France 3 Provence-Alpes 1992, "FR3 Méditerranée" was rebranded "France 3 Méditerranée". France 3 Méditerranée produces daily news programmes for its two sub-regions - programming for the Côte d'Azur sub-region is produced in Antibes, with the Provence-Alpes sub-region receiving programming from Marseille. Each sub-region produces a 27-minute bulletin ("midi-pile") at 1200 CET during "12|13" and a main half-hour news broadcast at 1900 during "19|20". Three 10-minute local bulletins for the Marseille, Côte Varoise and Nice areas are broadcast during "19|20" at 1845 CET. On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of "Soir 3". On some weekends and holiday
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence of Basses-Alpes was renamed Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Here is an unflattering excerpt from an article called "Basse Alpes" from the Atlas Larousse published at the beginning of the 20th century: ""Scattered whitish rocks stand out like bones, a thin topsoil where bushes languish, some mountain flowers and stunted trees ... these mountains form almost everywhere a dreadful desert which will not have more inhabitants: this is the Sahara without the sun of Africa, with the snows of Siberia."" (P. Joanne). ""On these steep slopes deforestation and flooding have resulted in a lack of fertile soil and agriculture has been the most miserable.