was one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in
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and its programmes were received throughout the country. In January 2022, the
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media mogul
Vincent Bolloré Vincent Bolloré (; born 1 April 1952) is a French billionaire businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré until his retirement from the family business in 2022. In January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$ ...
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
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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 was administered today by the
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. 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
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and Felsberg in the
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,
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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
Jean-Luc Lagardère Jean-Luc Lagardère (; 10 February 1928 – 14 March 2003) was a major French businessman, CEO of the Lagardère Group, one of the largest French conglomerates. Career Jean-Luc Lagardère was a '' Supélec'' engineer. He began his career in ...
(mass media and military) became president of Europe 1 group, some feared the network might lose its independent point of view. Europe 1 also became a supplementary active member of the
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in 1978 and in 1982, an active member. 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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. 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 Alexandre Bompard, former Director of the Sports at
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. In the 1990s, Europe 1 was France's fifth most popular network, with the other four being
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(radio-television Luxembourg),
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(state-owned, general),
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(music) and
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(state-owned, news). Then the right-wing media mogul
Vincent Bolloré Vincent Bolloré (; born 1 April 1952) is a French billionaire businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré until his retirement from the family business in 2022. In January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$ ...
took over the station in January 2022.


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
Daniel Filipacchi Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias and a French collector of surrealist art. Career Filipacchi wrote and worked as a photographer for '' Paris Match'' from its founding in 1949 b ...
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:
Patrick Topaloff Patrick Topaloff (30 December 1944 – 7 March 2010) was a French comedian, singer, and actor. The son of a Georgian father and a Corsican mother which, according to him, made him "a delicate Franco-Russian dessert", Topaloff began his career o ...
, Maurice Siegel, Jean Gorini,
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, Pierre Bouteiller,
Pierre Bellemare Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor. Television * '' La Tête et les Jambes'' * '' La Caméra invisible'' * '' J'ai un Se ...
,
Francis Blanche François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (; 20 July 1921 â€“ 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanch ...
,
Daniel Filipacchi Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias and a French collector of surrealist art. Career Filipacchi wrote and worked as a photographer for '' Paris Match'' from its founding in 1949 b ...
,
Frank Ténot Frank Ténot (31 October 1925 – 8 January 2004) was a French press agent, pataphysician, and jazz critic. He managed a number of publications over the course of his long association with Daniel Filipacchi, a publisher of multiple magazines who ...
, Lucien Morisse, Robert Willar,
Albert Simon Albert Simon (3 July 1901 – 13 March 1956) was a Luxembourgish painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympi ...
,
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and
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. Former is
Wendy Bouchard Wendy Bouchard (born 22 June 1980) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life and education Born in Paris, Wendy Bouchard studied at the high school of Saint-Michel-de-Picpus in Paris. She graduated in history at the So ...
. She was succeeded by
Laurence Ferrari Laurence Ferrari ( ; born 5 July 1966) is a French journalist, best known as a former anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news ''Le 20H''."À TF1, Laurence Ferrari va remplacer Patrick Poivre d’Arvor", ''Le Monde'', Guy DutheiLemonde.frRetrieved ...
in 2014. In June 2021, Vincent Bolloré, the then new owner of Europe 1, presented the new programming of Europe 1, which revealed an alignment of the station's programming with the news channel
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, including a joint show presented by
Laurence Ferrari Laurence Ferrari ( ; born 5 July 1966) is a French journalist, best known as a former anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news ''Le 20H''."À TF1, Laurence Ferrari va remplacer Patrick Poivre d’Arvor", ''Le Monde'', Guy DutheiLemonde.frRetrieved ...
. This announcement led to a
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by the employees of Europe 1 expressing the concern that the station will lose its journalistic independence and become influenced by partisan politics. Under Bolloré's ownership, Europe 1 and other entities in his media empire have tilted towards the far-right. During the campaign for the
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, conspiratorial polemicist
Cyril Hanouna Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (; ; born 23 September 1974) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origin. He hosts the French TV show '' Touche pas à mo ...
was invited to host two-hour daily radio show, ''On marche sur la tête'', on Europe 1 in addition to hosting ''
Touche pas à mon poste ! ' (TPMP), literally "Don't Touch My TV Set!", was a French live television talk show that ran from 2010 to 2025. First broadcast on France 4, it moved to D8 (which became C8) from 2012 until the network lost its license. It was produced by Pr ...
'' on C8, half of whose viewers voted for the far-right in the European Parliament elections and during which he has made controversial statements leading to fines of €7.5 million. Journalists interviewed by
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claimed that they were told to report on stories reflecting the official editorial line desired by Bolloré, including a particular focus on crimes committed by illegal immigrants and a ban on referring to the
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or
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as far-right parties, while mandating that
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be referred to as far-left. Two days after the launch of the show, the
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issued a first warning to Europe 1 for significantly overrepresenting far-right guests.


