M Radio

M Radio is a French national music station devoted to French chanson and variety. Its own site calls it the number one station for French song, and its stream is tagged as French variety. The programming is mostly continuous music with short presenter interventions in French, aimed at a broad adult audience.

The station began in Lyon in 1981 as Radio Montmartre, playing French songs from the 1920s to the 1960s. It was later known as MFM, and was renamed M Radio. According to public reference sources it is published by Espace Group, which also runs other music stations, and it is a commercial service, so advertising is part of the output. The website also lists a number of themed webradios, for example on the 80s and 90s, female voices, duets and karaoke, alongside the main non-stop stream.

Listeners can expect familiar songs rather than challenging new music, which makes it easy to leave on at home, at work or in the car. Details of the playlist are not published here, so the exact selection varies through the day. The stream used here is AAC+ at about 64 kbps, an efficient format that suits mobile connections and keeps data use low. It plays in your browser on RadioKite without installation, and you can add it to your favourites.