Streaming radio in French?

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Am hoping to improve my very basic French, so wondering if there is a decent music channel with interesting chat that broadcasts in French? Or if not a news and current affairs, that might be done for a foreign audience 9like BBC World Service) but in French?

Anyone got any good recommendations?

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@frenchrooster ?

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I struggle to keep up with the speed of commercial French stations and the music is, well, French european pop. Try Europe 1 88.8 for talk, and Forum 94.1 for top 40 musak. Local to me but available on the i’net France bleu Perigord 91.7 and Liberte FM for news and music.

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Sorry, can’t really help, apart FIP radio, the only one I listen to sometimes.
Eclectic music, jazz, rock, classical, pop, funk, good choices too. But there is much more music than speech. Maybe that?
A woman is speaking from time to time.

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Mrs HH listens to RTL 2. It’s a bit like Radio 2. Nostalgie is also good for music and a bit of chat. Otherwise, why not just have a dabble?

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Maybe @michelw could help. He has a Magnum Dynalab tuner and listens a lot to radio. In Paris.

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TSR Jazz fro Paris might be worth a listen. Not much talk but some.

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Isn’t that from Luxembourg? Or do they broadcast in French?

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It’s from Paris and, as you’d expect, is in French.

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Oops. TSF Jazz not TSR.

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This should help @xcentric . For music and some occasional chats, I would choose Fip. For more conversations, France Inter.

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thanks all, some food for thought, and audio for ears…

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An alternative could be French language films? (Some on Netflix, and if you have a satellite receiver there are a variety of free French language satellite stations, or at least there were a few years when I had one, and was scanning through for any channels worth watching, having no subscription to anything.)

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French tv shows will be easier to follow. Try channel 4 catch up. There are many available under the “Walter presents” series. Start with “Vanished by the lake”.

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Indeed, I listen quite a lot to FM radio. But, FIP is the radio I go to because there isn’t much talking except for ‘Jazz à FIP’ where there is some. It is broadcasted live around 7:30pm (Western European time). Of course, it is also podcasted.

There are a number of talk radios but not any that I know of that are geared at foreigners.

You may try France Inter or France Culture, which I listen to in my car but they may be complicated for French beginners. Alternatively, if you want a mix of music and talking about music, you can listen to France Musique.

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try radio garden - a great website for finding and listening to radio stations worldwide - just click on the spinning globe and zoom in on france

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It really depends on the type of music the OP listens to. France Musique only has classical and jazz, France Inter has a mix of programmes. France Culture is very good but some might find it a bit too highbrow.
I suppose RTL and Europe are fine if you can put up with a deluge of adverts. If it’s classical music and jazz you’re after, I would also recommend Musique 3 - it’s a Belgian channel, French-speaking. @frenchrooster’s recommendations are safe.

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