Welcome to another radio travel adventure, this time the target area it has been  the France in the Regional area Rhones-Alpes.

First idea to do this travel has been in may 2007, Pavanello in train coming back from a travel to Paris & Loira Castles, in a modern TGV train, stopped in Chambéry few minutes and listened in to the FM Band to a news bulletin of RAI Italy on 92.1 MHz, with his ATS 909 receiver, quite surprised to see the signal disappeared soon after Chambéry. Back to home he e-mailed to me a message asking who may be on 92.1 MHz in Chambéry area, in Italian with a RAI program ??? I replied “ RADIO ITALIANA in GRENOBLE” who run a relay in Chambéry ……. So Pavanello started to think how to visit this place ?? The 25 April is the “Liberation day” from NAZI-FASCIST in 1945, so is holiday in Italy ……but of corse not in France, their “Liberation day” is the 8 May. So we decided to do a 3 days travel around the area : Chambéry -Lyon-Grenoble-Valence- Chambéry, the 24-27 April 2008.

Together us also joined our good friend living in Nice, Christian Ghibaudo, he choose to arrive few hours before us in Lyon central FS Station.

We started to organize the travel: The list of the FM stations operating in the towns we planned to visit: http://www.csa.fr/infos/operateurs/operateurs_radio_frequences.php after you click on the map the départment you want to visit, for example 69 for Lyon, 26 for Valence….. http://www.csa.fr/infos/operateurs/operateurs_radio_frequences_tableau.php

For the addresses click on the WEB : http://www.csa.fr/infos/operateurs/operateurs_annuaire_radio.php#11

The Hotel list for our 2 stops at night in Grenoble and in Valence  www.google.com

To find the map of the towns and transportations  www.maporama.com

Naturally we also contacted all the radiostations operating in the towns of our travel by email…….even if as usually not all replied soon and some replied only after 5 emails !!!!

My Eurocity train Milano-Paris  24 April 2008 starter quite early at 0640 local time (0440 UTC !) EC 9240 with reservation seat, so to be in time I preferred to book a Taxi at my home street at 0600 hours, It arrived in perfect time, but lost 10 minutes soon after cause a street Car-motor accident stopped the main street to go to Rail Station. However at 0620 I arrived at Central Station, Taxi costed 18 Euro !!!!! The train EC 9240 (cost 55 Euro !!) started from track 2 which is at left of upper part station…. No control tickect to go up (tipical NO organisation of trains in Italy)

Not so much people in to the train…….. in Vercelli station Pavanello go up the train so we happily meet us ! This travel I had the company of 2 aged people with nefew to go to Dysneyland near Paris….. with an Iper giant baggage (2 meters x 1 meter !!!!!) no ideas of what items they stored into it ???. The travel started well but outside we had RAIN !!! yes rain !!!! almost till Torino stop, well in Torino Porta Susa usual big confusion and look like an assault of Indians to the “wiskey  train” …….hi! imagine the confusion to find the right reserved seat…. In the correct vagoon….

Well this helped to make a bit more moved the travel, train EC 9240 in perfect time stopped at Bardonecchia and arrived at Modane, with a “looking in to the eyes control by dogane personnel” no dogs for drogs…or drogs for dogs ???? just 10 minutes, which offered to Pavanello a stop also to smoke his preferred cigarette…..

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So at 1052 we arrived to Chambéry station with sunny day and BLUE sky, I said good visit to Disneyland to Miss Alessia, and their grandparents. The Chambéry station is quite well organized, the WC bath services of the station is FREE but you need a metal coin to open the door, this free coin is only possible to get it  at the information desk. The hall is very large and there is a little bar with 6 tables and 20 chairs, the “chariots” for the baggages may be utilized only if you put a coin of 1 Euro, and don’t forget to keep it back after you end to use the “chariot” .

My friend Roberto eat two giants hot dogs-croissants and a focaccina, I just a coffee with sciroppo-sirop amarena….. in the coffee, but after this “TEST” I will no more repeat it again ……hi!!!!!! and a mineral Wittel water bottle of nearer Ghiacciaio della Grande Motte (temperature +5°C Celsius) !!!!  Total cost 6,40 Euro……. Yes we had French prices for tourists !!! We listened to our portables radios sets, DEGEN 1103 and ATS 909.

