The various national councils were responsible for national, regional and local programming.
The station no longer produces any non-news regional programming in-house.
Each site in the network will provide regional interpretive programming for the selected district it represents.
Outside of regional programming and the national channel France 3, there are some local channels available.
Some regional programming is also produced, which is shared by all stations in a province.
Since 2003, however, it has operated on lower output to save energy cost, and has transmitted regional programming only.
The success in viewing figures were attributed to an increase in regional programming.
The only exceptions are for local and regional programming and commercials.
Some developing countries use shortwave is a means of receiving local and regional programming.