| Europe 1 | |
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| Broadcast area |  France |
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| First air date | 1955 |
| Format | News and talk |
| Owner | Lagardère Active |
| Website | www.europe1.fr |
Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately-owned radio network created in 1955. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Lagardère Media ( is the name for the media activities of the French Lagardère Group. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) It is one of the leading French radio broadcasters and its programming is heard throughout France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The network is owned and operated by Lagardère Active, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group. Lagardère Media ( is the name for the media activities of the French Lagardère Group. Lagardère SCA ( is a French conglomerate formerly known as Matra, with holdings in Publishing, Retail, media, and
Over the last fifty years, the best-known programs on Europe 1 include: 'Pour ceux qui aiment le jazz' ("For Those Who Love Jazz") hosted by Daniel Filipacchi and Franck Ténot, 'Signé Furax' ("Signed, Furax", a comic adventure serial), 'Salut les copains' ("Hi, Friends", a pop music programme), 'Campus' (a show that includes book reviews, interviews of literary personalities, and chat about current events and culture), 'Vous êtes formidables' (a programme devoted to "demonstrations of solidarity") , 'Bonjour, monsieur le maire' (a broadcast aimed at listeners in rural France), 'L'horoscope de Madame Soleil' (an astrology show), 'Top 50' (a reprise of the musical charts), and 'Le club de la presse' ("Press Club", a programme devoted to political conversation). Daniel Filipacchi (born 1928 in Paris France is the Chairman Emeritus of Hachette Filipacchi M%C3%A9dias. Frank Ténot ( October 31, 1925 &mdash January 8, 2004) was a press agent pataphysician and Jazz critic The Top 50 refers to a list of weekly hit singles or albums It is similar to the Top 40, but with 10 extra places The original BBC Radio 5 did a translated version of Top 50 called Le Top around 1992.
Noted journalists, moderators, and performers have included: Patrick Topaloff, Maurice Siegel, Jean Gorini, André Arnaud, Pierre Bouteiller, Pierre Bellemare, Francis Blanche, Daniel Filipacchi, Franck Ténot, Lucien Morisse, Robert Willar, Albert Simon, and Madame Soleil. Patrick Topaloff ( December 30, 1944) is a French Comedian, Singer, and Actor. Pierre Bellemare (born 21 October 1929 Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer novelist radio personality television presenter tv producer director and actor
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History
In 1955, in order to circumvent the prohibition of commercial broadcasting that had been imposed in France after the Second World War, Europe n° 1 was first established in the Saarland, a German state that borders France and Luxembourg. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Saarland (ˈzaːɐ̯lant in German; French: Sarre) is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany. Transmissions were not legally authorised, however, until France's post-war administration of the Saarland ceased and sovereignty was returned to West Germany in 1957; so, during its first two years of operation (1955-1957), under the direction of Louis Merlin, who had defected from Radio Luxembourg, Europe n° 1 was a pirate radio station. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmissions In 1959 the French national government bought part of the broadcasting corporation, and this interest is administered today by the Lagardère Group. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lagardère SCA ( is a French conglomerate formerly known as Matra, with holdings in Publishing, Retail, media, and Network programming has always been produced in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The network feed is transferred over broadcast-quality ISDN lines to Felsberg in the Saarland. The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 is the oldest privately owned Radio station in Germany, situated at Felsberg-Berus Germany Saarland (ˈzaːɐ̯lant in German; French: Sarre) is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany.
From its beginnings, Europe n°1's priorities were two-fold: first, presentation of news and cultural information with an emphasis on eyewitness or participant accounts rather than "pre-digested" recitations delivered by an announcer with a script and a sonorous voice; and, second, shows aimed at establishing intimate bonds with listeners, including plays, contests, informal talk, popular music, and street-level politics. In both these respects, its programming was a radical departure from the established radio formats of the day.
