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Nouvelle Radio Jeune (Acronym: NRJ, French pronunciation: [enɛʁʒi], lit. 'energy') is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981. Widely popularized by its "godmother", singer Dalida, who prevented it from closing in 1984, the radio station currently belongs to the NRJ Group and is the founding station of NRJ International. NRJ is present in more than 15 countries and has on weekly basis more than 30 million listeners. The main station only focuses on current chart hits throughout the day and electronic dance music during some weekend late night hours. Talk programs are based every evening except Saturday. In contrast, its web radios are devoted to a vast range of music: rap, RnB, dance, hip-hop, electronic, top 40, urban and rock.