France Culture

France Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. Its programming encompasses a wide variety of features on historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific themes (including debates, discussions, and documentaries), as well as literary readings, radio plays, and experimental productions. The channel is broadcast nationwide on FM and is also available online.

France Culture

Paris
Broadcast area	France
Frequency	93.5 MHz (Paris) 99.0 MHz (Marseille) 88.8 MHz (Lyon) Frequencies
Programming
Language(s)	French
Format	Spoken word (culture, current affairs)
Ownership
Owner	Radio France
History
First air date	1945 (1945)
Former names	Programme National (1945–1958) France III (1958–1963) RTF Promotion (1963)
Links
Website	www.franceculture.fr

Some landmark programmes

• Atelier de création radiophonique (since 1969)
• Black and Blue (1970–2008)
• Le Bon plaisir (1985–1999)
• Le Panorama (since 1968)
• Les Chemins de la connaissance (1970–1997)
• Les Chemins de la musique (1997–2004)
• Du jour au lendemain (1985–2014)
• La Matinée des autres (1977–2002)
• Les Nuits magnétiques (1977–1999)
• Une vie, une œuvre (since 1984)

Directors

• Agathe Mella (1973–1975)
• Yves Jaigu (1975–1984)
• Jean-Marie Borzeix (1984–1997)
• Patrice Gélinet (1997–1999)
• Laure Adler (1999–2005)
• David Kessler (2005–2008)
• Bruno Patino (2008–2010)
• Olivier Poivre d'Arvor (2010–2015)
• Sandrine Treiner (August 2015 – 2023)
• Emelie De Jong (2023 – present)

External links

• Official website (in French)
• https://www.radiofrance.fr/data/streams Archived 2023-11-02 at the Wayback Machine XMLHttpRequest Live Streams (in French)
• Map of France Culture's transmitter network
• French Podcasts| Des papous dans la tête: English review of one of the current podcasts from France Culture presented by Françoise Treussard.