Martinique is a French collectivité territoriale unique, the territorial institution that replaced the former departmental and regional institutions in 2016. Its television context includes productions rooted in Martinican public life. The 2026 Tour des Yoles press plans show how one local tradition can generate several distinct programs.

Martinique flag reference

At a glance

ReferenceDetail
Territorial scopeFrench collectivité territoriale unique — Martinique
Archive-led yole strandAntan Koumansman Yol
Separate radio magazineCap Yoles
Local recurring formatBouge! — 26 minutes, 2026 announcement

The yole race has live, summary and historical television strands

Martinique La 1ère’s 2026 television plan distinguished live stage coverage from Le Mag du Tour, an evening magazine revisiting key moments. It also introduced Antan Koumansman Yol, using archives and accounts from earlier participants to mark the event’s fortieth edition.

Those are different viewing interests within the same sailing event. Following the race as it unfolds, reviewing a stage and exploring the tradition’s history each call for a different named strand. The published July 26–August 2 event dates identify the edition; they are not a permanent weekly timetable.

Radio gives the event a separate editorial sequence

The radio dossier described Mi Sé yol la around the departure communities, Apré Kous for an arrival-area debrief, and Cap Yoles as an evening magazine. It also named short news and preview formats. These labels identify radio productions alongside the television event coverage.

A listener seeking the atmosphere in a departure community and a viewer researching an archive-led television segment are following related but separate works. Keeping the medium and program name makes that difference clear, even when both concern the same stage of the Tour.

Local production extends beyond the major event

Another 2026 Martinique La 1ère announcement described Bouge!, a 26-minute fitness format with Kévin Coique, co-produced with MSL Production. Its stated planned run extended from June into December. This is a locally presented recurring production with a different purpose from race reporting.

The examples connect territorial television with a traditional sporting event, community reporting, audiovisual memory and locally produced participation formats. A specific title and edition date identify the desired work more accurately than a general France Télévisions label. The press records explain the announced formats; they do not make every event segment or later episode an identical viewing choice.

Country and language reference

ReferenceDetail
Directory nameMartinique
ISO codeMQ
RegionNorth America
Capital referenceFort-de-France
Language context (CLDR snapshot)French

A dated clock example

A program time needs a date and a named time zone. The example below converts the same fixed UTC instant into the zones recorded for this directory entry; it is an illustration rather than a live clock.

IANA time zoneLocal date and timeUTC offset
America/Martinique2026-11-04 16:00:00-04:00-0400

Useful answers

Which 2026 television strand explored the yole event’s history?

Antan Koumansman Yol was described as combining archives with accounts from earlier participants in the discipline.

Is Cap Yoles one of the television magazines?

The 2026 dossier places Cap Yoles in the radio plan. Le Mag du Tour is described separately in the television plan.