#2026-196France renews Radio Espace’s FM broadcasting licence for Lyon and Villefranche-sur-Saône
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This decision renews Radio Espace’s authorization to broadcast on FM for five more years starting 27 October 2026. It confirms the station’s frequencies and technical limits in Lyon and Villefranche-sur-Saône, and it keeps the operator, SARL Espace Développement, under ARCOM oversight. For the broadcaster, the main impact is operational: it can keep using the listed frequencies, but it must stay within the technical settings in the annexes and provide technical data or compliance checks if ARCOM asks. Any use of a subcarrier also needs ARCOM approval.
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Key Changes
- Extends Radio Espace’s FM broadcasting authorization for five years from 27 October 2026.
- Confirms the allowed frequencies and technical transmission limits for Lyon and Villefranche-sur-Saône.
- Requires ARCOM approval for any subcarrier use and allows ARCOM to request technical data or compliance checks.
Obligations
What this law requires
SARL Espace Développement may use the FM frequencies listed in Annexes I and II only in accordance with the convention and the technical conditions set out in the decision’s annexes, including the specified site, antenna height, and maximum effective radiated power limits.
Upon an express request from ARCOM, the authorization holder must provide, within one month of receiving the request, the effective technical description of the installation (including transmitter type and nominal power, and antenna system details) and the measured effective frequency excursion statistics showing the percentage of time the 75 kHz threshold is exceeded over at least 15 minutes.
If ARCOM finds that the technical conditions of the authorization are not being met, the authorization holder must have an approved body verify the installation’s compliance with the technical annex requirements and must transmit the verification results to ARCOM.
The authorization holder must comply with Decision No. 87-23 of 6 March 1987, as amended by Decision No. 90-829 of 7 December 1990, governing the technical conditions for FM sound broadcasting frequency use.
Any use of a subcarrier requires prior authorization from ARCOM.