Antenne 2

*This article is about the French channel. For the **former channel** originally launched as Antenne 2, see France 2.*

## Antenne 2

### Headquarters

Rue de Monttessuy, ParisAvenue Montaigne, Paris

## Links

### Website

Minitel: 3615 A2 then, around night, from 6 to 7 September 1992, 3615 France 2

**Antenne 2** (English: Aerial 2), or **A2** for short, is a national television programme company operating a French national public service generalist television channel of the same name which succeeds on 6 January 1975 the second colour channel of the ORTF and is broadcast until 7 September 1992 when it becomes France 2 when it became part of the public group France Télévisions.

## History

### Genesis

In 1974, the new President of the Republic, **Valéry Giscard d'Estaing**, asks his *Prime Minister to submit a communication on the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française to the Council of Ministers on 3 July*. Jacques Chirac then assures that "*the new organization must be based on competition between autonomous units, fully responsible. It must ensure free and open information, must exclude any waste by relying on lean structures. The reports of the state and the new autonomous units should be limited to the appointment of its leaders*." Law No. 74-696 of 7 August 1974 abolished the Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française and created seven autonomous bodies, including three national television programme companies, a national sound broadcasting company, two public industrial and commercial establishments responsible for production and broadcasting and a national audiovisual institute. The state monopoly is maintained and each of the companies is placed under the supervision of the Prime Minister. The writer and producer Marcel Jullian is appointed in the Council of Ministers president of the future national television program company to succeed the second channel of the ORTF of which he adds two great figures as advisors, Jacques Chancel and Armand Jammot. In the autumn of 1974, Marcel Jullian and Jacques Chancel designed the programmes, selected the hosts and producers (Claude Barma, Jean-Christophe Averty, Armand Jammot, Pierre Tchernia, Bernard Pivot, Roger Couderc and Robert Chapatte) and tried to choose the name of their future television channel from among four proposals selected by Marcel Jullian: *Satellite 2*, *France 2*, *2 the world* and *Antenna 2*. They finally named it **Antenne 2** and its president commissioned Jacques Chancel to give it an identity. The latter then solicited his artist friends and obtained that the painter Georges Mathieu draw the logo of the channel and that Jean-Michel Folon created the opening call sign. The new programme company was in working order from mid-December 1974, which allowed Marcel Jullian to present his team, the orientations and style of the programmes of the future Antenne 2 at a press conference on 20 December 1974.

### 1975 - 1987: popularity and innovation

Law No 74-696 of 7 August 1974 came into force on 1 January 1975 with the official creation of the three national television programme companies Télévision française 1 (TF1), Antenne 2 (A2) and France Régions 3 (FR3), the société nationale de radiodiffusion sonore Radio France, the Société française de production (SFP), de Télédiffusion de France (TDF) and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA). Monday, January 6, 1975 at 2:30 p.m., Antenne 2 begins its programs with the broadcast of a news flash, followed by a special issue of *Aujourd'hui Madame* devoted to Antenne 2 by those who do it, then at 8:35 p.m., the evening of inauguration of the channel, hosted from a studio in Buttes-Chaumont by Marcel Jullian and Jacques Chancel, with the help of all the hosts, directors and producers of Antenne 2, who come to present their **new programs** for 3h20. Antenne 2 leaves a great freedom of creation to its producers, betting more on the quality of the programs and the revelation of the talents than on the race for the audience which remains more confidential than on TF1, which allows it to try new experiences and programs, such as *Apostrophes*, or to use a less conventional tone in its television news. The editorial staff of Antenne 2, which succeeds that of *INF2*, is headed by Jacques Sallebert who entrusts the presentation of the newspaper to **Jean-Marie Cavada** and Guy Thomas on weekdays, and to Jean Lanzi on weekends. Competition with the TF1 newspaper was fierce and the formulas followed one another until the arrival of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor at the presentation of the newspaper on February 16, 1976 which gave it a new tone increasingly appreciated by viewers.

