From Public Service To Pirate Radio (non-exhaustive Chronological List)
- Paris Inter, then RTF Inter (general interest, state-run) from 1947 to 1963. Became France Inter (general interest, state-run) from 1963 on.
- Europe 1 (general interest, private) from 1955 on.
- France Musique (music, public service) from 1963
- France Culture (culture, public service), since 1963
- FIP (music, public service) since 1971
- RFI (news and information, public service — similar to the BBC and NPR) since 6 January 1975
- Radio Verte (green/ecological/pirate) from 1977 until 1981
- Radio Ivre (drunk radio) (pirate) from 1979 until 1981
- Radio 7 (music, public service) from 1980 until 1987
- Ici et Maintenant (here and now) (political/socialist) from 21 June 1980 (was pirate at the start) until 5 September 1996
- Radio Carbone 14 from 1981 until 1983. It was here that Jean-Yves Lafesse and "Supernana" débuted.
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