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
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by Europe 1's longwave transmitter until the end of 2019. The
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feed was transmitted by Europäische Rundfunk- und Fernseh-AG (in English, European Radio and Television Company), broadcasting on
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on 183 
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from Felsberg in the Saarland. Car radios in France scanned in 3 kHz steps making it easy to tune 183 kHz. For
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, 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
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, 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
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had confirmed that the
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service of Europe 1 would cease transmission at midnight
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on 1 January 2020. In the event, Europe 1
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transmission ceased on 31 December 2019 at 23:30
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.


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, Old logo of Europe 2010 until 2022. File:Europe1 FLAT.png, The logo of Europe 1 since 1 September 2022.


Hosts

* Fanny Agostini *
Stéphane Bern Stéphane Bern (; born 14 November 1963) is a French-Luxembourgish journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre des Arts ...
*
Wendy Bouchard Wendy Bouchard (born 22 June 1980) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life and education Born in Paris, Wendy Bouchard studied at the high school of Saint-Michel-de-Picpus in Paris. She graduated in history at the So ...
*
Julian Bugier Julian Bugier (born November 22, 1980, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher), is a French TV journalist. After working for news channels BFM TV and i Télé; he presented, as a substitute, the 8 o'clock news on weekdays on France 2. Family Julian Bugier ...
* Nicolas Canteloup * Benoit Clair *
Michel Denisot Michel Maurice Daniel Denisot (; born 16 April 1945)Michel Denisot
on ''premiere.fr''.
is a F ...
* Olivier Duhamel *
Christophe Hondelatte Christophe Hondelatte (born 17 December 1962) is a French television and radio host who has worked for BFMTV since fall 2014.
* Régis Le Sommier *
Sonia Mabrouk Sonia Mabrouk (; born 1977) is a Tunisian-born journalist who in 2010 obtained French nationality. After first embarking on an academic career in Tunisia, in 2005 she turned to journalism, writing for the magazine ''Jeune Afrique''. In 2009, she ...
* Catherine Nay *
Anne Roumanoff Anne Roumanoff (born 25 September 1965 in Paris) is a French comedian and actress. Early life Anne Leila Roumanoff was born on 25 September 1965 in Paris, France. Her grandparents on one side were Ashkenazi Jews from Russia, and on the other side ...