Attached to the freedom of creation, Marcel Jullian limited the interventionism of the power on his antenna, which earned him to be finally dismissed in December 1977 and replaced by Maurice Ulrich on January 1, 1978. It intends to pursue and develop the main qualities of the channel, which are the will to create and a great concern for quality through dramas, information programs, documentaries and cultural and scientific programs. The channel is distinguished by the arrival of young journalists who will make its success for more than twenty years, including Hervé Claude, Noël Mamère and Claude Sérillon who all debut at *Antenne 2 Midi* in 1979.

On 5 May 1981, the debate between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand for the second round of the presidential election, arbitrated by Jean Boissonnat and Michèle Cotta, was broadcast simultaneously on TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3.

Although it had long denounced the stranglehold of power on television, the left, which came to power on 10 May 1981, in turn used this habit of interventionism to appoint in the Council of Ministers new presidents at the head of the national television programme companies more committed to its ideas and who were themselves responsible for cleaning their channel of broadcasts, journalists and hosts suspected of acquaintances with the former majority. Thus, the director of information Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, reputed to support the former President of the Republic, was dismissed in June and Pierre Desgraupes, a journalist rather marked on the left and ousted from the direction of *Information Première* in July 1972, was appointed president of Antenne 2 on July 23, 1981. He intends to make television the pathfinder and guide of the mutation that French society has been experiencing, according to him, since *May 10, 1981 by developing the party and the unexpected in the programs and by calling on new talents*. The new management focuses on culture by developing theatrical creation programs, airing contemporary music programs for youth and educating the public about concert music.

Law No. 82-652 of 29 July 1982 on audiovisual communication abolishes the State monopoly and recreated by Decree No. 82-790 of 17 September 1982 the national colour television company Antenne 2, now under the supervision of the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication, which draws up the specifications, monitors the competition rules and appoints the president of the channel. Pierre Desgraupes is confirmed in his position. In 1983, thanks to the new tone of its television news presented by Christine Ockrent and quality entertainment programs such as *Champs-Élysées*, *La Chasse aux trésors* or *Récré A2*, the audience of Antenne 2 ended up exceeding that of TF1. This trend continued until the privatization of TF1 in 1987, but Antenne 2 did not see the rise of the first channel, initiated since 1985 by its new CEO **Hervé Bourges**.

### 1987 - 1992: decline and redesign

The start of the September 1987 school year was marked by the offensive and extremely commercial schedules of the two new major private television channels: TF1, which had just been privatized, and La Cinq. The CNCL appoints Claude Contamine as head of Antenne 2 and entrusts him with the mission of maintaining a program schedule that is both popular and of quality to present the best programs to as many people as possible. But the competition is tough and Antenne 2 innovates little. The channel then began an inexorable decline that led it from 40% of audience in 1986 to 21% in 1991, when TF1 capped between 40% and 45% and La Cinq around 10% to 13%.

On 28 April 1988, the debate between the two candidates in the second round of the presidential election, Jacques Chirac and François Mitterrand, was broadcast simultaneously on Antenne 2 and TF1.

In order to strengthen public broadcasting in the face of private competition, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel brought together, by the law of 2 and 10 August 1989, Antenne 2 and FR3 under a joint presidency in the person of Philippe Guilhaume. Synergies between the two channels appear, such as bundled trailers and the harmonization of Friday evening programs. Forced to resign on 19 December 1990 by the Minister of Culture Catherine Tasca, Philippe Guilhaume was replaced by Hervé Bourges. Antenne 2 broadcasts its programmes 24 hours a day from 5 July 1991.

In order to try to rebuild a strong public group in the face of commercial television and to give it cohesion, the public service channels took the name of France Télévision on September 7, 1992: Antenne 2 became France 2 at 6:30 AM, just before *Télématin*.

## Visual identity

The first logo of **Antenne 2 from 1975 to 1983**, with its electric blue waves emanating from a red and green A2, was designed by the painter

Georges Mathieu, but an alternative logo in Eurostile font using the name and colors of the initial logo was used on the air in 1977 to be more readable. The new dressing of Antenne 2 put on the air on January 6, 1975 is the work of the cartoonist Jean-Michel Folon, already noticed two years earlier for his credits of the program *Italiques* on the second channel, who realizes the callsigns of opening and closing of antenna with the flying men where his blue men fly on a very melancholic cantilene for oboe and orchestras composed by Michel Colombier and entitled *Emmanuel, as well as the credits of the Journal.*

In the summer of 1976, a new dressing and a new credits were put on the air especially for the newspaper, featuring a modern and geometric logo using the "A2" of the channel but without the original colors, using instead blue and orange. The music of the credits will change twice, first in June 1976, more "modern", then a "warmer" one the following month. On February 14, 1977, these dressings will disappear, to make way for a more sober dressing.

