NRJ Group

For other uses, see NRJ (disambiguation).

For more details on the radio station, see NRJ.

NRJ Group

Type	Société anonyme
Founded	Paris, France (1981 (1981))
Founder	Jean-Paul Baudecroux Max Guazzini
Headquarters	Paris, France
Area served	France
Key people	Jean-Paul Baudecroux (President) Maryam Salehi (Vice-president)
Revenue	€ 343,600,000 (2010)
Subsidiaries	Radio : NRJ, Chérie FM, Nostalgie, Rire & Chansons. Television : NRJ 12, Chérie 25, NRJ Hits, NRJ Paris Other : NRJ Mobile, NRJ Music Awards, NRJ Music Tour, NRJ International, NRJ Compilations, NRJ Entertainment.
Slogan	Hit Music Only!
Website	nrjgroup.com

The NRJ Group (NRJ is an acronym read as énergie in French, pronounced [enɛʁʒi]) (Euronext: NRG) is a French multimedia group based in Paris. Its founders are Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini. Since its foundation in 1981 as a French pop music radio station it has grown and evolved to become the NRJ Group.^[1] NRJ is the most popular radio station in France with 6,159,000 listeners daily.

The Radio Record Group

The NRJ Group has transformed itself from one radio station to a brand of corporate commercial radio stations in Europe. Currently, it has stations in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Latvia, Lebanon, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Norway, Réunion, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and Tahiti. NRJ plays current, trendy music for young audiences. Their slogan is "Hit music only".

The majority of NRJ-branded stations are operated by the NRJ Group, however some are licensed, such as the Bulgarian version, which is operated by Communicorp. Within France the NRJ Group operates four separate radio stations: NRJ, Nostalgie, Chérie FM and Rire & Chansons.^[2] They also operate the NRJ 12 and Chérie 25 digital terrestrial television stations, in addition to NRJ Paris and NRJ Hits music television stations in France.

In 1989 NRJ became listed on the Paris Stock Exchange Secondary Market and has continued to climb, reaching the First Market in 2000 after regrouping all of its assests into the NRJ Group.

In French, the pronunciations of NRJ and Energy (énergie) are identical, and sounds very similar to the English word Energy.

International

With its pan-European NRJ/ENERGY stations, the Paris-based NRJ Group has challenged the European radio market by being significantly different from diversifying market players like the Luxembourg-based RTL Group (Antenne Bayern, RTL Berlin, Yorin FM), and SBS Broadcasting (Radio 1 Norway, The Voice) or Stockholm-based MTG (P4 Norway, Rix FM, Lugna Favoriter).

Since June 6, 2006 NRJ has been operational in Lebanon,^[3] further expanding its reach and influence. On July 6, 2009, NRJ announced it would license its brand to Astral Media, owner of Canada's Énergie radio network, consisting of 10 regional stations in Quebec, along with a national broadcast as Énergie² on Satellite Radio in Canada and in the United States^[4] (the Sirius Canada channel would be replaced in 2010 with Latitude franco). This is the first North American expansion for NRJ.

Since the mid-1990s, NRJ has licensed its 24/7 programming stream out of Paris, to Japan's largest cable system, Usen Corporation.

All of NRJ's international operations are concentrated on a contemporary hit radio station (with the same slogan, jingles, sound, etc...) while its competitors tend to create local radio brands with various radio formats, thereby taking advantage of their audience's local identity.

NRJ is today broadcasting in over 20 countries, mainly throughout Europe, but also in North America, South America and several overseas territories of France. The following is a list of current and defunct international stations, including France.^[5]

NRJ International

Country	Branded as	Ownership	Number of Frequencies	Launched	Language	Website
Austria	Energy Österreich	N&C Radio Privé (NRJ Group)	3	1998	German	energy.at
Belgium	NRJ Belgique	NRJ Group	26	1988	French	nrj.be
Bulgaria	Energy България	Communicorp	6	2006	Bulgarian	radioenergy.bg
Canada	NRJ Québec	Bell Media	10	2009 to 2015	French	radionrj.ca
Denmark	Energy Danmark	NRJ Group	9	1998 to 2013	Danish	nrj.dk
Finland	NRJ Suomi Oy	Bauer Media Group	27	1995	Finnish	nrj.fi
France	NRJ France	NRJ Group	983	1981	French	nrj.fr
Germany	Energy Germany	NRJ Group	34	1991	German	energy.de
Greece	Energy Hellas		2	2011-2013	Greek	nrjradio.gr
Guadeloupe	NRJ Guadeloupe		5		French	nrjguadeloupe.fm
Guyane	NRJ Guyane	ACG	3	2006	French	nrjguyane.fm
Lebanon	NRJ Lebanon	NRJ Group	8	2006	English	nrjlebanon.com
Latvia	NRJ Latvia	NRJ Group	2	2014-2015	Latvian	energyfm.lv
Mayotte	NRJ Mayotte	NRJ Group	1		French	nrj.fr
Martinique	NRJ Martinique		6		French	nrjmartinique.fm
Norway	NRJ Norge	Modern Times Group	10	1998	Norwegian	nrj.no
New Caledonia	NRJ Nouvelle Calédonie	Groupe Hersant Média	1	1995	French	nrj.nc
Réunion	NRJ La Réunion	Sogera-H2R	6		French	nrj.re
Russia	Energy Россия	Gazprom-Media	11	2006	Russian	www.energyfm.ru
Sweden	NRJ Sverige	Bauer Media Group	3	1993	Swedish	www.nrj.se
Switzerland	NRJ Léman Energy Zürich Energy Bern Energy Basel Energy TV	NRJ Group Ringier AG	8 3 4 1 ?	1988	French German German German	nrjleman.com energyzueri.ch energybern.ch energy.ch/basel
Tahiti	NRJ Tahiti	Groupe Hersant Média	3		French	nrj.pf
Ukraine	NRJ Україна	UMH	25	2006-2012 and from 2016	Russian	nrj.in.ua

References

↑ "NRJ Group". Nrjgroup.fr. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
↑ "Nrj Group". Nrjgroup.fr. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
↑ "NRJ Lebanon website". Nrjlebanon.com. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
↑ NRJ is the new signature of Energie, the number one radio network in Quebec, Astral Media press release, July 6, 2009
↑ "NRJ - Around The World". Retrieved 8 March 2013.

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