Radio in Paris - The First Radio Stations in Paris (chronological)

The First Radio Stations in Paris (chronological)

• Radio Tour Eiffel (general interest; state radio) 24 December 1921-June 1940. At the start, it broadcast only for a half hour a day: a weather forecast, a review of the press and music. The first news broadcast took place on it 3 November 1925.
• Radiola (general interest; private) 6 November 1922 to 28 March 1924. Radiola's first trials took place on 26 June 1922 and its first regular broadcasts began on 6 November 1922. Marcel Laporte provided the most-frequently-heard voice for the station. Its first news broadcasts took place on 6 January 1923. It became Radio Paris on 29 March 1924 (general interest ; private, then state-run on 17 December 1933) 29 March 1924–17 June 1940. It kept its name of Radio Paris from July 1940 until August 1944, but the station was then run by Nazis and French collaborators.
• Radio PTT (general interest; state-run) 20 January 1923 until June 1940.
• Poste Parisien (general interest; private) from 30 March 1924 to June 1940.
• Radio LL (general interest; private) from March 1926 until 28 September 1935. It became Radio Cité (general interest; private) from 29 September 1935 until June 1940.
• Radio Vitus (general interest; private) from 1 December 1926 until 14 January 1934. It became Poste de l’Ile de France (general interest; private) from 15 January 1934 until June 1940
• Radio Luxembourg (general interest, private) from 15 March 1933 until 21 September 1939, and was resurrected from 1945 to 1966, before becoming RTL (general interest) since 1966
• Radio 37 (general interest; private) from 5 September 1937 to 13 June 1940
• Poste colonial (general interest, directed towards the French colonies ; state radio) from 30 April 1931 until 1 March 1938. It became Paris Mondial (general interest, directed towards French colonies, in 20 languages ; state radio) from 2 March 1938 until 17 June 1940.