The **"bubble"** logo of Antenne 2 from September 12, 1983 to April 7, 1986 is created by the agency **Pipa Vidéo** which formalizes the acronym A2 in Eurostile font, already widely used on the air since 1982, and delivers a new call sign of opening and closing of antenna appearing in computer graphics an imaginary world expressing the passage from night to day. The orchestral music of this call sign is slightly modified a few months later by a more electronic and soft music.

While Antenne 2 gradually lost its leading position to TF1, the channel tried to rejuvenate its identity on April 7, 1986 with a logo very fashionable of the moment which retains the acronym A2 with a metallic 2 on which are reflected spots of color and a tiny elongated manuscript A very graphic and dynamic in the colors of the rainbow. This logo then evolves three times in three years with first a lowercase red A on a dark gray 2 on a light gray background with slats, then a lowercase A with a shortened tail and a 2 in relief, to finish with a lowercase red A on a dark gray 2. Despite these logo changes, the antenna opening and closing callsign remained the same and underwent only a slight change in musical rhythm in 1987.

Antenne 2 passed under common presidency in the summer of 1989 and **Philippe Guilhaume decided to rejuvenate the channel's visual identity again by adopting in November 1990**, a very colorful embossed logo, reviving the full name of the channel, which some of its detractors would assimilate to an *ugly duckling*. The antenna opening and closing callsign, which proclaims that "the 2 amazes me" is also very joyful, dynamic and colorful, like the new logo of the channel. A second version with the same images, the same music, but simply proclaiming "the 2" is put on the air from April 1991 to July 5, 1991, date of the passage in continuous broadcast

### Logos

Official logo of Antenne 2 due to Georges Mathieu from January 6, 1975 to September 12, 1983.**Alternative logo of Antenne 2** used from September 16, 1977 to November 5, 1990.Antenna 2 logo from September 12, 1983 to April 7, 1986.Antenna 2 logo from April 7, 1986 to September 7, 1987.Logo of Antenne 2 from September 7 to December 23, 1987.Antenna 2 logo from December 23, 1987 to November 5, 1990.Antenna 2 logo from November 5, 1990 to September 7, 1992.
### Organization

#### Leaders

##### Presidents and Chief Executive Officers

* Marcel Jullian: January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1977
* Maurice Ulrich: 1 January 1978 – 23 July 1981
* Pierre Desgraupes: July 23, 1981 – November 15, 1984
* Jean-Claude Héberlé: November 15, 1984 – October 21, 1985
* Jean Drucker: October 21, 1985 – December 3, 1986
* Claude Contamine: December 3, 1986 – August 10, 1989
* Philippe Guilhaume (Joint Presidency A2 / FR3): 10 August 1989 – 19 December 1990
* Hervé Bourges (Joint Presidency A2 / FR3): 19 December 1990 – 7 September 1992

##### Directors-General

* Xavier Larère: January 6, 1975 – July 23, 1981
* Henri Perez: July 23, 1981 – May 1988
* Jean-Michel Gaillard: September 27, 1989 – January 10, 1991
* Éric Giuly: January 10, 1991 – September 7, 1992

##### Antenna Director

* Pascal Josèphe (joint directorate A2 / FR3): 10 April 1992 - 7 September 1992

##### Program Directors

* Joseph Pasteur: June 29, 1981 – August 30, 1981
* Pierre Wiehn : August 30, 1981 - 1986
	+ Christian Dutoit (program and production coordination): July 23, 1981 – 1985
* Jean Rouilly : 1987 – 1988
* Louis Bériot : 1989
* Eve Ruggiéri: September 27, 1989 – April 11, 1990
* Monique Trnka: July 1990 – January 11, 1991
* Jean-Pierre Dusséaux: January 11, 1991 – June 23, 1992
* Claude Otzenberger: June 25, 1992 – September 7, 1992

