Radio FG (; since February 2013, formerly FG DJ Radio, acronym for Feel Good) is a French-language radio station that began broadcasting from

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on 98.2 MHz in the FM band in 1981. It is France's first radio station that broadcasts

deep house Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard ...

and

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music (originally electronic and underground music). The station's current playlist is

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, R&B and

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alongside several American hip-hop songs broadcast from time to time.

History

Radio FG was founded in 1981 as a community radio rooted in the Parisian gay scene and in support of the gay community. The 'FG' initials were said to vary in meaning from "Fréquence Gaie" (''Cheerful Frequency'') to "Futur Génération" (''Future Generation'') to "Filles et Garçons" (''Girls and Boys''). During its initial four years of broadcasting, the station faced financial struggles as well as internal conflicts, but managed to survive. As time went by, the station, facing an identity crisis, distanced itself from its social activism and re-defined itself as a dedicated

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station. In 2001 Radio FG abandoned its community radio status to become a private radio station. In September 2003 Radio FG became known as FG DJ Radio and broadened its spectrum of music to include

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and Raï music. Mixshows (known as Club FG for most of the time) originally accounted for 30-50 percent of the entire broadcast week. It now only accounts for 10 percent. Today, the station broadcasts throughout the Parisian suburbs and in other major cities around France. In September 2004 the radio started a free webradio service called Underground FG. The station devotes 24 hours a day a mix of house, techno and dance music (similar to the original Radio FG), alongside older mixes that already aired on Radio FG. The website now offers 7 different live streams: FG DeepDance, FG Undrgrnd, Club FG, FG Remix, FG House Chic, and FG Dance by Hakimakli; along with a 6-hour-delayed stream of its main station called FG +6H targeted to its North American audience. There's also a version of the regular FG DJ Radio for Belgium now: Radio FG Belgique. Formerly streams are Vintage FG (which was playing classics) and Energy Burnmix FG. In about February 2017, Radio FG decided to replace non-stop overnight music (Monday – Thursday mornings 2 am – 5 am) by non-stop rebroadcasts of interviews airing on the drivetime show "Happy Hour FG" with Antoine Baduel. The reason for this change is still unknown, but it could be necessary to save money, especially because Mediametrie doesn't look a lot after the midnight-5 am slot. This raises concerns for the station's listeners, especially Radio FG is an electronic music station. However, Radio FG is not the first music station have to do so. NRJ (France's main top 40 station) also (until today) carries a mostly-speech output from 8 pm to 6 am (Guillaume Radio 2.0, MiKL, Le PreMorning), and Fun Radio, another electronic station, plays far less music from 8 pm to midnight every weeknight (Lovin'Fun and Le Night Show). In September 2018, FG expanded its

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network beyond Marseille, Nice, and Lille, to include its radio stations in Béthune, Lens, Arras, and Douai.

History of logos

Image:Fg-94.4-French-Radio.jpg, Old Radio FG logo from at least 1990 till 1999. Image:Radiofg 1999.png, Old Radio FG logo from 1999 till 2000. Image:FG DJ RADIO.png, Old Radio FG logo from 2000 till 2006. Image:Logo FG 2006.gif, Old Radio FG logo used from 2006 till 2013. Image:Logo FG 2013.png, Current Radio FG logo since February 2013.

Notable DJs and presenters

Bob Sinclar Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ, and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began D ...

* Hakimakli * Tara McDonald for I Like This Beat *

DJ Paulette DJ Paulette (born Paulette Constable, 22 December 1966 in Manchester, England) is an English house music DJ. She is currently a resident for two radio programs on FG DJ Radio: Underground FG and Radio FG Paris France and hosts Space Bass on Das ...

* Martin Solveig *

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Joachim Garraud Joachim André Garraud (; born 27 September 1968) is a French DJ, music producer and remixer from Nantes. He is a producer of artists such as Paul Johnson (DJ), Paul Johnson, Deep Dish (band), Deep Dish, David Bowie, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the ...

