# Radio Paris

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Former French radio station

**Radio Paris** was a French radio broadcasting company best known for its Axis propaganda broadcasts in [Vichy France](/source/Vichy_France) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

Radio Paris evolved from the first private radio station in France, called [Radiola](/source/Radiola_(radio_station)), founded by pioneering French engineer [Émile Girardeau](/source/%C3%89mile_Girardeau) in 1922.[1] It became Radio Paris on 29 March 1924, and remained so through 17 June 1940, transitioning to state ownership in December 1933 as the premier station in the country.[2] It kept its name from July 1940 until August 1944, but the station was then run by Nazis and [French collaborators](/source/French_collaborators).

From 1940, collaborationist voices on Radio Paris included [Jacques Doriot](/source/Jacques_Doriot) and [Philippe Henriot](/source/Philippe_Henriot). From 1942, [Jean Hérold-Paquis](/source/Jean_H%C3%A9rold-Paquis) broadcast daily news reports on Radio Paris, in which he regularly called for the "destruction" of the United Kingdom. His catch phrase was "England, like Carthage, shall be destroyed!", echoing [Cato the Elder](/source/Cato_the_Elder)'s slogan *[Carthago delenda est](/source/Carthago_delenda_est)*.

On 19 September 1941, [Maurice Chevalier](/source/Maurice_Chevalier) sang in *Le Poste Parisien* his last success, "Notre Espoir", composed by his accompanist [Henri Betti](/source/Henri_Betti).

Radio Paris broadcasts were intended to counter the [BBC](/source/BBC) broadcasts of *[Radio Londres](/source/Radio_Londres)* by Free French figures like [Pierre Dac](/source/Pierre_Dac), who sang the taunting refrain, *Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris est allemand* ("Radio Paris lies, Radio Paris lies, Radio Paris is German"), to the tune of "[La Cucaracha](/source/La_Cucaracha)".[3] On 8 May 1942 its transmitter in [Bourges](/source/Bourges) was blown up by the [Resistance](/source/French_Resistance).

The station was shut down on the evening of 15 August 1944 by a trained police [commando](/source/Commando) action, as part of the [liberation of Paris](/source/Liberation_of_Paris).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Radios de Galena en el frente"](http://www.exordio.com/1939-1945/codex/vsoldado/galena.html). *Exordio* (in Spanish). 31 January 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2017. la compañía "Radiola" instaló la estación que sería después Radio París.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Radio-Paris"](http://la-loupe.over-blog.net/article-radio-paris-43549549.html). *Mémoires de guerre* (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-propagande_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-propagande_3-1) ["Radio Paris"](http://propagande-et-seconde-guerre-mondiale.over-blog.com/article-radio-paris-45964785.html). *La propagande à travers les médias pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale* (in French). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

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