##### Chief Information Officers

* Jacques Sallebert: January 6, 1975 – May 1976
* Georges Leroy: May 1976 – September 1976
* Charles Baudinat: September 1976 – January 1977
* Jean-Pierre Elkabbach: January 1977 – June 29, 1981
* François-Henri de Virieu: 29 June 1981 – 20 September 1982
* Joseph Pasteur (Delegate for Information and Programs): September 20, 1982 – December 1982
* Pierre Lescure: December 1982 – December 1984
* Albert du Roy: December 1984 – March 1985
* Pierre-Henri Arnstam : March 1985 – 1986
* Marcel Trillat : 1986
* Élie Vannier : 1987 – 1988
* Claude Carré: 1988 – January 14, 1992
* Alain Denvers (joint directorate A2 / FR3): 14 January 1992 - 7 September 1992

##### Sports Directors

* Robert Chapatte: January 6, 1975 – 1985
* Christian Quidet : 1985 – 1991
* Jean Réveillon (joint management A2 / FR3): 15 March 1992 – 7 September 1992

##### Directors of the Variety and Entertainment Unit

* Jacqueline Joubert: January 6, 1975 – 1977
* Pierre Lescure: October 1981 – October 1982
* Patrice Blanc-Francard: October 1982 – February 1986
* Albert Emsalem: March 1986 – December 1989
* Marie-France Brière: January 1, 1990 – September 7, 1992

##### Directors of the Youth Unit

* Jacqueline Joubert: 1977 – June 1988
* Christophe Izard: June 1988 – December 31, 1989
* Marie-France Brière: January 1, 1990 – September 7, 1992

### Capital

Antenne 2 is a national programme company 100% owned by the French State.

### Seats

The historic headquarters of French television at 13-15 rue Cognacq-Jay being kept by TF1 after the split of the ORTF in 1975, Antenne 2 temporarily moved into a building located 5-7 rue de Monttessuy in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, the time to build its headquarters at the Pont de Neuilly to consolidate its services.

The impossibility of the promoter, the Étoile Neuilly Company, to obtain the necessary building permits led the board of directors of the chain to take, on March 5, 1981, a lease on premises at 22 avenue Montaigne, 17 and 23 rue Jean-Goujon in the 8th arrondissement of Paris to install the headquarters of Antenne 2. This location then responds, for the authors of the choice, to the following objectives: to obtain the use of functional premises allowing a rational and reliable exploitation by putting an end to the dissemination of services resulting from the sharing of real estate between the organizations created by the law of 7 August 1974 abolishing the ORTF, to affirm the identity specific to the chain and to avoid any cohabitation with the services of one of the six other entities created by the aforementioned law, to get closer to the centers of political and cultural activities, and finally to settle near the Grand Palais where the International Press Center, whose creation has just been decided, and with which Antenne 2 would have had to collaborate, was to be installed at the time.

However, from 1975 to 1982, TF1 and Antenne 2, competing public channels, shared the same building and neighboring studios for the production of their television news, broadcast from Cognacq-Jay until the complete relocation of Antenne 2.

## Programs

Since its creation, Antenne 2 has undertaken to collaborate with the producers of the major successful programs of the former second channel of the ORTF, such as Armand Jammot, who can thus continue on Antenne 2 *Les Dossiers de l'écran*, *Des chiffres et des lettres* and *Aujourd'hui Madame*, or Jacques Chancel and his *Grand Échiquier*. In 1977, Jacques Martin took over for 21 years a large part of the Sunday program of Antenne 2 with *Bon Dimanche* and the famous *Fan School*. Appointed Director of Information in 1977, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach made *Cartes sur table* the unmissable political event on French television. His successor, François-Henri de Virieu, replaced it on May 20, 1982 with another political event that had become mythical: *L'Heure de vérité*. The arrival of Pierre Lescure as director of varieties in October 1981 gave a more important place to this genre in the programs of Antenne 2 with the appearance of contemporary musical programs for young people such as *Platine 45* and *Les enfants du rock*, but also concert music with *Musiques au cœur*, and culminated with michel Drucker's new program, *Champs-Élysées*, broadcast every Saturday from January 16, 1982 and which gives Antenne 2 the best audiences for eight years. New formats appeared, such as *Châteauvallon* on January 4, 1984, the first French tv novel inspired by *Dallas* that raged on the competing channel, or *Maguy*, the first French sitcom with Rosy Varte and Jean-Marc Thibault launched in February 1985. . Antenne 2 is also the first French channel to offer a morning program from 6:30 a.m. with *Télématin* from January 7, 1985 while the programs of its two competitors do not start until around 10 or 11 a.m. With the privatization of TF1, religious Sunday morning broadcasts, whose broadcasting is a public service obligation, migrated to Antenne 2 in September 1987. On September 14, 1991, Antenne 2 was the first French channel to broadcast a new kind of program imported from the United States, the *reality show*, with *La Nuit des héros* every Saturday at 8:50 p.m.

