France 3 Alsace
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France 3 Alsace is a regional television service and part of the France 3
network. Serving the Alsace
region from its headquarters in Strasbourg
, France 3 Alsace produces regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming.
Télé-Strasbourg began broadcasting on 15 October 1953. In 1964, RTF was replaced with ORTF
by the government, with RTF Télé-Strasbourg becoming ORTF Télé-Strasbourg. After the de-establishment of ORTF on 6 January 1975, ORTF Télé-Strasbourg became FR3
Alsace. Following the establishment of France Télévisions
on 7 September 1992, FR3 Alsace was rebranded France 3 Alsace.
) and France 3 Haute-Alsace (serving Haut-Rhin
) are broadcast during 19|20 at 1845 CET.
Rund um, a short bulletin in the Alsatian language
with French
subtitles, is also aired each weekday after the regional 12|13 bulletin.
On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of Soir 3
.
, France 3 Alsace also broadcasts to Basel
in Switzerland
and parts of Baden-Württemberg
and Rhineland-Palatinate
in Germany
, counting to an overall potential audience of around 2.5 million people (including 1.8 million in Alsace).
France 3
France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
network. Serving the Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
region from its headquarters in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
, France 3 Alsace produces regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming.
History
RTFRadiodiffusion-Télévision Française
Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française was the French national public broadcasting organization established on 9 February 1949 to replace the post-war "Radiodiffusion Française" , which had been founded in 1945...
Télé-Strasbourg began broadcasting on 15 October 1953. In 1964, RTF was replaced with ORTF
Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
The Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française was the national agency charged, between 1964 and 1974, with providing public radio and television in France.-Post World War II:...
by the government, with RTF Télé-Strasbourg becoming ORTF Télé-Strasbourg. After the de-establishment of ORTF on 6 January 1975, ORTF Télé-Strasbourg became FR3
France 3
France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
Alsace. Following the establishment of France Télévisions
France Télévisions
France Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the bringing together of the public television channels France 2 and France 3 , later joined by the legally independent channels France 5 , France Ô , and France 4 France Télévisions ...
on 7 September 1992, FR3 Alsace was rebranded France 3 Alsace.
News
France 3 Alsace produces two daily region-wide news programmes - a 15 to 20-minute bulletin (midi-pile) at 1200 CET during 12|13 and the main half-hour news at 1900 during 19|20. Two 10-minute sub-regional bulletins, Strasbourg-Deux Rives (serving Bas-RhinBas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
) and France 3 Haute-Alsace (serving Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin is a département of the Alsace region of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departements of Alsace, although is still densely populated compared to the rest of France.-Subdivisions:The department...
) are broadcast during 19|20 at 1845 CET.
Rund um, a short bulletin in the Alsatian language
Alsatian language
Alsatian is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and German control many times.-Language family:...
with French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
subtitles, is also aired each weekday after the regional 12|13 bulletin.
On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of Soir 3
Soir 3
Soir 3 is the late-night newscast of the French public television network France 3. The program, FR3's first national news bulletin, was launched in 1978 by its then head of news Jean-Marie Cavada. The bulletin is usually shown at 10:30 pm from Monday to Thursday, and has been presented by Patricia...
.
Non-news programming
- Triangle
- C'est mieux le matin
- Vis à vis
- 7 jours en Alsace et Le Mag (Current affairs debate)
- Européos (programme on Europe and European institutions)
- Sportshow (a weekly sport programme)
- La voix est libre (debate show)
- Gsuntheim (Alsatian-language weekend magazine)
- Sür un Siess (cooking programme, also in Alsatian)
Capital
France 3 Alsace has an annual budget of €20.4 million (£14.3 m, $29.3 m) (roughly 2% of the national budget of France 3).Broadcast area
As well as the target coverage area of AlsaceAlsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
, France 3 Alsace also broadcasts to Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and parts of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
and Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, counting to an overall potential audience of around 2.5 million people (including 1.8 million in Alsace).