Former presenters

*
Nikos Aliagas Nikos Aliagas (, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy'' and ''The Voice – La plus belle voix''. Biography Both o ...
(2011–2019) *
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(1992–1996) * Laurent Baffie (2007–2011) *
Pierre Bellemare Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor. Television * '' La Tête et les Jambes'' * '' La Caméra invisible'' * '' J'ai un Se ...
(1955–1986) *
Maurice Biraud Maurice Biraud (3 March 1922 – 24 December 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in 90 films between 1951 and 1982. Biraud was born on 3 March 1922 in Paris. He married actress Françoise Soulié in 1956. He suffered a heart attack at ...
*
Faustine Bollaert Faustine Bollaert (born 20 March 1979) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life and career Born Faustine Faraggi in Paris, she is of Breton and Italian descent. She then took the name Faustine Bollaert, the family name ...
(2004–2012) *
Denis Brogniart Denis Brogniart (; born 12 June 1967 in ) is a French people, French sport journalist and television host. He presents the show ''Koh-Lanta'' since 2002 and Formula One racing on TF1 with Marion Jollès Grosjean. Personal life Denis Brogniart was ...
(1991–2006) *
Daphné Bürki Daphné Bürki (born Daphné de Montmarin, 2 March 1980 in Paris) is a French television presenter, columnist, stylist, and actress. She currently appears as one of the main judges on the competition series ''Drag Race France''. She was chosen ...
(2017–2018) *
Benjamin Castaldi Benjamin Castaldi (; born 28 March 1970) is a French television host, columnist, radio host and producer. He is the former host of '' Secret Story'', a spinoff of '' Loft Story'', which he also hosted. Biography Family Benjamin Castaldi was bo ...
(2000–2004) *
Coluche Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian, cinema actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he ...
(1978-1979 then 1985-1986) *
Jean-Luc Delarue Jean-Luc Delarue (24 June 1964 – 23 August 2012) was a French television presenter and producer specialising in televised discussion programmes. Early life and education Delarue was born in Paris on the 24 June 1964. His mother, an Englis ...
(1987–1995) * Alexandre Delpérier (2008–2010) *
Michel Drucker Michel Drucker, CQ (born 12 September 1942) is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was in ...
(1983-1987 then 2008-2013) *
Franck Ferrand Franck Ferrand (born 12 October 1967 in Poitiers) is a French writer and radio personality who specializes in history. He has a radio show about major figures of French history on Radio Classique Radio Classique is a French commercial radi ...
(2003–2018) *
Daniel Filipacchi Daniel Filipacchi (born 12 January 1928) is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi Médias and a French collector of surrealist art. Career Filipacchi wrote and worked as a photographer for '' Paris Match'' from its founding in 1949 b ...
(1955–1968) * Marc-Olivier Fogiel (2008–2011) *
Cyril Hanouna Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (; ; born 23 September 1974) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origin. He hosts the French TV show '' Touche pas à mo ...
(2013–2016) *
Christian Jeanpierre Christian Jeanpierre (also spelt Jean-Pierre, born 9 April 1965) is a French sports journalist who has worked for French television channels Canal+ and TF1, as well as radio station Europe 1. Jeanpierre presented TF1's football programme, Télà ...
(2006–2008) *
Julia Martin Julia Martin is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. Career Julia Martin worked for Game Designers' Workshop until she left in 1991 to work for TSR. Martin work ...
(2006–2017) * Christian Morin (1972–1987) *
Nagui Nagui Fam () is a French TV and radio personality. In his professional life, he goes by his first name Nagui. Early life Nagui Fam was born in Alexandria, Egypt. Career Fam's television career began in 1987 on M6, and switched to TF1 in 1 ...
(2009–2011) *
Jacques Rouland Jacques Rouland (13 November 1929 – 14 June 2002) was a French radio and television broadcaster. Biography In 1964 created and presented the hidden camera show La Caméra invisible where he made practical jokes on unsuspecting members of th ...
(1978–1984) *
Willy Rovelli William "Willy" Rovelli (born 12 August 1979) is a French actor, writer, columnist, comedian, and television personality. He is the daily radio host on the French station France Bleu Ici (; formerly ''France Bleu'' ) is a network of local and ...
(2009–2017) *
Alexandre Ruiz Alexandre Ruiz (born 24 March 1987) is a professional rugby union referee who represents the French Rugby Federation. He is a regular appointment at Top 14 and has recently joined the top level of European Rugby. Referee career Ruiz started offic ...
(2008–2011) *
Laurent Ruquier Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (; born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone B ...
(1999–2014) * Eugène Saccomano (1996–2001) *
Alessandra Sublet Alessandra Sublet (born Alexandra Sublet; 5 October 1976) is a French radio and television presenter. She hosted the daily television program ''C à vous'' from September 2009 to June 2013 on France 5. Early life and education Alessandra Sublet ...
(2014–2015, 2016-2017) *
Frédéric Taddeï Frédéric Taddeï (born 5 January 1961) is a French journalist and television and radio host. Taddeï grew up in Boulogne-Billancourt, a Parisian suburb. From 1997 to 2006, he hosted the late night programme ''Paris Dernière'' broadcast on th ...
(2005–2011) *
Frank Ténot Frank Ténot (31 October 1925 – 8 January 2004) was a French press agent, pataphysician, and jazz critic. He managed a number of publications over the course of his long association with Daniel Filipacchi, a publisher of multiple magazines who ...
(1955–1968)