### Emissions

#### Magazines

##### News magazines

* *Maps on the table* (1977-1981)
* *Special Edition* (1987-1989)
* *Special Envoy* (1990-1992)
* *The Hour of Truth* (1982-1992)
* *The March of the Century* (1987-1989)
* *Télématin* (1985-1992)

##### Company Magazines

* *Sexy Folies* (1986–1987)
* *Les Dossiers de l'écran* (1975-1991)
* *See* (1977-?)

##### Service Magazines

* *Afternoon show* (1990)
* *Home A2* (1987)
* *Gym Tonic* (1982-1986)
* *Matin Bonheur* (1987-1992)
* *The Truth is at the bottom of the pot* (1978-1983)

##### Cultural magazines

* *1, 2, 3 theatre* (1991-1992)
* *The 25th Hour* (1991-1992)
* *Alain Decaux narrates* (1975-1987)
* *The English Plate* (1987-1989)
* *Culture broth* (1991-1992)
* *Characters* (1990-1991)
* *Film club* (1975-1992)
* *Cinema, Cinemas* (1982-1991)
* *Children of Rock* (1982-1988)
* *Cinema Thursday* (1980-1981)
* *Cinema Tuesday* (1982-1988)
* *Monsieur Cinéma* (1975-1980)

##### Literary magazines

* *Apostrophes* (1975–1990)
* *Characters* (1990-1991)

##### Music magazines

* *Music at the Heart* (1982-1992)
* *Platinum 45* (1982-1986)
* *Sex Machine* (1982–1985)
* *Top 50* (1985)
* *One more db* (1987-1988)

##### Sports magazines

* *In turn* (1985-1989)
* *Stage 2* (1975-1992)

##### Miscellaneous magazines

* *Direct expression* (?-1992)
* *Between dog and wolf* (1987-1988)
* *My Hands Speak* (1979-1988)
* *Telethon in France* (1987-1991)

##### Religious magazines

These magazines were broadcast on Antenne 2 from September 1987, following the privatization of TF1. These magazines are part of the public service's obligations.

* *Islam*, an interview program devoted to Islam ;
* *The Source of Life*, *Judaica* and *Open Bible*: magazines (alternately) devoted to Judaism ;
* *Orthodoxy*: monthly magazine devoted to the Orthodox worship of the East ;
* *Eastern Christians*: monthly magazine devoted to The Catholic Cults of the East ;
* *Protestant presence*: weekly Protestant program;
* *The Day of the Lord*: weekly Catholic program.

##### Entertainment

* *Before the sky falls on our heads* (1990-1991)
* *7 d'or* (1985-1992)
* *Once upon a time...* (1990-)
* *Indiscreet camera* (1991-1992)
* *César of cinema* (1976-1992)
* *Dimanche Martin* (1980-1992)
	+ *The School of Fans* (1977-1992)
	+ *La Lorgnette* (1977-1978)
	+ *The world is yours* (1987-1992)
* *The Collaro show* (1979-1981)
* *Night of heroes* (1991-1992)
* *Le Petit Théâtre d'Antenne 2* (1977-1989)
* *La Piste aux étoiles* (1975–1978)
* *The Bouvard Theatre* (1982-1985)
* *La Télé des Inconnus* (1990-1992)

