December 1926 until 14 January 1934. It became Poste de l’Ile de France (general interest; private) from 15 January 1934 until June 1940 Radio Luxembourg (general interest, private) from 15 March 1933 until 21 September 1939, and was resurrected from 1945 to 1966, before becoming RTL (general interest) since 1966 Radio 37 (general interest; private) from 5 September 1937 to 13 June 1940 Poste colonial (general interest, directed towards the French colonies ; state radio) from 30 April 1931 until 1 March 1938. It became Paris Mondial (general interest, directed towards French colonies, in 20 languages ; state radio) from 2 March 1938 until 17 June 1940. From Public Service to Pirate Radio (non-exhaustive chronological list) Paris Inter, then RTF Inter (general interest, state-run) from 1947 to 1963. Became France Inter (general interest, state-run) from 1963 on. Europe 1 (general interest, private) from 1955 on. France Musique (music, public service) from 1963 France Culture (culture, public service), since 1963 FIP (music, public service) since 1971 RFI (news and information, public service — similar to the BBC and NPR) since 6 January 1975 Radio Verte (green/ecological/pirate) from 1977 until 1981 Radio Ivre (drunk radio) (pirate) from 1979 until 1981 Radio 7 (music, public service) from 1980 until 1987 Ici et Maintenant (here and now) (political/socialist) from 21 June 1980 (was pirate at the start) until 5 September 1996 Radio Carbone 14 from 1981 until 1983. It was here that Jean-Yves Lafesse and "Supernana" débuted. From free-form to formats (non-exhaustive chronological list) Nova (general interest, FM), from 25 May 1981 on. Ado FM (local, then musical) from 1981, changed to a commercial station run by Start (Vibration), and now plays R&B. Radio Libertaire (anarchist) since 1981. Radio Notre-Dame (catholic) since 1981. RFM (music) since May 1981, was independent, then owned by the British firm Crown, then groupe Lagardère. NRJ (music) since 1981. Radio FG (originally serving the gay community, it has now somewhat walked away from that angle. Today it is classified as a mostly techno/house radio) since 1981 (Trivia: FG stands for Fréquence Gay). Radio Montmartre (French music) from 1981 until 11 July 1995. Became Montmartre FM (French music) from 11 July 1995 until 1998, then became MFM (French music) since 1998. La voix du Lézard (modern rock) from 1982 to 1986. Became Skyrock (top 40, then top 40/rap) since 1986 Radio Classique (classical) since January 1983. Nostalgie (oldies) since 1986