Need French TV/Radio stations?

Question

where can I watch/listen to French programs online ?

Answer 1

Here's a list of the most popular French radio stations. You'll find a lot of crap in there, but will be able to find one you like (well, I hope!), as they play different types of music:

http://fr.dir.yahoo.com/Exploration_geographique/Pays/France/Actualites_et_medias/Stations_de_radio

As I don't know what you're looking for, I can't really tell you what station you should listen to.

But, here are a few:
Fun Radio (mostly dance music, I think), Skyrock (rap, hip-hop), and NRJ (a bit of everything popular): usually for teenagers and young adults. They have "talk-shows" at night

Europe 2 and RTL 2 are more for people who listen to rock music, Europe 2 playing new songs more often. It can be aby type of rock.

Chérie FM: a lot of French new songs, or old songs. It's what we call "variété" (don't know if that means anything to you!)

Nostalgie: VERY OLD songs! Can be fun, if you know them. Good ones as well (Aznavoour, ...)

I think Radio Nova is more "fashion", but I've never listened to it. probably French Touch music and electronics... Usually, new songs, I think.

Here's another link: if you're young, it can be interesting for you:
http://www.radiofrance.fr/services/aide/difflive.php
Scroll down and click on "Le Mouv'".
There are also a few other radio stations, which can be very interesting as they talk more than on the other ones, and they are mostly for "adults" and don't use slang words - they'll probably also speak more slowly.

I don't know about the ones under the list "Diffusion en Windows Media Player". They are regional radio. It can be interesting if they actually have people from the area, as you'd get to hear different accents (I tried to open a couple of links. They open, but it takes a while. Too lazy to check if they work. My computer is really slow, these days, so it might work well with yours)

TELEVISION:
No TV station in France can be entirely seen on the Internet (I think). But you can watch some videos. You can also usually watch the News (JT - stand for "Journal télévisé).

TF1: (I think it's the worst French channel!):You can watch the news, but also other things - interviews, in the cinema section, for instance:
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/?trk=1&e=8

France 2: you can watch the news for free ("le JT en vidéo", left-hand side) or you can also rent documentaries and other stuff in the "Vidéo à la demande" section (apparently: €3) or buy them
http://www.france2.fr/

France 3: owned by the state (I think!). Same as for France 2.
http://www.france3.fr/

Canal +: You can watch whole programmes (apparently; I couldn't make it work, but it's probably my computer again!):
You need to go to "Vidéo, bandes annonces". They usually have good programmes. Pretty fun, and interesting at the same time.
http://www.canalplus.fr/

[You will need to sign in for Canal +; I just did it: it takes 30 sec.! If they don't accept your Zipcode, just write down 83000. It's Toulon's zipcode]

France 5: cultural and interesting things. Most videos aren't free, but if you go to "VIDEO/VOD", and scroll down, you find whole programs for free. They are programs you can fr free for a week after it's been on TV. You can also find parts of docs., etc.
http://www.france5.fr/

Arte: This is kind of an "arty" channel, but basically, it's just more thorough in its treatment of a subject, and they also talk about art and things that don't interest that many people (unfortunately). However, they have things fot everyone, I think. If you go to that link, you'll see they have interviews of "indie" bands, so that's good news. Bad news is: it's NOT free! I give you the direct link to their video section:
http://www.artevod.com/home.do;jsessionid=BADAA23B5440083BA1A2B7D9378DB6EB

This link is their main page. This week, they feature "Tracks", which is a good TV magazine about... music, and culture, ang good stuff. You can have podcasts (but I'm not sure how it woks, as I've never opened a podcast!):
http://www.arte.tv/fr/art-musique/tracks/104524.html

M6: you'll need to pay for most videos, but some of them are free. I think you'll still need to sign in. :
http://www.m6video.fr/m6vod/jsp/content/home/home.jsp

However, you can watch the news, which only last 6 minutes, for free. You might be able to see other things for free, but you'll just need to check the links yourself!
http://www.m6.fr/html/m6_infos/lesix.php

Ok, I gave you the main French channels. Most people don't have cable or the satellite (although it's more common now). They also started a new thing, where we get new channels. I don't know their names, as I don't live in France for the moment, but I think you'll have enough things to watch with these 6 main channels! If you want quality programs, go to Arte or France 5. But I think it can be interesting for you to see a bit of everything. You'll see, we have a lot of crappy stuff as well!

PS: if you need more info (ex: if you want one type of programme, etc.), you can just add a question, and I'll try to do my best to answer (I don't know all the programs, but...)

Answer 2

I recommand Radio Canada International
http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/fr/

If you prefer the Parisian French, you may also visit Radio France Intertionale
http://www.rfi.fr/

Answer 3

http://www.ambafrance-us.org/culture/tv/online/radio.html