Radio Atlantique

Radio Atlantique is a French privately owned radio station created in 1969.

History
In 1969, to circumvent the prohibition of commercial broadcasting in France after the Second World War, Radio Atlantique was established in in the. Debuting on 10th August 1969, it was the second licensed and independent radio station in the UK after, however transmissions were only legally authorised by the British government and not the French government. The studios were located in, with transmissions from. Other programs were pre-recorded in and air-freighted to the Channel Islands. The station's head disc jockey Jean-Emmanuel de Févin was a former activist in the movement who was living in exile in Saint Helier at the time.

In 1984, Radio Atlantique received permission to transmit on the French FM band.