The FM local dial in Chambéry is quite quiet :

Fréquences in Chambéry

89,4 MHz Virgin Radio
89,9 MHz Couleur 3 Rhône-Alpes
90,5 MHz France Culture
91,0 MHz Radio Classique
92,1 MHz Radio Italiana di Grenoble
92,6 MHz ODS Radio  http://www.odsradio.com
93,5 MHz France Inter
94,6 MHz Nostalgie
95,0 MHz Fun Radio
95,4 MHz RFM   
95,8 MHz RTL 2  
96,3 MHz Hot Radio Chambéry  http://www.hotradio.fr
97,0 MHz RTL
97,6 MHz Europe 1
98,6 MHz France Musique
99,1 MHz France Bleu Isère
100,3 MHz Radio Espérance
100,8 MHz Skyrock
101,3 MHz Chérie FM Alpes
102,3 MHz R.C.F. Savoie
103,0 MHz NRJ Alpes
103,9 MHz France Bleu Pays de Savoie
104,5 MHz RMC Info
105,1 MHz France info
105,9 MHz Ellebore http://www.radio-ellebore.com/accueil/accueil.php BOITE POSTALE 413, 73000 Chambéry
106,4 MHz MFM
106,8 MHz Montagne FM http://www.montagnefm.com
107,7 MHz Autoroute Info

……as you may see the separation beetwen two  local radio stations  is not less than 400 kHz …… that is good…….unfortunatly in Italy you have distance of 200 kHz !!! and you can’t believe the total chaos.

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Our train Express (15,20 Euro) to Lyon Part Dieu started in time at 1201 hours, not so much people, very quiet train, from the train in a bright sunny day we had the view of mountains with snow in the upper part, and green valleys , and many caws and horses ……. The Haute Savoie area is a great natural park ….. at 1316 in perfect time we arrived at the big Lyon Part Dieu station and we met our friend Ghibaudo who was waiting for us, so we went soon to the baggage consigne and we let our baggages, near next door there is the WC service, but attention it costs 0,40 Euro if you want to use it, There is at the enter a lady giving to you the metal coin to open the authomatic door to enter in the services.

Thanks to the map of transports we had from the WEB http://www.tcl.fr/documents/pdf/lyon_villeurbanne.pdf

We started our visit to the radio stations planned :

The TCL 1 Day tickect cost 4,30 Euro ….. quite high price…but a ride cost 1,60 Euro for 60 minutes and you can’t keep same line two times…. So probably better to buy the 1 day ticket…. But put the ticket in a plastic box cause it is little and quite…..sensible…..hi! We kept Tram T1 direction Montrochet, last stop to visit Tele Lyon Metropole ……we had an email, but at the reception we had a controversial talk with receptionist…….she called the Madame  “bit STRONZA” and she asked why we did not reconfirmed our visit (but no one asked to do it in the reply email we got from Téle Lyon Metropole) and how many people in the visit ??? After we reply 3 people……the receptionist said : try around 1600 hours…may be… Naturally we said “OK” and we send to the hell the Madame “bit STRONZA”…

Tele Lyon Metropole - 4 rue Montrochet - 69002 Lyon - Web www.tlm.fr e-mail tlm@tlm.fr

After this starting FLOP, we moved with same TRAM T-1 back to the Lyon Perrache station, to get BUS 32, the station has a particular security system, with many video cameras, and to wait the bus you must stand in the bus station, not outside, the glass door open ONLY after the bus arrival……this at night help from criminality actions ! We stopped at the Pont Gallen stop and we saw in front our stop the Building with the Radio Trait d’Union 89,80 MHz  advertising logo. While crossing the street (bordering  the Rhone river) we saw some stickers of Radio Espace Lyon and we kept them all from the semaphoric metal … finally we got “free” some stickers from a Radio Station of Lyon ! hi.

