TSF Jazz

TSF Jazz, previously known as TSF 89.9, is a jazz radio station in Paris, France, that was started in 1999 and owned by Nova Press. The station broadcasts in the Île-de-France: in Paris on 89.9 FM where it can almost be heard in the whole region, and the French Riviera, with frequencies in Nice and Cannes. TSF, the acronym of the station, stands for Télégraphie Sans Fil and means "Wireless Telegraphy", an archaic French term for "radio". In 1981, TSF Jazz was originally created in Seine-Saint-Denis as a talk, sports, music and local info station, then as "TSF-93" established by elected Socialist Party members and the French Communist Party, and transmitted from Romainville. In 1990, the radio station merged with the communist radio stations of every department in Île-de-France including TSF Paris: Radio Top Essonne, 92 Radio, Radio Soleil 94 and TSF Colline 95, to rename all those stations to simply "TSF". Beginning in 1993, TSF brought together several local radio stations in France: Forum 91,3 in Bordeaux, Agora FM in Grasse, Loire FM in Saint-Étienne and four other local stations known as "TSF" in Cognac, Lyon, Nérac, and Nice in addition to TSF Paris. TSF then changed its Parisian frequency from 93.0 FM to 89.9. TSF Jazz in Paris is still broadcasting on this frequency. In 1995, four new stations began to retransmit some of its programs (news and programs) on Radio Calaisis from Calais, Actuel from Le Havre, Chalette from Montargis and Radio Quinquin from Saint-Omer. In 1996, TSF was at its peak with three new stations: TSF Jordanne (Cantal department), TSF Isère (Grenoble) TSF Aravis (Ugine). The TSF radio network then broadcast on 19 frequencies in France. The station stopped broadcasting in the local radio stations of Bordeaux, Lyon, Nérac, Nice, le Havre, Saint-Omer and Grenoble. The other stations Agora, Loire FM, Calaisis, Radio Chalette and Radio Jordanne then become completely independent again, while keeping the spirit of TSF. In 1998, TSF Cognac and TSF Aravis stopped broadcasting as well.