###### Talk show

* *Double Game* (1991-1992)
* *Dark glasses for sleepless nights* (1988-1990)
* *Stars at the helm* (1988–1989)
* *Once a Day* (1990)

###### Varieties

* *Bing Parade* (1988)
* *Bonsoir les clips* (1984-1986)
* *Champs-Élysées* (1982-1990)
* *La Chance aux chansons* (1991-1992)
* *Tomorrow is Sunday* (1985)
* *The Grand Chessboard* (1975–1989)
* *Top Club* (1978-1981)

###### Games

* *The Academy of nine* (1982-1987)
* *The Golden Ark* (1987-1989)
* *The Treasure Hunt* (1981-1985)
* *The Knight of the Labyrinth* (1990-1991)
* *The Race Around the World* (1976-1984)
* *Numbers and letters* (1975-1992)
* *Draw, it's won!* (1989-1992)
* *Dingbats* (1992)
* *Fort Boyard* (1990-1992)
* *The Great Raid* (1984-1985)
* *Games Without Borders* (1975-1982, 1988-1992)
* *Les Mariés de l'A2* (1987-1992)
* *Motus* (1990–1992)
* *New Honeymoon* (1992)
* *Pyramid* (1991-1992)
* *The Xapatan Trail* (1992)

### Documentaries

* *Masterpieces in Danger* (1975)
* *Trains like no other* (1987-1992)
* *The Wild Opera* (1976-1984)
* *The Miracle Planet* (1988)
* *What will become of them?* (1984-1992)

### Sports broadcasts

##### Multi-sport competitions

* Summer Olympics (?-1992)
* Winter Olympics (?-1992)

##### Rugby union

* French Championship (1975-1985)
* Rugby Union World Cup (1987)

##### Basketball

* French Basketball Championship (1988-1989)

### Series

Here is a list of series, classified by origin and order of broadcast, that were broadcast on Antenne 2:

French series
* *The Tiger Brigades*
* *Commissioner Maigret's Investigations*
* *The Last Five Minutes* (second series, 1975)
* *Racing drivers* (June 5, 1975)
* *The Bloody Doll* (September 17, 1976)
* *D'Artagnan in love* (September 30, 1977)
* *Night doctors* (September 22, 1978)
* *Gaston Phébus* (December 15, 1978)
* *The Lives of Others* (March 10, 1980)
* *From Thrushes to Wolves* (October 5, 1984)
* *Châteauvallon* (4 January 1985)
* *Maguy* (September 8, 1985)
* *Palace* (1989)
* *Nestor Burma* (September 29, 1991)
* *Maigret* (1 December 1991)

American series
* *Vivre libre* (21 September 1975)
* *Operation Danger* (February 4, 1976)
* *La Côte sauvage* (23 May 1976)
* *Kung Fu*
* *Funny Ladies* (January 8, 1978)
* *The Crystal Age* (September 17, 1978)
* *Les Arpents verts* (July 31, 1979)
* *Colorado* (March 9, 1980)
* *Magnum* (December 13, 1981)
* *The Man Who Falls Right (*September 19, 1982)
* *Chips* (September 18, 1983)
* *Two cops in Miami* (September 19, 1986)
* *Madame est servie* (January 26, 1987)
* *What's new doctor?* (5 July 1987)
* *North and South* (18 July 1988)
* *La Fête à la maison* (April 24, 1989)
* *Love, Glory and Beauty* (June 12, 1989)
* *Days and Lives* (July 29, 1991)
* *L'Equip du Poney Express* (April 15, 1992)

British series
* *Friendly yours*
* *Dick the Rebel* (December 11, 1981)

Canadian Series
* *Les Années collège* (September 10, 1988)

