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.

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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

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France Culture began life in 1945 as the Programme National of Radiodiffusion Française (RDF). Renamed France III in 1958 and RTF Promotion in 1963, the channel finally adopted its present name later in that same year. The Programme National had originally carried the bulk of French public radio's classical music output; however, since the establishment in 1953 of the specialized "high-fidelity" music channel which was to become today's France Musique, France Culture has gradually become an almost exclusively speech-based channel.

• 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)

• 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 – present)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to France Culture.

• Official website (in French)
• https://www.radiofrance.fr/data/streams 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.

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