For radios, the approach of the long holidays is synonymous with change of their programs, with the integration of content (stories, series, podcasts) conducive to relaxation, escape and discovery. Information meetings, games and music are also on the menu.
France Inter opens the ball
The most listened to France is the first to pass its grids at summer time, on Saturday June 28 – but the programs are disrupted due to a strike movement. That day, the auditors of France Inter find one of their usual meetings of the summer, “Mousse-Mousse”led by David Castello-Lopes, and discover two new programs: “History of voice”a series of public public media which explores the human voice, and “Rap hour”where journalist Mehdi Maïzi paints the portrait of nine major figures in rap.
Other new features will garnish the summer grids of France Inter, from Monday to Friday: for example “Sentimental heat wave”hosted by Marine Leonardi and Jesse, as well as “The Mag of the Summer”which will be led by Marie Misset in July and Constance Vilanova in August. Many podcasts produced during the year become summer emissions: “Faced with history” by Philippe Collin, and “The code has changed” From Xavier de la Porte, among others. In addition, throughout the summer, the radio will embark its listeners at the heart of the biggest festivals (the Francofolies de La Rochelle, Eurockéennes, jazz in Vienna, …) with special shows and evenings.
RTL follows
On the side of RTL, which dominates the media transfer window, the passage to summer time will take place on Monday, June 30. To support its audience throughout the summer, the radio focuses on games, with “The good touch of summer”hosted by Jean-Michel Zecca then Bérénice Bourgueil, and ” Up to you “hosted by Peggy Broche. Two shows broadcast in the middle of the day. RTL also plans to request its listeners several times: for its musical meeting “Stop or even”which will be presented on July 19 by Élodie Gossuin, to testify in the program “Let’s talk”broadcast until July 31, or even to meet them to test professions, in «RTL an immersion».
Another summer saga on the program, a series of stories on “Large escapes” (Mohamed Amra, Redoine Faïd, Antonio Ferrara), told by the journalists of the Radio Police-Justice Service. Those of the Sport Service will, from July 28, given news of the Olympic champions which illuminated the summer of 2024. Speaking of sport, RTL released the big game for the Tour de France Men, with a “Special Grand Départ” and a “Special arrival”a dive “Behind the scenes of the Tour”without forgetting “The Jalabert club”after each stage.
Sport also on France Info and here
The France Info radios and here will also live part of the summer to the rhythm of the Tour de France. Here, official radio station of the Grande Boucle this year, mobilizes more than 20 radios on the local 44 to accompany the enthusiasts throughout the race, from July 5 to August 3, on the competition men and women, with mornings, reports, as well as a daily program, « 100 % tour ». The Radio France local antennas network does not forget its listeners on vacation, and accompanies them every day with “The summer agenda”personalized by local.
For its part, France Info will bring the cycling race, man and woman also, to its listeners with “The informed of the Tour” et “The club tour”. The other major summer sports competitions (Women’s Football Euro, Women’s Rugby World Cup) will also be living on France Info, through direct, reports and decrypts of experts. News will still occupy an important place in the Gate of the summer of France Info: through “News portraits”the story of “The hunt for Mohamed Amra”and a summer series that traces Franco-American history (“The info of history”).
A tour of France on Europe 1
If in its summer grid, no program is dedicated to the cycling race, Europe 1 still promises its listeners a tour of France. With the program “The summer club”presented by Anissa Haddadi and Roland Perez, where they can explore the regions with columnists, but also with a best-of of “Walk in France” by William Leymergie. On the essential tranche of the station, on 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., listeners will successively hear Jean-Pierre Foucault, Stéphanie de Muru and Trina Mac-Dinh.
The unforgettable voices of Pierre Bellemare, Alain Decaux and Jean d’Ormesson will also resonate on Europe 1, in “The afternoon crimes” for the first named, and “History afternoons” for the last two. Two programs that are broadcast on weekends, as “It happened to …”where Frédéric Taddeï will welcome a personality to return to his history and his journey. Hervé Mathoux, who arrives on Europe 1, will also receive personalities, in “Formidable failures”to question them about what they missed in your life.
Music on NRJ
NRJ goes to summer time on Friday, June 27, at 7 p.m., with the “Hit List NRJ of summer”which will then be broadcast every day of the week from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The rest of the day will also be in music, with the “10 hits following” in the middle of the day, and the “NRJ extravadance of summer” At the end of the evening.
France Musique will also spend the summer to the rhythm of music. The radio invests about fifteen major festivals in France and in Europe: the essentials (those of Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, and Aix-en-Provence, Jazz in Marciac) and the major international meetings (BBC proms in London in particular). Of the «Concerts and Direct» et “Music morning”the morning of Suzanne Gervais will be broadcast from these events.
And history on France Culture
On France Culture, if culture remains mistress, with in particular a special programming, from July 7 to 13, during the Avignon Festival, there will also be history. Whether with “The big crossings”documentaries in five episodes, to immerse themselves in the life of essential personalities, or with the collection “They have changed the world”which deciphers the major events that have jostled the world.
