Formed in 1952, '''Orchestre de chambre de la radiodiffusion française''' was an offshoot from the original '''Orchestre radio-symphonique''' that was founded in 1937. Orchestre radio-symphonique in turn was renamed as '''Orchestre philharmonique de la radiodiffusion française''' (1952–1960), later '''Orchestre philharmonique de la RTF''' (1960–1964). Together with '''Orchestre radio‐lyrique''' (1941–1976), this chamber orchestra was folded into '''Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF''' (1964–1976) to form the '''[http://musicbrainz.org/artist/cbf18675-61a5-45b4-b53f-244b448abd7f|Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France]''' in 1976 (which in 1989 took on its present name '''[artist:03413312-ea2f-4cbd-9621-2249c7ac9ce8|Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France]'''.