City Paris First air date 1 June 1987 | Broadcast area France Format All-news radio | |
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Slogan “Deux-points, ouvrez I'info.” (Colon, open info.) Frequency 105.5 MHz (Paris)
105.3 MHz (Marseille)
103.4 MHz (Lyon)
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France Info is a radio network operated by the French public service radio broadcaster Radio France. It provides continuous live news and information.
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Broadcasting on FM (as well as being streamed on the internet), France Info is receivable across France and audible too in the border regions of neighbouring countries, including southern parts of the United Kingdom, especially the southeastern coastal region of England.
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 and France Inter.
France Info has offices in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Toulouse, and also makes use of local-news input from the France Bleu network.
FM
Main transmitters:
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.