Radio Trait d’ Union - 9 av. General Leclerc - 69007 Lyon Web www.rtufm.com e-mail rtu@rtufm.com

We had an official invitation from Monsieur Taoufik Boubker, the General Director of the most intercultural station of Lyon, some years ago they even had some Italian programs. It is a real “free radio” and in fact the visit is always allowed and they are an open radio !  For exemple they carry 7 hours of Portugues programs every week ! They  started the 27 July 1981 … 27 years operating for the community. We had a visit to the studios and we done some photos and even we talked also in Italian with one of the free lance segretaries speaking in Italian…. cause she is Italian, coming from Radio Popolare Roma !  The political situation in France is going to the most right ideologism and it seems all the problems are the “security” and “people with no documents” “the SANS PAPIER” ….. so not a good moment for the radio stations carrying Arabic programs. The stickers has been printed logtime ago and the logo is very nice, two hands touching them self…… like in the Michelangielo Sistina Chapel painting…… you may see it in their WEB page. We given our best wishes to Monsieur Taoufik for the future of RTU ! We moved with BUS 32 again to Perrache Station to arrive at the studios of a commercial station called  Radio Lyon 1ère 90.2 MHz,

R. Lyon 1ère - 14 rue Crepet - 69004 Lyon Web www.lyonpremiere.com e-mail balanceprod@hotmail.com

Their slogan is “We are the first all news all the time in France” so it may be compared to Radio 24 in Italy or News Talk Radio in London…. They are at 3rd floor in a modern building, but with no elevator…..so I did not wanted to climb….to the office….but Roberto and Christian do it with no problem…. Monsieur Gerald Bouchon the Director and Newsman, who invited by email to visit the station kindly shown the studios and also geave some stickers !!!! never seen before !!!! So the station is all news all the time, and not so much music, if you will visit Lyon and you want to know what happens this is the right station !

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Back to the Boulevard to get another Bus 32 to be back at Perrache Station to get BUS 8……. To arrive to the most important group commercial operating 3 stations in Lyon : Radio Couleur 3 on  89.3 MHz, Radio Espace 96.9 MHz & Frequence Jazz 97.3 MHz.

R. Couleur 3 - 13 cours d’ Herbouville - 69004 Lyon - FRANCE Web www.couleur3.fr e-mail j.fregonara@espacegroup.com

R. Espace - 13 cours d’ Herbouville - 69004 Lyon - FRANCE Web www.radioespace.com e-mail j.fregonara@espacegroup.com. They have also live WEB CAM : www.radioespace.com/radio/webcam

Frequence Jazz - 13 cours d’ Herbouville - 69004 Lyon - FRANCE Web www.frequencejazz.com e-mail j.fregonara@espacegroup.com

Monsieur Julien Fregonara, the very active General Manager  kindly invited us to do a visit to the 3 studios and he geave to us all the informations !

Radio Couleur 3 is the French branch of same station operating in Switzerland with central studios in Lausanne !  Radio Couleur 3 Suisse Romande, in fact they repeat the same program except 8 hours every day, 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours, in the late afternoon, with local service. They have also local SPLITS advertising for Grenoble on 89.4 MHz , all is managed in the building of Lyon.

Radio Espace is the modern music hip hop & pop, while Frequence Jazz  is a quite new network specialized in Blues & Jazz music expanding in the whole nation, but with no local advertinsing till now, all the network repeat the program originated from Lyon.   After the visit we had many stickers of the 3 stations ! a very good visit indeed: “Merci Monsieur  Julien Fregonara” . He also told us the coming 2009 year, the station will move in a new BIG building in the industrial area just outside Lyon, where new studios will be organized ! Good luck for this project !.

Some street works in Street d’Herbouville made to us some “problems” to get the Bus to go to the next radio station to be seen in the center of the city….. so we loose 30 minutes to find the bus stop to come back…..hi Finally we get BUS 8 ….full of workers coming back to their homes….at around 1700 hours… we stopped at the Hotel de la Ville rue Louis Pradel…. Lot of people in the streets to look at shopping and after a walk of about 500 meters we arrived at 1730 hours at the place where is located Radio Canut “la plus rebelled des Radios” “The most rebel of the Radios!” Radio Canut - 24 rue du Sergent Blandat - 69201 Lyon Web www.radiocanut.org e-mail radio@radiocanut.org in fact ….. the station is open only after 1900 hours because at 1900 the station carry “news” and before they have authomated  programs ……..for us impossible to visit it……a pity.

Radio Canut 102.2 MHz, is another free station but mostly operated by left students mouvements and workers of Communist French party, the internal  studio to be seen from the street really in a total chaos anarchist organisation….to confirm the “spirit” of the Radio Canut !