## Presenters and hosts

* Thierry Beccaro (1987-1992)
* Pierre Bellemare (1975-1976)
* Georges Beller (1990-1992)
* Bernard Benyamin (1990-1992)
* Daniel Bilalian (1976-1977/1979-1986/1987-1990/1991)
* Arielle Boulin-Prat (1986-1992)
* Philippe Bouvard (1975-1987/1990-1991)
* Fabien Buhler (1975)
* Monique Cara (1977-1986)
* Ariane Carletti (1980-1987) (°1957-†2019)
* Lionel Cassan (1987-1992)
* Jean-Marie Cavada (1987-1989)
* Catherine Ceylac (1980-1983/1984-1989/1990-1991/1992)
* Jacques Chancel (1975-1989)
* Robert Chapatte (1975-1985)
* Martine Chardon (1982-1987/1991-1992)
* Patricia Charnelet (1981/1986-1989)
* Claire Chazal (1989/1990-1991)
* Hervé Claude (1981-1992)
* Corbier (1982-1987) (°1944-†2018)
* Marie Dauphin (1983-1988)
* Sophie Davant (1987-1992)
* Christophe Dechavanne (1985-1987)
* Davina Delor (1982-1986)
* Alexandre Delpérier (1992)
* Dorothée (1977-1987)
* Michel Drucker (1982-1990)
* Alain Duhamel (1977-1981)
* Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (1977-1981)
* Max Favalelli (1975–1984)
* Jean-Pierre Foucault (1976-1987)
* Jo Frachon (1984-1986)
* Eric Galliano (1989-1992)
* Alain Gillot-Pétré (1981-1986)
* Groucho Business and Chico d'Agneau (1985/1988-1990)
* Philippe Harrouard (1977-1981/1983/1987)
* Gérard Holtz (1977-1981/1985-1992)
* Jacky (1979-1986)
* Alain Jérôme (1975-1987)
* Charlotte Kady (1984-1988)
* Philippe Labro (1981-1982)
* Patrice Laffont (1975-1992)
* Bernard Langlois (1981-1986)
* Patrick Lecocq (1975-1981)
* Philippe Lefait (1987-1992)
* Daniela Lumbroso (1990/1991-1992)
* Léon Zitrone (1979-1981)
* William Leymergie (1978–1992)
* Noël Mamère (1977-1992)
* Jacques Martin (1977-1978/1980-1992)
* Bruno Masure (1990-1992)
* Frédéric Mitterrand (1988-1992)
* Nagui (1992)
* Paul Nahon (1990-1992)
* Michel Oliver
* Christine Ockrent (1981-1985/1988-1992)
* Valérie Pascale (1991-1992)
* Claude Pierrard (1988-1989)
* Bernard Pivot (1975-1992)
* Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1975-1986)
* Bernard Rapp (1983-1991)
* Bertrand Renard (1975-1992)
* Nathalie Rihouet (1990-1992)
* Eve Ruggiéri (1980-1992)
* Henri Sannier (1987-1988/1990-1992)
* Claude Sérillon (1976-1979/1982/1986-1992)
* Pascal Sevran (1991-1992)
* Patrick Simpson-Jones (1978-1982/1984-1987)
* Marie Talon (1988-1990)
* Pierre Tchernia (1975-1989)
* Véronique de Villèle (1979-1986)
* François-Henri de Virieu (1982-1992)
* Hélène Vida (1976)
* Roger Zabel (1983/1987-1989)

### Journalists

* Paul Amar (1979-1990)
* Rachid Arhab (1985-1992)
* Monique Atlan (1977-1992)
* Bernard Benyamin (1979-1992)
* Daniel Bilalian (1976-1986/1987-1990)
* Georges Bortoli (1975-1992)
* Hervé Brusini (1977-1992)
* Monique Cara (1980-1981)
* Patricia Charnelet (1986-1989)
* Claire Chazal (1988-1991)
* Hervé Claude (1975-1992)
* Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (1977-1981)
* Jean-Pierre Enkiri (1975-1992)
* Philippe Harrouard (1975-1992)
* Gérard Holtz (1975-1985)
* Philippe Labro (1981-1982)
* Bernard Langlois (1981-1982)
* Patrick Lecocq (1976-1992)
* Gérard Leclerc (1985-1992)
* Gilles Leclerc (1987-1992)
* Philippe Lefait (1980-1992)
* Paul Lefèvre (1976-1987)
* William Leymergie (1986–1989)
* Noël Mamère (1982-1987)
* Bruno Masure (1990-1992)
* Michel Mompontet (1986-1992)
* Paul Nahon (1980-1992)
* Christine Ockrent (1981-1985/1988-1992)
* Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1975-1983)
* Bernard Pradinaud (1983-1986)
* Bernard Rapp (1983-1987)
* Jean-Claude Renaud (1975-1992)
* Henri Sannier (1987-1992)
* Claude Sérillon (1975-1979/1981-1984/1986-1992)
* Hélène Vida (1976)
* Roger Zabel (1983)

