radio in a foreign language?

[Joan in Geneva]

I've been thinking of all the manners of hearing the foreign language and one of them is listening to the news in a foreign language while driving.

With the advent of digital radio in the US, is it possible to get French or Spanish (Mexican I presume) stations in your car?

With the international population here, there are Spanish and German stations even with a regular radio...

I know it is easy to find radio stations on the internet (but I don't do it since there is already enough noise with all of us around).

[In The Great White North]

You can certainly get Spanish, near every big city, and in the Southwest. I can get French here, but that doesn't go very far. I have heard other languages (Russian, Vietnamese, etc) in the vicinity of NYC. All on regular radio.

I suspect digital/satellite radio has mostly Spanish, because they are looking for a larger, national audience.

[Nan in Mass]

I can sometimes get French. And I have a radio that gets some bands other than the standard am/fm ones, which gets more French. Mostly, though, I like the internet. I ESPECIALLY like the Swiss French ones. I can understand most of the Swiss French GRIN.

[Joan in Geneva]

In the Great White North - is that Canada? Just curious because you said you could get them "here"? (I'm preparing for when I won't have all the language options we have in Europe)...

[In The Great White North]

here is Vermont.

DH listens to Radio Berner Oberland on the Internet.

There are also podcasts that you can download and listen to later (in the car.)

Where are you moving?

[CleoQc]

LOL. "The Great White North" is Vermont? Hey, I'm Norther than you ! :)

[In The Great White North]

Sure are. But I'm the furthest north in my family. They all think this is way too cold and snows too much!

[Karin]

LOL. "The Great White North" is Vermont? Hey, I'm Norther than you ! :)

Yes, I'd have figured it was Canada, eh? I mean somewhere were there is snow year round, such as the arctic! Of course, I'm from BC, where something is not considered a mountain unless it has snow on it year round, but the great white north, to me, is snow all the time. However, in the States, the "west coast" means California, but in Canada it means everything from Mexico on up to Alaska, so expressions are used differently down here.

As for radio, Jane in NC has posted a link in her Euronews thread. There are a number of European languages there.