About RFI

RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE



 

 

RFI is a public service radio station that goes  out to populations and communities  throughout the world. It is France's leading international news broadcaster. Programmes in French and 19 foreign languages   are produced by its staff in Paris and its subsidiaries abroad.   It has a unique network of correspondents.

46 million regular listeners around the world

Listen to RFI in English

20 languages

Albanian, German, English, Arabic, Bulgarian,
Cambodian, Chinese, Spanish, French, Hausa,
Serbian and Croatian languages, Lao, Persian,
Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese,
Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese.

 

1,036 collaborators

A network of 600 correspondents

32 million visits to the group's website

RFI produces and broadcasts 393 hours per week
in French and foreign languages, and 60 news
bulletins in French every day. RFI subsidiaries
broadcast 443 hours per week.

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Daily broadcast schedule

 

RFI discovers fresh talent

Each year, seven prizes are awarded: the
RFI Discovery Prize, the RFI Dance Prize,
and the RFI World Witness Prize.

RFI partners major events  
in France and abroad.

RFI produces CDs and books  
about news and events.

RFI listens to its audiences via its
mediator and its public relations service.

 

RFI teaches radio skills  
via its Talent+ training service.

RFI promotes the French language
with programmes like Journal en français
facile or La danse des mots, and its
language courses on the Internet.

RFI innovates with its data base about
French and francophone music.

RFI distributes programmes  
to its media partners.

You can email us at:

english.service@rfi.fr

 

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