Chante France Explained

Chante France
City:Paris
Area:France
Format:Chanson
Language:French
Owner:Groupe HPI
Sister Stations:Évasion FM

Chante France is a radio station created in 1994 owned by Groupe HPI, based at Paris (France), and dedicated to French Chansons. It currently has 2 transmitters - in Paris and Beauvais, both broadcasting on 90.9 MHz.

Its slogan is Les plus belles chansons françaises, a MFM Radio-like slogan (Vos plus belles chansons françaises).

History

On 1 January 1994, Chante France was created and later sponsored by four people of the French radio and chanson : Pierre Bellanger (Skyrock), Stéphane Collaro, Eddie Barclay and mainly Hachette Filipacchi Médias. Originally, it should be the first radio station to compete with the popular French radio station Chérie FM (NRJ Group). But given the scarcity of frequencies in France, the preference was given for the development of Skyrock. The challenge was also to meet state requirements concerning the dissemination of French songs. (amendment Pelchat, 1994).

In November 2010, Groupe Orbus (also owning Skyrock) sold the Chante France station to the HPI Groupe (also owning Évasion FM), which kept the French music only format but added presenters and a complete new logo, and plans to evolve the Parisian station nationally in the future.[1]

On 7 March 2013, Chante France launched its first webradio stations : Chante France 60's, Chante France 70's, Chante France 80's, Chante France Comptines and Chante France Émotion.[2]

Identity of Chante France

Slogans

Programming

Chante France bases on the theme 100% chansons françaises (100% French Songs), broadcasting the most beautiful of the chanson française. Hosts and News headlines are present after the repurchase of the Groupe HPI. A short program about astrology presented by Guillaume Cauvigny was the first to talk on the frequency, on the end of the 90's. Today, several hosts are positioned on the air of Chante France.

Hosts

Webradio Stations

Broadcasting area

Chante France is currently broadcasting on frequencies in Paris and Beauvais only. Chante France is also available in Lyon on Digital Audio Broadcasting. Chante France is also available over the internet.

90.9

Available on DAB

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chante France – La station parisienne a été cédée au groupe HPI (Évasion). RadioActu. 7 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130628024722/http://www.radioactu.com/actualites-radio/130879/chante-france-la-station-parisienne-a-ete-cedee-au-groupe-hpi-evasion/. 28 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Chante France lance cinq nouvelles webradios. La Lettre de l'Audiovisuel. La Lettre de l'Audiovisuel. 7 March 2013. French. 7 March 2013 . dead. https://archive.today/20130411062602/http://www.lettreaudiovisuel.com/2013/03/07/chante-france-lance-cinq-nouvelles-webradios. 11 April 2013.