If you understand French you may read their history started in 1978 !!

The first FREE radio station of Lyon !!!!! http://radio.canut.free.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=46

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The e-mail, we got,  signed by Madamoiselle  Barbara Valeri, in Italian ! in reality suggested to visit them AFTER   1900 hours, on the glass door closed we saw some stickers with the logo (paper stickers) which Roberto and Christian captured with some ….problems of “crashing” hi!!!! For me no problem I have yet them in my collection.

As souvenir exchange I put some stickers of Radio Vaticana and Radio Popolare Milano, on the door  and we had some “historical” photos.

Time was running quite fast, so no time to try the office of the Radio Italiana Grenoble, but we had the information the following day this office doesn’t exist anymore in Lyon….so we did not loose luckly anything.

Naturally in Lyon operates many FM stations, and in 5 hours it is not possible to see them all, I guess you need almost 2 days, so we surely will visit again Lyon a great city with a very good transportation network !

To come back from the city center we walked 500 meters from the big square of Sathonay till the Metro Line A (red) till stop Charpennes rue Charles Hernu, where starts Metro Line B (blu) which arrive to Rail Station Lyon Part Dieu…..

Roberto had a little problem …. His ticket did not worked properly … so he did not enter in the Metro Line B…… and the only solution had to be to buy another ticket 1,60 Euro !!!! or to go by feet to Rail Station !!! hi!!!!!..... may be some tickets are look like a lottery ???? they are eaten  by “slot machines” at Metro line enter ??? Hi!!!! If you know French language you may visit this WEB with the complete story of the broadcast in Lyon  http://pascalsimeon.free.fr/radioly.htm Pascal Simeon has done a real great research service,  many photos do not need translation !

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This is the FM Bandscan of Lyon :

Fréquences des Radios de la Bande FM sur Lyon

 MHz Station Program

87.8 Le Mouv' Station de Radio France Jeunes ex FIP
88.4 RCF Lyon Fourvière religion chretienne
http://www.rcf.fr/programme.php3?id_rubrique=18&date_recherche=2007-04-28 
88.8 France Culture
89.3 Couleur 3
89.8 Radio Trait d'Union communautaire : multi-ethnies
90.2 Lyon Première INFO 24 h
90.7 Radio Brume radio associative étudiant Université de Lyon
91.1 Radio Salam communautaire : culture arabe
91.5 Radio Pluriel radio associative http://www.radiopluriel.fr
 15 Allée du Parc du Chateau, 69800 Daint-Priest
92.0 Radio Scoop info locale, et rock pop http://www.radioscoop.com
92.9 Radio Nostalgie musique pour les 35-65
93.3 Fun Radio musique rock pop
93.7 M'FM variétés
94.1 France Culture culture et nouvelles
94.5 Judaïca communautaire : judaïque http://www.radiorjl.com
94.9 Rires et Chansons humorisme et musique oldies
95.3 BFM infos
95.7 RTL 2 musique moderne
96.1 Skyrock musique rap & rock pop
96.5 Radio Classique musique classique
96.9 Radio Espace musique branchée
97.3 Fréquence Jazz musique jazz & blues
98.0 France Musique musique sinphonique et opera
98.4 Lyon Hit & Sport sport info  http://www.hit-sport.fr
48 Avenue Maréchal de Saxe 69006 Lyon
98.9 Chérie FM musique - chanson Française
99.3 RCT associative nationale at Jazz
99.8 France Inter nouvelles info & sport
100.3 Virgin Radio musique rock pop (ex Europe 2)
100.7 Sol FM musique rock moderne http://solfm.nerim.net/pages/sol2dfm.html
53 rue Francisque Jomard, 69600 OUILLINS
101.1 France Inter nouvelles info & sport
101.5 Sun FM musique musique hip hop & afrique-caraibes http://sunfm.free.fr
9 rue De Portiragnes 69002 LYON
101.8 Radio France Isère info locale Isère
102.2 Radio Canut associative Anarchiste
102.6 Radio Arménie communauté Arménie http://www.radioarmenie.com/inter
 Boite Postale 216 69152 DECINES CHARPIEU
103.0 NRJ musique rock pop
104.2 RMC Info Sport deport et info
104.6 Europe 1 info & music modern
105.0 RTL info & music modern
105.4 France Info information
105.8 Radio Italiana di Grenoble comunità Italiana
106.3 Impact FM chanson française/accordéon http://radioimpact.free.fr
106.7 Radio Orient communauté : arabe & musique orientale
107.3 RFM musique moderne
107.7 Radio Autoroute Info infos routières

 Thanks info from : http://www.lyonweb.fr/index.htm

 At 1845 hours after having got back our baggages and utilized for 0.40 Euro the WC Service at the rail station, each one 0.40 Euro…naturally ! hi!

