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French elections, the smallest democracy in the world and looking ahead to World Radio Day

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the first round in France’s regional elections. You’ll hear about the least populated national jurisdiction in the world (54 people!), listen to some great music, and of course, there’s the new quiz question. So click on that little “Listen” arrow above, and join in!

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Hello everyone!

Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday, at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.

I have a favour to ask of all of you. This year, World Radio Day falls on Saturday 13 February, which means a Sound Kitchen day – and I would really appreciate it if you would call our newsroom answering machine and leave us a message about what radio means to you. Just give your name and your country, and a few words about radio. I’ll put it on the Sound Kitchen as a particularly delicious appetizer, and I’ll send it to Unesco headquarters too, for their celebrations. Wouldn’t you like for your thoughts on radio to be heard on the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s web radio? I guess so! Give us a call, at + 33 1 84 22 96 00. Radio lovers, don’t let me down!

We have a new feature! It’s a literary magazine produced once a month by Laura

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Fabulous news! We have a shortwave frequency again! It’s 9675 kHz on the 31m band, and you can hear us between 6.00 and 7.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.

You can also look for our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). In Paris, you can hear us on World Radio Paris (http://www.worldradioparis.fr/) on DAB+. These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts (and thank you thank you thank you WRMI, WRN, and World Radio Paris!), but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us.

This week’s quiz: On 12 December, I asked you a question about French politics. That week we voted for our regional councils, which are in charge of transport, economic development and running public schools. I asked you to write in with the percentage of votes the three main parties won - the National Front, the Socialist Party, and the Republicans.

 The answer is: 28 % for the far-right National Front party, 27% for the center right Republicans, and 23.5 % for the Socialist Party.

The second round was on 13 December, and the National Front was defeated. The Republicans won 40 percent of the votes and the Socialists 29 percent. There are 13 regions in France: seven went to the Republicans, five to the Socialists, and the nationalist For Corsica party won Corsica.

The winners this week are: Two from Bangladesh: Rebaka Sultana Sonju from Rangpur and Mrs Mina Khanam, a member of the RFI Friends Radio Club in Naogaon. Two winners from India this week, both RFI Listeners Club members: Soma Choudhury Sarkar from Murshidabad and M Ganesan from Goa. Last but not least, another RFI Listening Club member, Mr Ralf Urbanczyk from Eiselben, Germany.

Congratulations winners!

This week’s question ... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 22 February to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 27 February program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

Send your answers to:

english.service@rfi.fr

or

Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France

or

By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

 

 

To find out how you can win an RFI wireless computer mouse or Mp3 player, click here:

http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-sound-kitchen-essay-contests

To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or to form your own official RFI Club, click here:

http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-how-form-official-rfi-listeners-club

 

 

 

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