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The airwaves tell the story

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The author
Frédéric, auteur de Radiotsf.fr, avec un poste de radio TSF vintage

Frédéric

Behind Radiotsf.fr is a passionate radio history enthusiast, convinced that the airwaves tell far more than mere programmes: they are the reflection of an era, a culture and a collective imagination.

This site brings together stories, archives, documents and anecdotes about radio in France, its former colonial empire, and beyond. The aim: to bring back to life the great figures, forgotten voices and founding moments of a medium that profoundly shaped the twentieth century.

Neither a museum nor a simple archive collection, Radiotsf.fr is a place of memory and curiosity, open to all who wish to understand how radio shaped our societies and continues to stir our imaginations.

Frédéric

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By the numbers

A memory always in the making

300+ Articles & stories
10 Years of archives
3 Languages available
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What you will find here

The main themes of the site

I
French radio in the interwar years
Radio-Cité, Poste Parisien, Paris-PTT, Radio Paris… The golden age of a new medium before the war.
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The battle of the airwaves (1939–1945)
The BBC, Radio-Paris, clandestine transmitters, Nazi propaganda and the voice of Free France.
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Colonial & international radio
French broadcasts from Dakar to Saigon, from Rabat to Madagascar.
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Clandestine & pirate radio
Stations that defied the law to make another voice heard, or that posed as something else to destabilise an enemy.
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Programmes, voices & forgotten figures
The pioneers, the announcers, the artistic directors who forged the sonic identity of an era.
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The origins of television
When radio was experimenting with pictures: the Radio-Lyon trials of 1935, the BBC in 1933, and the programmes of Paris Télévision.

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