Calling Francophones: How to get French radio stations in Britain?

[OldieMum]

Dh is trying hard to improve his French. He reads Le Monde a few times a week, but he would like to improve his understanding of spoken French by listening to French radio. We think the station 'France Culture' would be the most useful, but we don't know what the frequency is, or whether it can be picked up by an AM/FM or digital radion in Britain. Can anyone help?

You can listen to French radio on the web, go to the Radio France website .

Yes, the web is great for radios. I also listen to Europe 1 on my normal radio (I think on LW around 180). Can't get good enough reception for any other on there though. He could also subscribe to TV5 (digital channel), around £10 a month, for news, documentaries, games, films, etc, all in French, but not just from France.

Thanks for this. Do we need a Sky subscription for TV5? We can't get cable and have Freeview, not Sky and I would prefer to avoid Sky, if possible.

We got TV5 through cable (telewest). I don't know about Sky or freeview, sorry am not much help on this!

Mammaya - sorry to sound dumb, but I don't know how to get sound on my PC. I have some speakers but have never managed to get them to work. What software would I need?

am rubbish with technology but at least you would need a sound card (I think...) Have you one of those???

I don't know. Er, how would I know?

My PC is only 18 months old and has a lot of standard software on it from work - would they have been loaded a soundcard as a matter of course?

should all be on it already then.
mmmmmm
are your speakers actually plugged in (clutching at straws now )?

Oldiemum, good luck with this, get your dh to sort it out

whispers< after all it's a man's job
have to go to bed now
night night