Radio Monte Carlo

Radio Monte Carlo (RMC) is the name of radio stations owned and managed by several different entities:

• RMC (France) is a French-speaking station, broadcasting in France and Monaco owned by NextRadioTV.
• Radio Monte Carlo Network is an Italian-speaking station, broadcasting in Italy and Monaco from both Monaco and Milan. Now owned by Finelco, with RCS MediaGroup as a shareholder, it was founded in 1966 by Noel Cutisson and its enlisted deejays included: Antonio Devia, Awanagana, Ettore Andenna, Gigi Salvadori, Herbert Pagani, Liliana Dell'Acqua, Luisella Berrino, Manuela De Vito, Marco Odino, Mario Raffaele Conti, Max Pagani, Riccardo Heinen, Roberto Arnaldi, Valeria Porrà, and others. Nowadays deejays are: Paolo Remondini, Alberto Capozzella, Luisella Berrino, Maurizio Di Maggio, Massimo Valli, Max Venegoni, Patrizia Farchetto, Marco Porticelli, "Jackie", Nick "The Nightfly", David Dunn, Kay Rush, "Katamashi", Stefano Bragatto, Monica Sala, Clive Malcolm Griffiths, Mauro Pellegrino and Erina Martelli.
  • Monte Carlo 2 (MC 2) is the second Italian-speaking station associated with RMC Radio Monte Carlo Network broadcasting in Italy and Monaco.
• Radio Monte Carlo (Switzerland) is a German-speaking station broadcasting from Zurich, Switzerland. It has common ownership with the Italian RMC stations, being part of Finelco.
• Radio Monte Carlo (Russia) is broadcasting from Moscow (102.1 fm), Saint Petersburg (105.9 fm), Rostov-on-Don (103.7 fm), Kaliningrad (100.9 fm), Vyborg (99.8 fm), Syzran (92.9 fm), Balakovo (96.6 fm) and Nakhodka (106.7 fm). This is the Russian-speaking radio station which broadcasts modern, new age, and semi classic music along with news and other broadcasts. At 2008-2010 was broadcasting contemporary lounge and house music and remixes.
• Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya is an Arabic-speaking station, broadcasting throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
• Radio Monte Carlo (Uruguay) - Montevideo, Uruguay is a Spanish-speaking station broadcast on 930AM.
• Radio Monte Carlo (Georgia)

Perception

Radio Monte Carlo is considered one of the most popular networks especially in non-European Italian and French-speaking regions for its assumed neutrality. During the Iraq War, it was mentioned by some journalists as a reliable source. Radio Monte Carlo was founded by the Nazis in March 1942, ceased transmission in June 1944 and was back on the air with American help as a joint venture with the Principality of Monaco in August 1944. In 1998, the French government sold its share to a private holding group made up of Sud Radio and la Depeche du Midi.

Broadcasts in other languages

Radio Monte Carlo's transmission network includes some high power Longwave and Mediumwave transmitters located at Roumoules in France. For many years the MW unit has been hired out at nighttime to the Middle East Reformed Fellowship through Trans World Radio, with programming in various languages including Arabic and English. In 1970, RMC's transmitters were also used by the short lived British commercial album station Radio Geronimo.

The World Tomorrow broadcast

During the late 1950s The World Tomorrow radio broadcast of Herbert W. Armstrong was carried by Radio Monte Carlo in the English, Spanish and Russian languages. Armstrong claimed that while the Voice of America was jammed by the Soviet Union, his Russian-language broadcast was heard loud and clear in Moscow.

Transmitters

• Transmitter Roumoules, one of the most powerful broadcasting stations in the world with 1200kW. Broadcasting on long wave
• Col de La Madonne
• Fontbonne

External links

• RMC Info (FR)
• Radio Monte Carlo Network (IT)
• Radio Monte Carlo 2 (RMC2) (IT)
• Radio Monte Carlo Swiss (DE)
• Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya (International)
• Radio Monte Carlo Story
• Trans World Radio
• Radio Geronimo
• Радио Монте-Карло (Russian)
• Radio Monte Carlo Montevideo, Uruguay

Radio stations in France
Radio France (Public)	France Inter France Info France Bleu France Bleu 107.1 France Culture France Musique FIP Mouv' Outre-Mer 1ère RFI
Espace Group	Alpes 1 Générations Jazz Radio Là la Radio La Radio Plus MFM Radio ODS Radio Radio Espace Radio Sun RVA Virage Radio
HPI Groupe	Chante France Évasion FM
ISA Media Development	N'Radio Radio ISA Radio No1
Lagardère Active	Europe 1 RFM Virgin Radio
Les Indés Radios (GIE)	Africa n° 1 Alouette FM Fréquence Plus FMC Radio Hit West Inside Radio Mona FM Radio Alfa Radio Dreyeckland Radio Mélodie Radio Orient Virage Radio Top Music
NextRadioTV	BFM Business RMC
Nova Press	Radio Nova TSF Jazz
NRJ Group	Chérie FM Nostalgie NRJ Rire & Chansons
RTL Group	Fun Radio RTL RTL 2 RTL-L'Équipe
Sud Radio Groupe	Ado FM Black Box Forum Latina Sud Radio Vibration Voltage Wit FM
Other Private	Beur FM Champagne FM Contact France Maghreb 2 OÜI FM Phare FM Radio Classique Radio Courtoisie Radio FG RCF Skyrock
Local stations	Fréquence Paris Plurielle Gapeau FM La radio de la mer Music Box NOV FM Radio Libertaire Radio Soleil