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We took our Express Train to arrive to Grenoble , Price 18 Euro,  quite lot of people cause the peak time for many workers to come back to their homes after a day of travel in Lyon. But after the second  stop we had more space in the train. Still sunny day and warm temperatures around 24°C Celsius, at 2011 hours we arrived in Grenoble modern station and in 5 minutes walk we found our Hotel waiting for us :  Hotel des Alpes - 45 av. Felix Viallet - 38000 Grenoble Tel. 0033476870071 Fax 0033476369545 Web www.hotel-des-alpes.fr e-mail bienvenue@hotel-des-alpes.fr Double room & Breakfest Continental price : 36 Euro per person. In front of the Hotel I saw a local Pizzeria Restaurant called “ Restaurant da  Angela ”…… 52 Avenue Felix Viallet. In 20 minutes we “run” to this place….. very quiet …only our table ! We had : Tagliatelle Arrabiata, French Spaghetti Carbonara, French Tagliatelle Carbonara, Croustillant de Chevre (Costolette di Capra), Escalope Veau Milanaise (try to immagine who ordered it ?? Roberto , voilà!!!) , Tagliatelle al Pistou (Pesto) half liter Muscadet wine (very sweet!), 4 !!! tiramisù (2 Dario & 2 Roberto), Creme brulé, 3 Café Express, 1 Vodka, 2 Chartreuse (Gran Marnier out of service)……. Total 100 Euro …….plus Taxe 19 Euro …… Sunday and Monday is closed. Mrs Angela is coming from Puglia in Italy….so it is a true Italian restaurant. The best way to conclude our first day in France. She explained he and her husband where going soon 2 weeks in Italy for some holidays to see her relatives.

Friday 25 April, another sunny day with BLUE sky and some fresh winds, in France is normal working day, the TV Set in our room offered 16 cable channels, also RAI 1 and German TV, looking at some Pink Panter cartoons (great the one “magic roller skaters”) I had time to do the local FM Bandscan of Grenoble in Fm :


 BAND SCAN FM Grenoble

88,2 MHz France Culture
88,6 MHz Radio Fontane
38601 FONTAINE Cedex (Grenoble)
89,4 MHz Couleur 3 Grenoble
89,9 MHz France Inter
90,3 MHz Radio Passion
417 route Prémol 38410 URIAGE LES BAINS
90,8 MHz Radio Campus Grenoble http://www.campusgrenoble.org
Bâtiment EVE (au coeur du campus) 701, av. Centrale Domaine universitaire 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères cedex
91,2 MHz Virgin Radio Grenoble
60, Rue Lavoisier 38330 MONTBONNOT ST MARTIN
91,8 MHz France Musique
92,2 MHz IFM Iris FM BP 2724 38037 Grenoble cedex 2
161, Galerie de l'Arlequin 38037 Grenoble cedex 2
92,8 MHz France Culture
93,3 MHz Nostalgie Grenoble
93,7 MHz RTL 2
94,1 MHz RFM
94,5 MHz Max FM http://datamax.darkbb.com
http://auditeursdemax.free.fr/forum
95,0 MHz Rire et Chansons
95,5 MHz France Musique
96,0 MHz Skyrock
96,6 MHz Phare FM Grenoble http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=339637973
97,0 MHz Radio Kaléidoscope  http://www.radio-kaleidoscope.net/
                BP 422 38018 Grenoble CEDEX 01
 37, Rue Aimé Pupin 38018 Grenoble CEDEX 01
97,4 MHz RTL
97,8 MHz Beur FM
98,2 MHz France Bleu Isère
98,8 MHz Fun Radio
99,4 MHz France Inter
100,0 MHz Radio Kol Hachalom http://www.rkhfm.com
BP 342 38013 Grenoble CEDEX 01  
100,8 MHz BFM
101,2 MHz News FM ????????? OPEN CARRIER .
101,6 MHz Alpes 1 http://grandgrenoble.alpes1.com
155-157 cours Berriat 38028 Grenoble CEDEX 01
102,0 MHz Hot Radio http://www.hotradio.fr
102,4 MHz Radio Classique
102,8 MHz France Bleu Isère
103,2 MHz NRJ Grenoble
103,7 MHz R.C.F. Isère http://www.rcf.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=33
6 rue Frédéric Taulier 38028 Grenoble CEDEX 01
Entrée de RCF Isère derrière arrêt de tram  "Notre-Dame-Musée".
104,2 MHz RMC Info
104,6 MHz Europe 1
105,1 MHz France Info
105,8 MHz Chérie FM Grenoble
106,5 MHz Radio Italiana di Grenoble
106,9 MHz MFM
107,7 MHz Autoroute Info

