FIP (radio station)

FIP (formerly France Inter Paris ) is a French radio station broadcasting exclusively music of any style. FIP is part of the public broadcaster Radio France.

The slogan of the station is: " Respirez! Vous êtes sur FIP. " ( German: " Breathe through you are at FIP! ").

Program

The concept of the station has changed little since it was founded in 1971 and consists of an eclectic selection mainly from the fields of jazz, pop, chanson, film music, world music and classical music, culture and events information is embedded into the regional traffic information. The genres alternate here arbitrarily according to titles, but without producing too crass transitions. Behind the choice between several music editors who take care of the music sequence of the transmitter. The completely ad- free program is interrupted during the day from 7 to 19.30 clock only by the national news 10 minutes before the hour.

Since 1982 it also enriches the moderated Jazz Program Jazz à FIP the offer, every evening from 19.30 bis 21 clock. Theme nights and live concert broadcasts round out the exceptional compilation.

History

The program was created by Jean and Pierre Garetto Codou, two moderators of France Inter, under the name of France Inter Paris ( FIP) in January 1971. It should be a Parisian city radio, which provides traffic information and a relaxing mix of music for the gridlocked Paris. The announcements take place during instrumental music pieces and are used almost exclusively by female speakers made ​​( the so-called " Fipettes "). These were especially famous for having described it like the traffic problems also with humor and irony.

At first they only sent on the medium wave frequency 585 kHz ( 514 m), but was soon also began to spread through ultra-short wave, which was complemented with time to stereo sound.

The Parisian concept was soon extended to other French cities. The notification was carried out analogously, so that, for example, in Strasbourg, the program France Inter Strasbourg ( FIS ) said. In the '80s, however, the common brand " FIP " was created and renamed the stations according to FIP FIP Strasbourg or Paris, said identification in the program is only for FIP.

Between 1984 and 1988, the FIP stations in Toulouse, Cherbourg, Reims and Tours were closed in favor of new, more general regional stations of Radio France. In Lorraine, the station was not closed for the same reason, but limited to the area around Metz and Forbach and moved the studio from Nancy to Metz.

In 2000, another five FIP station were closed in protest of listeners in the affected cities. The then president of Radio France, Jean -Marie Cavada wanted with the Plan Bleu create a better frequency allocation and create from the existing regional radio stations of Radio France and the Senior Radio Bleue, a fifth national chain of Radio France (now France Bleu ). For this, the frequencies of FIP and FIP Metz Côte d' Azur and more of the youth program Le Mouv ' the new chain were allocated and created new regional stations in the affected places.

The three other affected FIP stations in Lille, Lyon and Marseille had only a small audience and the frequencies were therefore ' allocated in return Le Mouv whose scope should also be expanded. FIP remained only the five terrestrial frequencies of the four stations in Paris, Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Nantes, which had sufficient listenership in the affected cities. Nevertheless, Strasbourg and Bordeaux were more in danger of being closed because Le Mouv 'should be especially common in the university towns.

Only with the takeover of the Presidency at Radio France in 2004 by Jean -Paul Cluzel started for FIP better times, as the new president is positive about the program and would like to expand the reach again. With a previous on air in July 2006 frequency in Montpellier was the first Neuaufschaltung for FIP for a long time. Here, however, no new local FIP station was created, but it began to radiate the Paris program, which has now been replaced by a neutral variant. 2007 was followed by a fill frequency for FIP Bordeaux, Arcachon. In July 2007, additional frequencies in Rennes and Marseille in June 2008 and were switched in Toulouse, which are operated without its own local program.

After it between Radio France and CanalSat no agreement was reached on the financial aspects of satellite broadcasting radio programs France in 2008, this was interrupted by CanalSat on 1 July 2008 and since then FIP was no longer about TPS ( Eutelsat 13 ° East ) and CanalSat (Astra 19.2 ° East ) receivable. After they had reached agreement on new contract terms that spread through CanalSat was resumed on 20 January 2009. However, the broadcast takes place only via Astra 19.2 ° East since the spread of the TPS package was discontinued in late 2008 via Eutelsat 's 13 degrees East.

Technology

The music bed and the hourly news for FIP are centrally compiled in Paris and distributed to all FIP stations via internal lines. Then during instrumental music pieces made ​​over the central signal delivered by the local " Fipettes " the announcements for the respective cities in resort. The moderated evening intermediate program und 19.30 clock 23 is also produced in Paris and aired unchanged everywhere. At night, 23-7 clock, the music selection is automated with recorded announcements, in which, inter alia, the frequencies are called.

However, since there is no official inter-regional version of the FIP for the general public, is in all French cable networks outside the territory of the local stations via the satellite bouquet of CanalSat, on the DAB test ensemble of Radio France in Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Nantes as well as the Internet streams, the Paris variant common. The 2006 newly operational frequency in Montpellier just radiated from the Paris version.

In March 2007, was launched on the satellite Atlantic Bird 3, however, so far only internally distributed "blank " version without local announcements, the " FIP region" has since been under the ID on this satellite publicly accessible to everyone. This distribution is also used for the feed for the newly allocated frequencies.

Since FIP consistently radiates music, interrupted only by short messages, it is a 'principal fil musical de secours "by Radio France, so called" main - line music in an emergency ". This means that technical problems or strikes at one of the Radio-France programs always FIP is heard. Short term enters the program as a national distribution on VHF, while it is normal for the program with the least frequencies of Radio France.

Reception

Terrestrial frequencies

  • FIP Paris Paris 105.1 MHz
  • Bordeaux 96.7 MHz
  • Arcachon 96.5 MHz
  • Nantes 95.7 MHz
  • Saint -Nazaire 97.2 MHz
  • Strasbourg 92.3 MHz
  • Montpellier 99.7 MHz
  • Marseille 90.9 MHz
  • Rennes 101.2 MHz
  • Toulouse 103.5 MHz

Unencrypted digital satellite broadcasting

  • Astra 1H ( 19.2 degrees East ) Program: FIP Paris
  • Downlink Frequency: 11568.00 MHz, vertical polarization (transponder 24)
  • Symbol rate: 22.0 MSymb / s
  • Proliferation within the bouquet CanalSat
  • Program: FIP (without local information )
  • Downlink Frequency: 12543.00 MHz, horizontal polarization (transponder KA7 )
  • Symbol rate: 27.5 MSymb / s
  • Distribution for signal feeding terrestrial transmitters

FIP as a pirate radio station

In the southern English city of Brighton FIP was over seven years, spread by fans of the station as a pirate radio station on two FM frequencies and delighted with its colorful mix of music there great popularity. Meanwhile, the broadcasting by the UK regulator has ended, but the FIP broadcasting is considered the oldest continuously transmitting land-based pirate radio station in the United Kingdom. After the shutdown is an association founded, fighting for the return of FIP in Brighton ether.

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