Radio Courtoisie
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| City | Paris |
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| Broadcast area | France |
| Slogan | La radio libre du pays réel et de la francophonie |
| Frequency | 95.6 (Paris) 100.6 (Caen) 104.5 (Chartres) 87.8 (Cherbourg) 101.1 (Le Havre) 98.8 (Le Mans) |
| First air date | November 1987 |
| Language(s) | French |
| Callsign meaning | Radio Courtesy |
| Website | radiocourtoisie |
Radio Courtoisie is a French radio station and cultural associative union created in 1987 by Jean Ferré.
Radio Courtoisie defines itself as the "free radio of the real country [referring to the pays réel concept of Charles Maurras] and the francophone world", declaring itself to be "open to all people of the political right, from François Bayrou to Jean-Marie Le Pen".
In September 1981, Bernadette d'Angevilliers and Philippe Malaud, former minister under Charles De Gaulle and Georges Pompidou, created Radio Solidarité, with the support of Yannick Urrien. This free radio station had associations with RPR and with the UDF and was strongly opposed to the political left of François Mitterrand.
At the time, Ferré was a radio and television columnist for Figaro Magazine, of which he had been a founder with Louis Pauwels. His columns, frequently kind to Radio Solidarité, brought him to the notice of d'Angevilliers who proposed a radio collaboration with him.
In May and June 1982, Ferré created the broadcast formula of the Libre Journal: an hour and a half programme each evening based around a guest belonging to the political right. This formula would be taken up by Radio Courtoisie and extended to three hours.
Ferré proposed that the radio should be open to "all people of the right". Following this, Serge de Beketch, as many others, was invited to direct a regular Wednesday evening broadcast. However, following the 1984 European elections, his invitiation brought on the radio the accusation of having helped the political breakthrough of the French National Front. De Beketch was ordered to leave; Ferré defended de Beketch and was also dismissed.
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