

As with Radio France in general, FIP moved to FM and stereo. The P in FIP changed according to the location: FIB, FIL, FIM, and so on. It was noted for its particular style of programming and its hosts' sugary tone of voice as they described traffic problems with humour and irony.Īfter Paris, the station was emulated in other cities (Lyon, Marseille, and so forth), which broadcast the same music and news with local traffic conditions and events. It was broadcast from Paris on 514 m (585 kHz) medium wave, hence its original name of France Inter Paris 514. by the head of radio-télévision Roland Dhordain and two producers from France Inter, Jean Garetto and Pierre Codou, both week-end presenters at France Inter.

The station was founded on 5 January 1971 at 5 p.m. Thursday: Live à Fip with Stéphanie Daniel.Wednesday: Certains l'aiment Fip with Susana Poveda.Tuesday: C'est Magnifip! with Frédérique Labussière.Monday: Sous les jupes de Fip with Emilie Blon-Metzinger and Luc Frelon.7pm-8pm: Club Jazzafip with Jane Villenet (Mon-Thu) and Charlotte Bibring (Fri-Sun).The station broadcasts presenter-led programs during several evening hours: Currently there are seven programmers: Armand Pirrone, Luc Frelon, Patrick Derlon, Christian Charles, René Hardiagon, Jean-Yves Bonnardel and Alexandre Desurmont. The first programmer was Anne Marie Leblond. Some famous ones include Patrick Tandin, Julien Delli Fiori and Alexandre Marcellin. All of the songs are hand-picked by expert programmers. FIP is one of the few stations in the world to transmit this type of programming around the clock. The programming features all types of music genres including chanson, classical, film music, jazz, pop rock, world music and blues, but with careful attention paid to smooth and unobtrusive transition from one song to the other (for example, the rock and roll song Roll Over Beethoven can be preceded by a short sonata of Beethoven). Likewise, traffic updates, relevant to Paris, had been removed in 2008. The short news bulletin at 10 minutes before the hour was conceived so that listeners interested in hearing more details could tune in to France Inter (or other stations) at the top of the hour this was removed in June 2020, citing the saturation of news in the media ecosystem. FIP broadcasts around 16,000 artists and 44,000 different songs every year 85% of its programming comes from independent labels. They abide by a few rules, most notably paying close attention to how tracks follow each other, across genres and styles, and especially making sure that a song is never played twice in a 48-hour window. During off-hours, a computer replays music programming from previous days.Īll music programming is hand-picked by a small team of curators, who are each responsible for a three-hour block. Currently, live broadcasts, from Paris, are from 7 am to 11 pm. The concept behind FIP has scarcely changed since its founding: commercial-free music interrupted only briefly for traffic updates, short news bulletins, and occasional announcements about forthcoming cultural events.
