Radio Shalom (Paris): Difference between revisions

'''Radio Shalom''' is a Jewish [[community radio]] station based in [[Paris]], [[France]]. It broadcasts on [[94.8 FM|94.8 MHz]] in a time-sharing agreement with two additional Jewish stations, [[Radio J]] and [[RCJ (radio station)|RCJ]], from a transmitter in the [[17th arrondissement of Paris]], atop the [[Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile]].{{r|maradio}} The station, characterized by its pro-peace editorial stance to the Israel–Palestine conflict, is financed by advertising.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sarner |first=Robert |date=26 May 2020 |title=Canada welcomes two new Jewish outlets, but COVID-19 has media on life support |language=en-US |work=Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/canada-welcomes-two-new-jewish-outlets-but-covid-19-has-media-on-life-support/ |access-date=2 May 2022 |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502081714/https://www.timesofisrael.com/canada-welcomes-two-new-jewish-outlets-but-covid-19-has-media-on-life-support/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the liberalization of French radio in 1981, new stations sprang up across the country, including four Jewish stations in the Paris area.<ref>{{Cite Thenews |last=Nau |first=Jean-Yves |author-link=Jean-Yves Nau |date=1982-08-25 |title=Les radios juives ne sont pas sur la même longueur d'onde |language=fr |trans-title=Jewish radio stations aren't on the same wavelength |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1982/08/25/les-radios-juives-ne-sont-pas-sur-la-meme-longueur-d-onde_2909344_1819218.html |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> In 1983, the {{lang|fr|{{ill|Haute Autorité de la communication audiovisuelle (France)|fr|lt=Haute Autorité de la communication audiovisuelle}}}} (HACA), then the French broadcast regulator, orderedassigned thea Jewishsingle community radio stations to broadcastfrequency to the Parisfour areastations, inwhich awould share time sharing agreement: Radio Shalom, [[Radio J]], Radio Communauté (renamed [[RCJ (radio station)|RCJ]] in 1992), and [[Judaïques FM]].{{r|monde05}} The stations reflected different components and points of view of the Jewish community, with Radio Shalom having a "pacifist" and "secular" orientation.<ref name="liberation">{{Cite news|work=[[Libération]]|lang=fr|url=https://www.liberation.fr/medias/1995/10/27/du-larsen-dans-les-radios-juives-les-quatre-stations-qui-se-partagent-le-948-ont-du-mal-a-cohabiter_145879/|first=Sylvie|last=Briet|date=27 October 1995|access-date=1 May 2022|title=Du larsen dans les radios juives. Les quatre stations qui se partagent le 94.8 ont du mal à cohabiter.|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201617/http://www.liberation.fr/medias/1995/10/27/du-larsen-dans-les-radios-juives-les-quatre-stations-qui-se-partagent-le-948-ont-du-mal-a-cohabiter_145879|url-status=live}}</ref> All four stations began broadcasting that year, with Radio Shalom beingwas assigned the time of 4:30 to 9 p.m. for its broadcasts. This made it the only station whose programming was aired in one contiguous block of air time.{{r|monde05}} Despite hours called "restrictive and inconvenient" in a 1996 feature in ''[[Le Monde]]'', the station emerged as the most-listened-to of the quartet.<ref name="monde">{{Cite news|first=Armelle|last=Cressard|work=[[Le Monde]]|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1996/12/22/le-combat-d-albert-mallet_3738763_1819218.html|title=Le combat d'Albert Mallet|date=22 December 1996|lang=fr|url-access=limited|access-date=2 May 2022|archive-date=2 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502081714/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1996/12/22/le-combat-d-albert-mallet_3738763_1819218.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 19941995, it absorbed a significant portion of Judaïques FM's operations in the context of serious discord between the 94.8 stations; the {{lang|fr|[[Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel]]}} (CSA) attempted to mediate the dispute but failedwas unsuccessful.{{r|liberation}} Groups close to the various stations called the time-sharing agreement a "congenital flaw" and "radio aberration".{{r|liberation}}

Albert Mallet, the director of Radio Shalom, made several bids toin securethe mid-1990s for a full-time frequency for Radio Shalom in the mid-1990s.crowded However,Parisian thesefrequency spectrum proposalsbut werewas deniedunsuccessful. In 1996, the license for [[Chante France]] at 90.9 MHz came up for renewal, and Radio Shalom presented a competing proposal, but the CSA opted to renew Chante France's license.{{r|monde}}

Due to failing health, Robert Assaraf withdrew from management of Radio Shalom in 2014, with control passing to his brother, Roger. InThat 2014year, the station was placed in receivership due to €1 million in accumulated debt, heralding the start of a difficult two-year period during which many programs were cut back and replaced with music to reduce costs. One host, Lorino, described the ensuing legal battles as an "emotional roller coaster". In 2016, a Paris commercial court ruled in favor of an ownership consortium led by Bernard Abouaf, Pierre Gandus, and Armand Amsellem, which promised to return it to its original mission as an "information radio station focused on Israel and the Middle East".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Szwarc |first=Sandrine |title=Bernard Abouaf et Pierre Gandus : « Radio Shalom doit redevenir une radio d’informationd'information tournée vers Israël » |language=fr |work=Actualité Juive |url=http://www.actuj.com/2016-10/france/4199-bernard-abouaf-et-pierre-gandus-radio-shalom-doit-redevenir-une-radio-d-information-tournee-vers-israel |access-date=2 May 2022 |date=1 November 2016 |archive-date=9 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209215544/http://www.actuj.com/2016-10/france/4199-bernard-abouaf-et-pierre-gandus-radio-shalom-doit-redevenir-une-radio-d-information-tournee-vers-israel |url-status=live }}</ref>

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