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RTL (French radio)

RTL is a French commercial radio network owned by the RTL Group. Founded in 1933 as Radio Luxembourg, it broadcast from outside France until 1981 because only public stations had been allowed until then. It is a general-interest, news, talk and music station, broadcasting nationally ("category E" as classified by the CSA) in France, Francophone Belgium, and Luxembourg. Until 2022, RTL was also broadcast on long wave frequency 234 kHz from Beidweiler which could be picked up in large parts of the continent. It has a sister station called Bel RTL tailored for the French Community of Belgium. As of 2018, RTL is France's most popular radio station with an average of 6.4 million daily listeners that year.[1]

For other uses, see RTL and Radio Luxemburg.

France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Elsewhere in Europe and North Africa (on LW and Satellite)

15 March 1933 (1933-03-15)

Radio Luxembourg (1933–1966)

236 kHz
234 kHz (until 2023)

, the morning news session

RTL Matin

Ça peut vous arriver

La Tête dans les étoiles, game with a star

RTL Soir, the evening news

Les Nocturnes, night-time broadcast on US music

Stop ou Encore, a musical broadcast

(the Unexpected News Bulletin), which consists of a news bulletin followed by a magazine conceived by a guest; was created in 1967; current anchor since 2011 is Marie Drucker

Le Journal Inattendu

, a political broadcast

Le Grand Jury

Malice, a cultural game

Hit Parade, a musical chart

La Valise RTL, a game

1933–1953:

Jacques Lacour-Gayet

1965–1975:

Jean Prouvost

1975–1979:

Christian Chavanon

1979–2000:

Jacques Rigaud

2000–2005:

Rémy Sautter

2005–2009:

Axel Duroux

Since 2009:

Christopher Baldelli

List of RTL/Radio Luxembourg presidents:


List of director-generals/heads of programming:


List of directeurs de l'antenne:

RTL Group

RTL reporter

Jacques Danois

(in French)

Official website