France Info () is a radio network operated by the

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Radio France Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: * France Inter — Radio France's " generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety o ...

. It provides continuous live news and information. Broadcasting on FM (as well as being streamed on the

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), France Info is receivable across France and audible too in the border regions of neighbouring countries, including southern parts of the

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, especially the southeastern coastal region of

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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 NRJ (NRJ is an acronym read as Nouvelle Radio Jeune, or ''énergie'' in French, pronounced , literally "energy") is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981, and was widely popularized than ...

and

France Inter France Inter () is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a " generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, l ...

. France Info has offices in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...

, and

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...

, and also makes use of local-news input from the

France Bleu France Bleu is a network of local and regional radio stations in France, part of the national public broadcasting group Radio France. The network has a public service mission to serve local audiences and provides local news and content from each ...

network.

Journalists and presenters

David Abiker David Abiker (born 11 February 1969 in Suresnes, France) is a French radio and television journalist.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) Jean Leymarie is a French radio journalist who takes the Saturday morning and Sunday evening news slots on France Info. With a diploma from the Centre de formation des journalistes Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry ...

*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 Bar-le-Duc (), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department is in Grand Est in northeastern France. The lower, more modern and busier part of the town extends along a narrow valley, s ...

(Willeroncourt) 104.5 MHz *

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) 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-hi ...

(Serra di Pigno) 105.5 MHz *

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...

(La Rhune) 105.5 MHz *

Charleville-Mézières or ''Carolomacérienne'' , image flag=Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. ...

(Sury) 105.9 MHz *

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label= Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attra ...

(Puy-de-Dôme) 105.5 MHz *

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le ...

(Mayet) 105.5 MHz *

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...

(Bouvigny le Mont) 105.2 MHz *

( Mont Pilat) 103.4 MHz *

(Petite Étoile) 105.3 MHz *

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est ...

(Luttange) 106.8 MHz *

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace af ...

(Belvédère) 105.5 MHz *

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

(Mont Chauve) 105.7 MHz *

(Tour Eiffel) 105.5 MHz *

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

(Pic de Neulos) 105.1 MHz *

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded ...

(TDF Hautvillers) 105.5 MHz * Strasbourg (TDF Nordheim) 104.4 MHz *

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who liv ...

(Moustoir-Ac) 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. *

(Camps de Prats) 1494 kHz ; Power : 4 kW *

(Tramoyes) 603 kHz ; Power : 300 kW *

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...

(Néac) 1206 kHz ; Power : 100 kW * Brest (Quimerc'h) 1404 kHz ; Power : 20 kW *

(Ennezat) 1494 kHz ; Power : 20 kW *

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earl ...

(Couternon) 1404 kHz ; Power : 5 kW *

(Camphin-en-Carembault) 1377 kHz ; Power : 300 kW *

(Réaltor) 1242 kHz ; Power : 150 kW *

(Fontbonne) 1557 kHz ; Power : 150 kW *

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine departm ...

(Thourie) 711 kHz ; Power : 300 kW

Logos and symbols

Image:France Info.png, Former logo of the station, from September 2008 to 29 August 2016. Image:Franceinfo.svg, Logo of the station as of 29 August 2016.

References

External links

France info transmitters map

France Info

France Info live streaming in mp3
{{Authority control Radio France Radio stations established in 1987