* David Vendetta * DJ Abdel * Benny Benassi

Radio services and frequencies

Radio FG

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* Aix en Provence : 93.4 / 100.5 / DAB+ *

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: 96.3 *

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

: 94.9 *

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

: 92.0 *

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

: 98.7 *

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

: 88.8 *

Compiègne Compiègne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department of northern France. It is located on the river Oise (river), Oise, and its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois'' (). Administration Compiègne is t ...

: 98.2 * Corte : 88.4 *

Épernay Épernay () is a Communes of France, commune in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department of northern France, 130 km north-east of Paris on the mainline railway to Strasbourg. The town sits on the left bank of the Marne ...

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: 90.3 *

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

: DAB+ *

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: 100.5 / DAB+ *

Melun Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne, ...

/ Paris Sud : 94.9 *

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

: 96.1 / DAB+ *

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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: 98.2 / DAB+ *

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

: 100.8 *

Poitiers Poitiers is a city on the river Clain in west-central France. It is a commune in France, commune, the capital of the Vienne (department), Vienne department and the historical center of Poitou, Poitou Province. In 2021, it had a population of 9 ...

: 103 *

Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...

: 94.6 *

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

: 91.2 *

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: 98.1 *Others

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: 96.1

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FG Chic

: 6A DAB+ Lounge music and hedonism since 2013

FG Chic Germany

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: 7C DAB+ *

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: 7B DAB+

FG Deep Dance

FG Home Party

Bringing the club to your crib.

FG Nomade

Mediterranean house and lounge music.

FG Nonstop

Starter FG by Hakimakli

The reference for new electro and house.

FG Undrgrnd

The sound of the underground.

FG -Extra

Not your ordinary radio.

Maxximum

Maxximum Clasixx

Radio FG Antwerpen

For

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It was broadcast in Antwerp on 100.2 MHz between 2009 and 2017, and also on DAB there between 2015 and 2017. Is currently online only.

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fusion "F**kin Good Music". Previously known as "Radio FG Vlaanderen".

Previous radio services

Club FG

Club music.

FG Berlin

For

: 7B DAB+ Operating as FG Radio over the airwaves from 2012 until 2016. It was sometimes known as "FG Europe". Later known from 2016 until 2018 as "FG Chic" and since 2024 as "FG Chic Germany".

Radio FG Réunion

For

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. From 2017 to 2019 it operated over five frequencies. Became ''RDJ''

Radio FG Mayotte

For

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from 2012 to 2019. Became ''RDJ''

Vintage FG

Classic dance music.

Energy Burnmix FG

FG Radio USA

FG DJ Radio

FG Gay Party

Compilations by Radio FG

*FG DJ Radio 100% TUBES (2011) *DANCEFLOOR FG SUMMER 2009 *Dancefloor FG Summer 2008 *CLUB FG 2009 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2008 *DANCEFLOOR FG WINTER 2009 *Dancefloor Summer 2007 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2007 *FG CLUB DANCE 3 *FG CLASSICS *FG CLUB DANCE VOL 2 *Vintage *Underground FG vol.2 *Underground FG vol.1 *RnB Chic *FG Club Dance *Dancefloor FG Summer 2006 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2006 *Dancefloor FG Summer 2005 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2005 *Dancefloor FG Summer 2004 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2004 *Dancefloor FG Summer 2003 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2003 *Dancefloor FG Summer 2002 *Dancefloor FG Winter 2002 *Dancefloor FG Summer 2001 *Club FG-Zemixx-vol.2 *Club FG-Zemixx-vol.1 *After FG vol.2 *After FG vol.1 ;Others *Rave Action *Collector FG *Club House Radio FG 98.2 *FG for ever *After FG *Club FG *Dancefloor FG *Underground FG *Vintage FG *FG Club Dance *FG Classics * R'n'B Chic * French Touch FG

References

External links

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Belgian website

Radio FG Poland (fan website)
*Fréquence Gaie history o

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