France Bleu Périgord

ici Périgord

Périgueux
Frequency	99.3 MHz (Périgueux) 99.0 MHz (Bergerac) 91.7 MHz (Limoges)
Programming
Format	Generalist station
Network	ici
Ownership
Owner	Radio France
History
First air date	26 October 1982 (1982-10-26)
Former names	Radio Périgord (1982–1985) Radio France Périgord (1985–2000) France Bleu Périgord (2000–2025)
Links
Website	www.francebleu.fr/perigord

ici Périgord is one of the public service radio stations of the ici network. It broadcasts in Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne, though it is accessible to parts of Haute-Vienne on FM. It has its headquarters in Périgueux's regional Departmental Center for Communication, where it has been located since 2004.[1]

History

The Périgord branch of Radio France opened on 26 October 1982 at 5:45 a.m., under the name Radio Périgord. It became "Radio France Périgord" in 1985.[1] At the time, it was only the sixth regional radio station in the network (compared to 44 as of 2022); it only had a single transmitter in Bergerac before being assigned a proper frequency on the Limoges - Les Cars transmitter at some point in 1984.[2] It was folded into the new France Bleu network in 2000. And into ici in France Bleu Périgord changed name is ici Périgord in 2025.

References

1. Penaud, Guy (March 2003). The great book of Périgueux (in French). Editions de la Lauze. p. 217. ISBN 2-912032-50-4.
2. "France Bleu Périgord - Le 20ème anniversaire - Actualité radio - RadioActu". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.