France Info

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France Info (Info is an abbreviation for Informations) is a French public news radio, part of Radio France. It is the major news radio in France, and is available in the whole country. During 24 hours a day, it broadcasts the world news.

History

France Info was founded in 1987 by Roland Faure and Jérôme Bellay. Year after year, its audience grew, notably after the social conflicts of 1995, 2003, and 2006. Frequently, it is estimated like the fourth national radio network in listeners behind RTL, NRJ and France Inter.

Corespondants

• Christophe Lurie  : Beirut (Lebanon)
• Jacques Monin  : London (Great-Britain)
• Frédéric Barreyre : Jerusalem (Israel)
• Eric Valmir  : Rome (Italy)
• Marc Crépin  : Washington (USA)
• Quentin Dickinson : Brussels (Belgium)
• Bertrand Gallicher: Berlin (Germany)
• Pierre Cayrol  : Madrid (Spain)
• Bruno Cadene  : Moscow (Russia)

France Info shares with RFI many coresspondants, such as in Africa and Japan

Presenters

• Sophie Auvigne
• Frédéric Beniada
• Gilles Bessec
• Olivier Bost
• Didier Charpin
• Éric Chataignon
• Anne Chepeau
• Olivier De Lagarde
• Sophie Duault
• Raphaëlle Duchemin
• Olivia Ferrandi
• Laurence Jousserandot
• Emmanuel Langlois
• Valéry Lerouge (20h - 23h)
• Jean Leymarie (Week-end)
• Dominique Loriou
• Claude Meinau
• Pierre Neveux
• Franck Noblesse
• Armand Peyrou-Lauga
• Catherine Pottier
• Agnès Soubiran
• Bernard Thomasson (17h - 20h)

Offices in France

In France, France Info has three offices besides its' Paris headquarters: one in Lyon, one in Marseille, and one in Toulouse. In other areas, France Info uses the France Bleu network in other regions. These are the people working in the offices mentionned above.

• Lyon : Claude Cordier, Maurice Fusier, Nicole Guillard, Christophe Vincent
• Marseille : Thierry Fiorile, Hubert Huertas, Marie-Christine Lauriol, Olivier Martocq
• Toulouse : Frédéric Bourgade, Corinne Cutilla, Vincent Rodriguez

Broadcasting on the FM band

• Bar-le-Duc 104,5 MHz
• Bastia 105,5 MHz
• Bayonne/Pic de la Rhune 105,5 MHz
• Blois 105,5 MHz
• Brest/Roc'h Trédudon 105,5 MHz
• Charleville-Mézières 105,9 MHz
• Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme 105,5 MHz
• Épinal 106,5 MHz
• Gex/Genève/Annemasse 101,1 MHz
• Le Mans/Mont-Mayet 105,5 MHz
• Le Puy-en-Velay 105,5 MHz
• Lille/Bouvigny 105,2 MHz
• Longwy 104,3 MHz
• Lyon 103,4 ou 105,4 MHz
• Marseille 105,3 MHz
• Menton 105,5 MHz
• Metz 106,8 MHz
• Mulhouse 105,5 MHz
• Mont-de-Marsan 105,5 MHz
• Montpellier 105,1 MHz
• Nancy 105,9 MHz
• Nantes 105,5 MHz
• Nevers 105,5 MHz
• Nice 105,7 MHz
• Nîmes 105,1 MHz
• Paris/Eiffel Tower 105,5 MHz
• Perpignan 105,1 MHz
• Reims 105,5 MHz
• Rennes/Saint-Pern 105,5 MHz
• Strasbourg 104,4 MHz
• Toulon 105,8 MHz
• Toulouse 105,5 MHz
• Verdun 106,3 MHz

Broadcasting on the AM band

• Lyon Tramoyes 603 kHz; power: 300 kW
• Rennes Thourie 711 kHz; power: 300 kW
• Limoges Nieul 792 kHz; power: 300 kW
• Nancy Nomeny 837 kHz; power: 300 kW
• Toulouse Muret 945 kHz; power: 300 kW
• Bordeaux Néac 1206 kHz; power: 100 kW
• Marseille Réaltor 1242 kHz; power: 150 kW
• Lille Camphin 1377 kHz; power: 300 kW
• Brest Quimerc'h 1404 kHz; power: 20 kW
• Dijon Boudrinnée 1404 kHz; power: 5 kW
• Grenoble Saint-Nizier 1404 kHz; power: 20 kW
• Pau Billère 1404 kHz; power: 20 kW
• Bayonne 1494 kHz; power: 4 kW
• Besançon Battant 1494 kHz; power: 5 kW
• Clermont-Ferrand Ennezat 1494 kHz; power: 20 kW
• Nice Plateau de Fontbonne 1557 kHz; power: 150 kW

External links

• France Info (French)
• France Info live streaming in mp3 (French)