| BlackBox | |
| Logo Alt: | The letters BLACK and BOX in a bold compressed sans serif stacked on two lines. The O in BOX is wide and rectangular. |
| City: | Bordeaux |
| Country: | France |
| Rds: | BLACKBOX |
| Format: | Hip-hop Contemporary R&B |
| Language: | French |
| Coordinates: | 44.8686°N -0.5242°W |
| Owner: | Groupe 1981 |
| Sister Stations: | Ado FM |
BlackBox is a local French radio station broadcasting to Bordeaux and Arcachon, created in 1991 and owned by Groupe 1981. The station plays hip-hop music and R&B from the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.
BlackBox was created in 1981 broadcasting African and urban music in the Bordeaux area for the Afro-Caribbean community. Two previous stations specializing in African and Caribbean music, Equinoxe and Caraïbes FM, had closed in the late 1980s.[1] The station continued to have one frequency, despite multiple attempts at expansion, until the mid-2010s when its application for Arcachon was granted.
In 1998, the Orleans-based group Start (name changed to Groupe 1981 in 2013) bought BlackBox. Start provided an infusion of resources that aided BlackBox's success. and transformed it into a commercial music station in hip-hop and R&B format. The format is similar to Groupe 1981-owned Ado FM.
It is broadcast on 103.7 MHz from the Bordeaux–Lormont transmitter (1 kW) and 103.6 MHz from the Arcachon transmitter site (500 watts), as well as on DAB+.[2]