ABSTRACT
Of the three principal mass media in postwar France, radio may seem at first sight to be the least important. The long-established role of the press has given it a prominent status in the contemporary media system, particularly at the local and regional levels. Meanwhile television, though a relative newcomer in comparison with the press, enjoys a ubiquity and pervasiveness which have made it by far the most prominent national medium of information and popular entertainment. In contrast to these two apparently dominant media, radio may seem to occupy a fairly minor position in the mass communications hierarchy.1