 Thanks info from : http://www.crdp.ac-grenoble.fr/clemi/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=22

After a normal breakfast (for me just cold milk and bread) we started our visit to some of the local Grenoble FM stations (some are located bit outside the city, so no time to see them all) To buy the ticket we needed to use the automatic machines at the big square of the iper modern SNCF rail station, cause office to sell tickets of tram/bus open at 1000 hours !!!. 1 day ticket cost 3,40 Euro and it is more big than the lilliput one you get in Lyon, The TAG plan you may see at WEB : http://www.sedeplacer-tag.fr/uploads/Document/WEB_CHEMIN_170_1203937974.pdf

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We took TRAM line B (green)  direction Echirolles, stop Notre Dame Musèe than BUS 32 , after the little bridge of rue Massena on the Isère river , here you see the Hill with the Archeological Musee, and from that point starts the rue Saint Laurent.  

Radio Italiana di Grenoble - 77 rue Saint Laurent - 38000 Grenoble -  e-mail radio.italienne@wanadoo.fr

The studios of Radio Italiana di Grenoble  106.5 MHz are in a very old house, and they are at same place from 25 years, a soft drinnnn and  Calogero Rubino, the General Manager opened the door and soon smiled to see some visitors from Italy !  Here his personal WEB page : http://www.rubino-calogero.org

The station is owned by the Associazione degli Italiani in Francia, the coverage area is whole Regional area of Rhone Alpes. From Grenoble they coordinate also the repeaters in Lyon ans Chambéry, also the local programs for Lyon area are produced in Grenoble. They have an agreement with RAI Italy to rebroacasts RAI programs from the Satellite, and this permit to the Italian community to follow the RAI programs directly in the FM band. Kindly Calogero  Rubino shown to us  the studios and we met the Segretary Miss Gisèle Pastrello, and we took some photos (not allowed to do a photo to Gisèle !sorry) as souvenirs. We also had many talks about politics and main problems of the Italian Community, his dream is to be able to open more Radio Italiana also in Germany and Belgium to try a real European network in the FM Band…….may be a real dream, cause each country has different broadcasting laws….. On a metallic container I saw a very old sticker and thanks to the good quality of the PVC I was able to keep it for my collection, a rarity cause it has been printed in 1988 year !!!!!!!!! “Molte grazie Calogero ! Auguri per la attività radiofonica !”

Back to the bus stop 32 near Isère river we arrived to another local FM station : Phare FM - 33 avenue de Vizille - 38008 Grenoble  Web www.pharefm.com e-mail grenoble@pharefm.com this the LOCAL WEB: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=339637973