Former journalists

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David Abiker David Abiker (born 11 February 1969 in Suresnes, France) is a French radio and television journalist.David Abiker ...
(2010–2019) *
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) *
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 Revolu ...
(2009–2011) *
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 i ...
(2011–2015) *
Yves Coppens Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist and co-discoverer of "Lucy". A graduate from the University of Rennes and the Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and a ...
(Summer 2018) * Antoine Cormery (1991) * Jean-Claude Dassier (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 Demorand ...
(2010–2011) *
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 educat ...
(2008–2010) *
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 o ...
(1978–1987, 1999-2004, 2007–2008) *
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) *
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (29 September 1937 – 3 October 2023) was a French journalist. Biography Elkabbach was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Oran on 29 September 1937, then the prefecture of the ''département d'Oran'' in French Algeria ...
(1981–2016) *
Raphaël Enthoven Raphaël Enthoven (, ; born 9 November 1975) is a French philosophy teacher, radio host and television host. An '' agrégé'' who taught at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and Paris Diderot University, Enthoven is known to the French public for ho ...
(2015–2018) *
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 ...
(1995–2015) * Ivan Levaï (1972–1987) * Nathalie Levy (2019–2020) *
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 La Cinq (, ) was a French free-to-ai ...
(2003–2016) *
Étienne Mougeotte Étienne Mougeotte (4 March 1940 – 7 October 2021) was a French journalist and media director. During his fifty-year career, he served as Vice-President of TF1 Group and was satellite director of TF1 from 1987 to 2007 alongside Patrick Le La ...
(1968 puis 1974 - 1981) * Géraldine Muhlmann (2017–2018) *
Natacha Polony Natacha Polony (born 15 April 1975) is a French journalist and essayist of Polish origin. She notably worked on the France 2 television show ''On n'est pas couché'', hosted by Laurent Ruquier, from 2011 until 2014. Since 2018, she has been edito ...
(2012–2017) * Eugène Saccomano (1970–2001) *
Anne Sinclair Anne Sinclair (; born Anne-Élise Schwartz; 15 July 1948) is a French-American 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. She ...
(2014–2016) * Benjamin Vincent (2003–2009)


Former columnists

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Fabrice d'Almeida Fabrice is a French masculine given name from the Roman name ''Fabricius'', which is itself derived from the Latin ''faber'' meaning blacksmith or craftsman. Notable people with the name include: * Fabrice Balanche (born 1969), French geographer ...
(2018–2019) *
Pierre Bellemare Pierre Bellemare (21 October 1929 – 26 May 2018) was a French writer, novelist, radio personality, television presenter, TV producer, director, and actor. Television * '' La Tête et les Jambes'' * '' La Caméra invisible'' * '' J'ai un Se ...
(2013–2015) * Valérie Bénaïm (2013–2016) *
Daniel Cohn-Bendit Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (; ; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician. Born stateless to a German-Polish Ashkenazi Jewish family, Daniel Cohn-Bendit obtained German citizenship in 1959 and French citizenship in 2015. Cohn-Bendit was a ...
(2013–2018) *
Jérôme Commandeur Jérôme Commandeur (born 12 April 1976) is a French comedian, actor and director. Early life and education Jérôme Commandeur was born in Argenteuil and grew up in Poissy. He attended the Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He ...
(2010–2018) *
Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (; 30 September 1944 – 4 March 2025) was a 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.
(2016–2017) * Nadia Daam (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) *
Louise Ekland Louise Ekland (born 22 July 1978) is a British television presenter based in France. After presenting on France Télévisions, BFM TV and the M6 Group, she joined France 3 in 2017. She obtained French citizenship in 2024. Television career Fr ...
(2016–2017) *
Jean-Pierre Foucault Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947) is a French television and radio host. He was the host of ''Qui veut gagner des millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', and of ''Zone Rouge'', the French version of ' ...
(2014–2016) * Jérémy Michalak (2004–2014, 2016-2017) * Didier Roustan (2017–2018) * Julia Vignali (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. 209Longwave transmitter Europe 1 The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 was the oldest privately owned radio station in Germany, situated between Felsberg and Berus/Saar, Germany. It transmitted on 183 kHz with a power of 2,000 kilowatts a French speaking programme, Europe 1 towar ...
* Transmitter Building Europe 1 *
Telesaar Telesaar is the designation of the first German private television station. It was brought in 1954 by the European Broadcast and Television AG, which also operates the transmitter of Europe 1. It broadcast on VHF channel 7 in the French standard un ...


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