ftm Radio Page - April 5, 2013

Broadcasting and cultural capital
Greater proximity

The Mediterranean port Marseille, second biggest city in France, has been designated this year’s European Capital of Culture, share the designation with Kosice in Slovakia. Considerable investment, reportedly €7 billion, is going into a bit of rebranding for Marseille, much of it architectural. The new Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM), right on the waterfront, will be the first national French museum outside Paris.

French international broadcaster RFI and its Arabic-language service Monte Carlo Doualiya will participate, offering a dual-language local FM station. With a temporary license France International Méditerranée (FIM) will broadcast several hours a day in French and Arabic. The station will be anchored at the MuCEM when it opens in June. (See more on media in France here)

This will be a first for Monte Carlo Doualiya, which uses FM and medium wave transmitters in the Middle East and North Africa but none in France. “Anchoring RFI and Monte Carlo Doualiya in Marseille offers the two channels greater proximity to the city and a better ability to reflect Marseille in their broadcasts,” said a joint statement. (JMH)

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• Poland Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (28/03/2013)
  public and private radio channels, management, platforms, market share
• Germany - Radio Audience (06/03/2013)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• Lithuania Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (25/02/2013)
  public and private radio channels, management, platforms, audience reach
• Czech Republic Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (18/02/2013)
  public and private radio channels, management, audience reach
• UK - National Radio Audience (30/01/2013)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (30/01/2013)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (30/01/2013)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (21/01/2013)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (20/01/2013)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (20/01/2013)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (20/01/2013)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (20/01/2013)
  share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (15/01/2013)
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