France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire, sometimes referred to as France Bleu Saint-Étienne, is a generalist radio station broadcasting from Saint-Étienne.[1] It is the youngest of the France Bleu stations, beginning broadcasting on 9 September 2013. The local headquarters are in Saint-Étienne in the Manufacture Plaine Achille, near the studios of France 3.[2]
| Frequency | 97.1 MHz |
|---|---|
| RDS | BLUESTET |
| Programming | |
| Format | Generalist station |
| Network | France Bleu |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio France |
| History | |
First air date | 9 September 2013 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
The station is also broadcast in the Loire department, a large part of the Haute-Loire as well as a small part of that of Rhône on FM: it covers the agglomerations of Saint-Étienne, Roanne, Montbrison and Le Puy-en-Velay.
History
editThe creation of the station was announced in January 2013 by Phillippe Chaffanjon to fill a gap in network coverage.[3] The name of the station was announced on 5 April 2013.[4]
Soft launching without an announcement, it began broadcasting on 9 September 2013, as the 44th outpost of the network. Its creation was criticized by the union of Radio France employees as "a detriment to the other stations in the network".[5]
References
edit- ^ "France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire – Écouter la radio en direct, actualité locale, fréquence radio". France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ^ "Saint Etienne ce sera comme ça | Galerie | SNJ Radio France". SNJ Radio France. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ Hélène Reitzaum et Enguérand Renault (2013-01-14). "Chaffanjon : «France Bleu bat son record d'audience»". lefigaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "Saint-Etienne, le nom de la station enfin tranché". SNJ Radio France (in French). 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ Yann Petiteaux (2013-09-07). "France Bleu Saint-Étienne : une bien chère radio locale". Rue89Lyon (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
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