In its editorial policy, Radio Courtoisie focused on three axes: those of (right-wing) politics, religion (mainly traditionalist Catholicism), and culture. While political broadcasts often focused on the issues of the day, the majority of cultural programmes were devoted to history, literature and other aspects of French society, as well as painting, sculpture, cinema and theatre.

Radio Courtoisie focuses on right-wing politics, religion and culture

The ethos of the station was to allow its guests to express themselves for up to three hours, so that they could “get to the bottom of their ideas https://radiofrench.fr/. Christian democrats and liberals were regularly heard, as well as Gaullists, nationalists and royalists.

During the 1980s, the station was very active, and its coverage of events was extensive. It also drew in many doyens of the intellectual world such as Jean Tulard and Gabriel de Broglie from the Institut de France, Christian Cabrol from the faculty of medicine, Chantal Delsol, Aymeric Chauprade and Jacques Heers from the Sorbonne, Bertrand Lemennicier from Pantheon-Assas University, and Maurice Druon and Jacqueline de Romilly from the Academie Francaise.

Some of these personalities were frequent guests and invited on a regular basis, while others were more occasional. Among the more surprising and controversial personalities were Brigitte Bardot, Thierry Ardisson, Jacques Verges, Alain Soral, Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, and the ufologists Jean-Pierre Petit and Joel Mesnard.

It is an associative union-based radio station and it receives no funding from the government, relying instead on donations. The station is a member of the Radio-France network, and has preserved its editorial freedom by eschewing any form of advertising.

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