Radio Nova (or simply Nova) is a radio station broadcast from Paris, created in 1981 by Jean-François Bizot. Its playlist is characterized by non-mainstream or underground artists of various

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, such as electro, new wave,

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

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and

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History

On 25 May 1981, Nova was created through the fusion of several radio stations. Since its creation, the station has been owned by the Nova Press company, which also owns the record label Nova Records and the jazz-oriented radio station TSF Jazz. From 1985, Radio Nova was oriented mainly around

, but around 1988 the musical programming was changed to include

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and rap. Around 1991, Nova changed its musical programming again, to include

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and

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. In 1999, its musical programming consisted mainly of Ambient,

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and

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music. Also in 1999, Nova Press bought the jazz station TSF, which became TSF 89,9 and installed its studios next to those of Radio Nova. Throughout the station's history, several well-known Parisians have had shows on Radio Nova, including

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Gilles Peterson Gilles Jérôme Moehrle MBE (; born 28 September 1964), better known as Gilles Peterson (), is a broadcaster, DJ, record label and festival owner. He is renowned for his genre-defying approach to music with jazz at its core. From this base he ...

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and Yassine Belattar. In September 2011, Nova and TSF Jazz left the GIE Les Indés Radios to commercialize national advertising via their own Nova Régie. The move came into effect in September 2012.Les Échos , Radio Nova and TSF Jazz quits the GIE Les Indés Radios
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Radio Nova Branding

Logos

File:Logo Radio Nova 1981.jpg, Former Radio Nova logo from 1981 until 1995, with several variations very similar to this logo. File:Logo Radio Nova 1995.jpg, Former Radio Nova logo from 1995 until 2008. File:Nova radio.png, Former Radio Nova logo from 2008 until 2024. File:Radio Nova 2024.svg, Current Radio Nova logo since 2024.

References

External links

* *http://www.novaplanet.com/ redirects to https://www.nova.fr/
Frequencies by city (France)
Live streams of Radio Nova *[http://tsfjazz.ice.infomaniak.ch:80/tsfjazz-high Live stream of TSF Jazz] * https://nova-lyon.ice.infomaniak.ch/nova-lyon-128.mp3 * https://novazz.ice.infomaniak.ch/novazz-128.mp3 * https://snb.ice.infomaniak.ch/snb-high.mp3 Radio stations in France Radio in Paris Radio stations established in 1981 {{France-radio-station-stub