France Info

France Info is a radio public of French information which was created on June 1st, 1987 by Roland Faure and Jerome Bellay. It belongs to the group Radio France. It was the first European radio to have a Web site, inaugurated in September 1995.

The current director of France Info is Patrick Roger.

It 24 hours a day has as a principle the diffusion of current events and information. With regular intervals (to 00 and 30 of the hour), a newspaper summarizes the topicality of the moment in seven minutes, develops principal information in the form of reports or of interviews. A recall of the titles of the topicality (to 15 and 45 of the hour) and (23 and 53 of the hour). The night a newspaper every 1/2 hour and between two most beautiful film musics and chronicles of the past day (Books, Health, Gardening,…)

Presenters having in load, a time slot

Time slots before September 2007

the week

  • the 5:00 - 7:00: Monday to Friday Olivier Bost
  • the 7:00 - 10:00: Monday to Friday Olivier De Lagarde
  • the 12:00 - 15: Monday to Friday Guillaume Vanhems in October 2005 replaced by Laurence Jousserandot
  • the 17:00 - 20:00 left: Monday to Friday Bernard Thomasson
  • the 20:00 - 23:00: Monday to Friday until the month of June 2005 they is various presenters but since the month September 2005 it is Valéry Lerouge which took again this time slot
the Weekend

The time slots in September 2007

the week

  • the 5:00 /7h: Monday to Thursday Jean Pierre Laborde and Friday Jean Leymarie
  • the 7:00 /11h: Monday to Friday Raphaëlle Duchemin and Marc Fauvelle
  • the 17:00 /20h: Monday to Friday Catherine Pottier and Bernard Thomasson
  • the 22:00 /0h: Monday to Friday Olivier Emond

the Weekend

The station also informs in a great number of fields of the daily life via literary chronicles , culinary, medical, patrimonial, Sport ives, stock exchange, on the European Union, etc

It is the first radio of information in France. Over the period of September 2004 to June 2005, it is classified fourth radio of France, with 9,7% of cumulated audience, that is to say approximately 4,9 million listeners (Médiamétrie, investigation médialocales near the 13 years and more, Monday Friday the 5th h-24h). She is also judged like the most credible radio (barometer Sofres for the Point and the Cross in January 2004), ex-æquo with France Inter and RTL.

The direction of the station, ensured since September 2002 by Michel Polacco this one is assisted of Jean-Christophe Ogier (director-assistant) and of Frederic Wittner (directing of the drafting). Michel Polacco since became director near the president of Radio France, responsible for the futurology. Since April 2nd, 2007 it is Patrick Roger which took the reindeers of the station with Philippe Chaffanjon (Assistant editor, director of the drafting), Jean-Gerard Robichez (Vice-president, in charge of management), Francis Tyskiewicz (Operations manager near the director) and Bruno Denaes (General secretary)

France Info is a radio of continuous information which must be reactive and, for that, it is based on a network of permanent special correspondents and correspondents whom it shares with France Inter and RFI:

France Info divides with RFI many correspondents abroad, as with Tokyo or often in Africa.

In France, France Info has three offices in area: Lyon, Marseilles and Toulouse, and uses the network of France Blue for the other areas.

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

FM frequencies

Only the frequencies whose power is higher than 5 kw are indicated here. France Info has a main frequency (105,5 MHz). The secondary transmitters are regulated on adjacent frequencies. Only some frequencies brought into service recently leave the frequency band usually used by France Info.

Frequencies in hectometric waves AM

Here transmitters of France Info in medium waves (or hectometric) which diffuse in AM the program of the station. Information below is compiled according to documents of TDF, Radio France and SCUMS:

It is since September 2nd, 2002 that France Info uses this hectometric network B of TDF which diffused before this date the programs of Blue Radio then France Blue. Some of the transmitters quoted here diffuse at certain hours of the local programs in regional languages.

History of the logos:

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