Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
The Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) was France's public broadcaster from 1964 to 1974 .
After the Second World War, the French national broadcaster was set up with the establishment of Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) in 1945. It was replaced on February 9, 1949 by Radiodiffusion-télévision française (RTF), which was subordinate to the Ministry of Information as a state institution. On June 27, 1964, the RTF became the ORTF . The role model for a free, independent institution was the British BBC . With La première chaîne , La deuxième chaîne and from December 31, 1972, La troisième chaîne, three television channels belonged to the ORTF . The ORTF was based in the Parisian Maison de Radio France , which had opened in 1963. In 1974 the ORTF was split into seven successor companies (a radio company, three television stations and three public institutions).
radio
The three major national radio programs
- France Inter : general radio program (founded February 16, 1947)
- France Culture : cultural radio program (founded March 23, 1945)
- France Musique : Classical music radio program (founded March 27, 1960)
Ten regional radio music programs
- FIP (France-Inter Paris): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded January 5, 1971)
- FIM (France-Inter Marseille): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded April 13, 1972)
- FIR (France-Inter Reims): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded May 15, 1972)
- FIL (France-Inter Lorraine): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded May 15, 1972)
- FIB (France-Inter Bordeaux): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded October 14, 1972)
- FIL (France-Inter Lyon): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded November 21, 1972)
- FICA (France-Inter Côte d'Azur): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded in summer 1973)
- FIL (France-Inter Lille): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded in summer 1973)
- FIT (France-Inter Toulouse): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded December 20, 1973)
- FILA (France-Inter Loire-Atlantique): regional radio program for all musical styles (founded April 17, 1974)
The 8 radio programs for the French overseas possessions
- Radio-Saint-Denis : general radio program for listeners on the island of Réunion (founded in 1929)
- Radio-Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : general radio program for listeners on Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (founded in 1930)
- Radio Guadeloupe : general radio program for listeners on the island of Guadeloupe (founded in 1937)
- Radio-Nouméa : general radio program for listeners in New Caledonia (founded June 3, 1937)
- Radio Martinique : general radio program for listeners on the island of Martinique (founded October 22, 1937)
- Radio Tahiti : general radio program for listeners in French Polynesia (founded 1949)
- Radio Guyane : general radio program for listeners in French Guiana (crée le June 9, 1951)
- Radio Comores : general radio program for listeners in the Comoros (founded in 1961)
watch TV
| channel | director | Establishment date |
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ORTF Télévision Télévision française 1 General national television channel with regional sub-programs. |
Jacqueline Baudrier | March 23, 1945 |
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Chaîne Couleur 2 Télévision française 2 General national television channel with regional sub-programs. |
Jean Lefevre | December 21, 1963 |
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Couleur 3 Télévision française 3 General national television channel, with national broadcasting of regional programs. |
Jean-Louis Guillaud | December 31, 1972 |
Regional television studios
ORTF maintained 11 regional broadcasters, which broadcast for a few hours a day on the first two television channels and produced the programs for the third television channel.
- Télé Lille (founded 1950)
- Télé Strasbourg (founded 1953)
- Télé Marseille Provence (founded 1954)
- Télé Lyon (founded 1954)
- Télé Bordeaux Aquitaine (founded 1962)
- Télé Lorraine Champagne (founded 1963)
- Télé Bretagne Loire-Océan (founded 1964)
- Télé Paris Normandie Center (founded 1964)
- Télé Toulouse (founded 1964)
- Télé Limoges-Center-Ouest (founded 1965)
- Télé Bourgogne Franche-Comté (founded 1965)
Regional television was launched in 1950. Until the dissolution, FR3 broadcast on the regional channels . TF1 and antenna 2 then continued to broadcast regional programs (TF1 to 1986, antenna 2 to 1989).
Regional television in the French overseas holdings
| channel | Establishment date |
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Télé Martinique General television channel for the television viewers of Martinique |
July 12, 1964 |
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Télé Guadeloupe General television channel for television viewers in Guadeloupe. |
December 22, 1964 |
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Télé Réunion General television channel for the television viewers of Réunion. |
December 24, 1964 |
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Télé Tahiti General television channel for television viewers in French Polynesia. |
October 3, 1965 |
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Télé Nouméa General television channel for television viewers in New Caledonia. |
October 19, 1965 |
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Télé Guyane General television channel for television viewers in French Guiana. |
January 13, 1967 |
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Télé Saint-Pierre et Miquelon General television channel for the television viewers of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. |
April 20, 1967 |
Dissolution in 1974
On July 8, 1974, with effect from December 31, 1974, the ORTF was divided into seven successor companies (a radio company, three television stations and three public institutions):
- Radio France (radio operator)
- TF1 (TV station)
- Antenna 2 (TV channel)
- FR 3 (TV channel)
- Télédiffusion de France (TDF)
- Société française de production (SFP) (program production)
- Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) (archive)
technology
Sound engineers of the French radio, a. a. Albert Laracine, developed the ORTF stereo system in 1960 , a microphone arrangement for sound recording in equivalent stereophony for stereo loudspeaker reproduction.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les 30 ans de France 3 Sud en 1994 on INA.fr