In the 1960s, Europe 1 achieved remarkable success in capturing a young audience, due, in no small part, to the presence of Patrick Topaloff, the popular comedian, singer, and actor. Patrick Topaloff ( December 30, 1944) is a French Comedian, Singer, and Actor. It pioneered a new tone in French radio. The musical broadcast Salut les copains became an icon of French popular culture and the baby boom generation. A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period and usually within certain geographical bounds and when the birth rate exceeds 2% of the population Europe 1 played a significant role in the May 68 political crisis, one of the seminal events in modern French history, by being the principal source of information untainted by government sanction; it was nicknamed "barricade radio". For other events in May 1968 see 1968. In the 1970s, President Giscard d'Estaing criticized its "mocking" tone. Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (born 2 February 1926 is a French centre - right politician who was President of the French When the industrialist Jean-Luc Lagardère became president of the Europe 1 group, some feared that the network might lose its traditionally independent point of view. Jean-Luc Lagardère ( February 10, 1928 - March 14, 2003) was a major French businessman CEO of the Lagardere Group, one
Since the 1980s, Europe 1 has experienced decreases in the size of its regular audience, and the average age of its listeners has steadily increased. Both of these negative developments can be traced to the proliferation of commercial radio networks. In the 1990s, Europe 1 became a "news and talk" network. Jean-Pierre Elkabbach became president in 2005.
It is estimated to be the fifth most popular radio network behind NRJ, RTL, France Inter and France Info. NRJ (acronym read as énergie in French, enɛʁʒi is a French Multimedia group based in Paris. In France, RTL is a popular nation-wide commercial radio network owned by the RTL Group. France Inter is a major French public radio network and part of Radio France. France Info ( Info being an abbreviation for the French Informations, or News is a French public news Radio station part of the Radio During the late 1980's a network of FM transmitters were established for the network within France, but presently these transmitters are used for Europe 2.
Europe 1 has been a member of the European Broadcasting Union since the 1970s. The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU; L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER" and unrelated to the European Union) is a confederation
Technical details
Europe 1 programming is delivered by Europäische Rundfunk- und Fernseh-AG (in English, European Radio and Television Company), broadcasting on the longwave band at 183 kHz from Felsberg in the Saarland and on various FM frequencies throughout France. The longwave Radio band is a range of frequencies used for AM broadcasting, which extends from 148 The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. The Longwave transmitter Europe 1 is the oldest privately owned Radio station in Germany, situated at Felsberg-Berus Germany
The Felsberg antenna points Europe 1's signal southwestward towards France. In the easterly direction, transmissions are mostly absorbed, so, in Eastern Europe, only a very weak signal can be heard. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Because of a slight defect in the design of the antenna system, only the carrier frequency is properly screened to the east; the sidebands suffer only a small absorption, so that, in the east, sideband reception is adequate in strength but strongly distorted.
Carrier frequencies on the longwave band are assigned to frequencies in multiples of nine kHz ranging from 153 to 279 kHz. However, the Europe 1 transmitter's frequency, 183 kHz, lies within the usual nine-kHz raster established under the Geneva Plan. The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 (GE75 is the internationally agreed frequency plan which was drawn up to implement the provisions of the Final Acts of the Regional Administrative LF/MF This is to minimise interference with a transmitter in Oranienburg, which currently broadcasts Deutschlandradio Kultur on 177 kHz. Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Deutschlandradio Kultur (abbreviated to DLR Kultur or DKultur) is the culture-oriented Radio station of the German national Deutschlandradio So, Europe 1 and Deutschlandradio Kultur straddle the standard 180-kHz frequency which would normally be assigned to one or the other under the Geneva Plan.
In Felsberg, the four guyed antenna masts raised in 1954 and 1955 average 277 metres in height. The building where the transmitters are housed is an architecturally-unusual prestressed-concrete construction that stands without supporting internal columns. It has been designated an architectural monument by the European Union, and, as such, it is a protected structure. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in
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External links
- (French) http://www.europe1.fr
- (German) http://members.aon.at/wabweb/radio/europe1.htm
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