Radio Côte Basque was born in 1961, under the impetus of two Bayonne journalists, Yves Darriet and Jean Garreto, while the public service was experimenting with its first radio broadcasts in a few regions of France.

In 1963, the station broadcast a quarter of an hour of daily local information, the airtime being increased thereafter in 1972, then again in 1975 as recognition for regional languages grew very slowly.

At the end of the same year, the commissioning of the Rhune transmitter enabled it to increase its broadcasting area.

On 4 September 2000 the local radio stations of Radio France were brought together in the France Bleu network, which provided a common national program complemented by regional output.

ici Pays Basque broadcasts in several different frequencies:[1] This article about a radio station in France is a stub.