Radio Monte-Carlo

Background

Radio Monte-Carlo is a private French-Monégasque radio station created in 1943, broadcasting from France with studios in Paris and Monte-Carlo. Radio Monte-Carlo was created on 1 July 1943. In 1950 Radio Monte-Carlo became one of 23 founding broadcasting organisations of the European Broadcasting Union. Since 1995, the Monegasque membership has been held by Groupement de Radiodiffuseurs Monégasques (GRMC), a joint organisation by Monaco Media Diffusion (MMD), Radio Monte-Carlo (RMC) and Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC).

Logo (1982-1986)

Visuals: On a black background, a group of 22 stars, similar to that of the Paramount logo, zoom in with a trail effect. Two red ovals zoom out inside the stars, which later pans to the right as the 22 stars pan to the left. As a black cursive "P" with a blue glow, similar to the Paramount script fades in, four diamonds with "RMC" above them fade inside the ovals and the texts "PARAFRANCE" and "Monte Carlo" pan up with blue and red trails, with "Radio" appearing atop the RMC logo.

Technique: Backlit cel animation.

Audio: A synthesized pad note followed by a bassline and a synthesized organ tune. All of them are played on probably Roland, Korg, and Prophet synths according to the logo's composer Alain Guelis. Sometimes, it's silent.

Availability: Seen on films such as La passante du Sans Souci (aka The Passerby), Passion. and Coup de Torchon