### Speakerins and speakers

* Gillette Aho (1982-1992): 7 gold for best speaker in 1987
* Danielle Askain (1976-1983)
* Florianne Blitz (1990-1992)
* Lionel Cassan (1985-1992)
* Catherine Ceylac (1980-1987)
* Martine Chardon (Summer 1975, 1976-1982)
* Virginia Crespeau (1978-1989)
* Dorothée (1977-1983)
* Renée Legrand (1975)
* Claudie Lemeret (1975-1977)
* Patricia Lesieur (1982-1992)
* Michelle Maillet (1977-1981)
* Valérie Maurice (1985-1992)
* Annie Milon (1990-1991)
* Olivier Minne (1990-1992)
* Geneviève Moll
* Marie-Ange Nardi (1985-1990) : 7 d'or for the best speakerine in 1988
* Brigitte Simonetta (1977-1980)
* Patrick Simpson-Jones (1981–1986)
* Marie Talon (1990-1992)
* Elisabeth Tordjman (1981-1986)

## Broadcast

Antenne 2 operated **channel 2 in France** from 1975 to 1992.

### Analogue radio

**In France**
Antenne 2 is broadcast in band IV to the UHF standard SECAM IIIB standard L/L standard to 625 lines on TDF's second national analogue terrestrial network.

**In Italy**
Since the 1970s, Antenne 2 has been broadcast to the PAL standard and the European standard G in the Aosta Valley region, autonomous and bilingual Italian/French, due to Italian laws on self-government, from the transmitters of Pointe Helbronner (UHF PAL-G channel 30), Tête d'Arpy and Pavillon du Mont-Fréty (upstream of Courmayeur). From 1975, Antenne 2 was broadcast in Italy in the regions of Tuscany, Lazio, Emilia-Romagna, Lower Veneto and parts of Lombardy and Liguria to the SECAM standard, then in PAL-G from 1983.

**In Tunisia**
Antenne 2 was also broadcast in Tunisia in place of RTT 2 from 3 June 1989 at 2 p.m. until the end of October 1999 from the transmitters of Chambi (UHF PAL channel 40), Hmeyma, Zaghouan (UHF PAL channel 33) and Boukornine (UHF PAL channel 26). the broadcast ended in 1999 because following the triumphant re-election of President Ben Ali in 1999 (with more than 99% of the vote), the French media, including France 2, strongly criticized the Tunisian government and castigated the regime's lack of democracy. In response, the latter ordered the ERTT to stop broadcasting the French channel, which was done at the end of October 1999. Since then, canal 21 (which has been broadcasting on the same network for three hours a day since November 1994) has occupied all the time slots of the terrestrial network.

### Cable

#### In France

Antenne 2 was broadcast on the first two experimental cable networks of Metz and Bitche in 1979, then on the small cable television networks of cities with a significant population. As a public channel, the French cable networks France Telecom Cable, Lyonnaise Cable and CGV were then obliged to broadcast Antenne 2 on their networks as soon as the cable plan was implemented at the end of 1985.

#### In Belgium

Antenne 2 was broadcast on television networks in Brussels and Wallonia from 1983 to 1992.

### Satellite

Antenne 2 was broadcast from 3 June 1989 at 2 p.m. throughout France by France Télécom's Telecom 1C satellite, which supplies TDF's terrestrial transmitters but also Tunisia for terrestrial broadcasting in Tunisia, then by Telecom 2B from December 1991. The frequency of Antenna 2 on the Telecom 2B satellite is 12564V.

On 21 September 1990, the CSA authorized the broadcasting of Antenne 2 on the direct broadcast satellite TDF 1 and 2, in accordance with the Government's request pursuant to article 26 of the Act of 30 September 1986. Antenne 2 joins La Sept, Canal+, MCM and Canal J in a small package broadcast in D2MAC.

## Related articles

* M6
* TVA