The headquarters of Phare FM 96.6 MHz, are located in Moulhouse and it is an Evagelic Christian Organisation now expanding in the whole country, PHARE FM Mulhouse 95.3, PHARE FM Grenoble 96.6, PHARE FM Portes Dauphiné 107.0, PHARE FM Montauban 92.0, PHARE FM Fraternité 94.9, PHARE FM Cornouaille 88.8  So in Grenoble they have bought Radio Certitudes 96.6 MHz, http://www.certitude.fr/F_frame.html?http://www.certitude.fr/ also this FM station did not replied to the 20 e-mail messages sent to them by Roberto, may be too much busy to start the station ? However in this case Christian had the great quality to explain to the Receptionist in a super glass protected office on the street enter…. what we really wanted to do ……..just visiting the station…after 10 minutes of  attemps…finally we got it !!!!! as prize Christian “captured” the sticker on the citophone ….a standard sticker of Phare FM France (no town …no frequency) …the station offices are at 3rd floor but the elevator works only if the lady receptionist at groud level put a key in to the “3” push in button in the elevator…… a real BUNKER office !!!! hi…. May be they have not yet forgotten the “night of Saint Bartolomeo” ???? Daniel Robert the Director & Producer of the local programs (4 hours every late afternoon) shown us the studios all computerized and connected by Sat to the headquarters in Moulhouse, and we had some souvenir photos, very friendly he also offered and old Radio Certitude sticker to Roberto, and a real  “reliquia” a Cloth Patch of Radio Certitude for my collection…….. really welcomed !

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Time was running again 1145 hours, so we walked till the end of the Avenue de Vizille , and we utilized the TRAM B for two stops to arrive again at the Rail Station square, cause our next Radio station to be seen, France Bleu Isère - 27 Av. Felix Viallet - 38003 Grenoble …. Same street of our Hotel. Web www.radiofrance.fr/sites/bleu-isere/ e-mail bleuisere@radiofrance.com  France Bleu Isère 102.8 MHz, is the regional service of the Govern, one of the Radio France regional  stations, in the morning they close the office at 1230 hours so we arrived at 1210 hours in time to visit the stationAlmost all the Radio France I visited in my life (Except Paris ) are always open to the public and often the receptionist  is located near the offices and the studios, no police control, no problems to get souvenirs, post cards, stickers, pencils, pens, mause pad, bags….. this is a very good service, in other countries the governamental  or regional lands radio, or like in Italy the regional studios are NOT open to the public !!! and usually if you try to visit them you met a “GUM WALL” or “Idiots Gorilla Guards control ” always thinking you are a terrorist who wish to bomB the radio….  The kind and nice receptionist let us to do photos and offered some post cards and some stickers as souvenirs. The studios are naturally very modern and no doubts the best we have seen in our travel. A short stop to the Hotel to get our baggages and a 5 minutes walk to the Rail SNCF Station and we were in time for our Express Train to go to Valence Ville SNCF Station, at 1248 hours (price 14 Euro). No people in the Express train, so we had time to relax for almost an hour, panorama as usually very nice, green valley, many caws brown, black & white, and also horses and sheeps !!!! at 1335 we arrived at SNCF Valence Ville , the station is the one located in city center, there is another one outside de city called TGV Valence, where stops high speed TGV, to go to south Marseilles -Nice or Toulouse, and to North to Lille or Paris …… the station in Valence Ville is still the same as I saw in my travel of 1998, our Hotel waiting for us, just 3 minutes walk,  Hotel de Lyon - 23 Avenue Pierre Semard - 26000 Valence Tel. 0033475414466 Fax 0033475447232 Web www.hoteldelyon.com e-mail hoteldelyon.valence@wanadoo.fr Price Double Room & Continental Breakfast only ! 33 Euro per person. Monsieur Angelo Lanaro (their relatives were coming from Italy) kindly attended our arrival, and he wanted we spoke in Italian ! hi! In 20 minutes we were ready to start our visit to the radio stations in Valence, just before 1415 hours, our first stop at the nearer rue Poncet http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=34745&style=carte&zoom=2 second street to left from Avenue Pierre Semand ….just 200 meters… France Bleu Drôme Ardèche - 7 rue Poncet - 26000 Valence Web http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-bleu/?tag=Ardeche

Naturally I remained « captured » looking at the PIZZERIA AL VESUVIO in the same street at number 1…… and immediately I said « this evening we will be there to eat !! » France Bleu Drôme Ardèche (the name is from the river Drôme & river Ardèche)  87.9 MHz offices in the afternoon are open from 1400 hours till 1900 hours !!!!!!!! Monday till Friday !!! Great !!   « vivre en bleu c’est mieux » their slogan ! Monsieur  Jean Louis Farschon, the station “regisseur” look like Manager in Chief  promptly arrived and offered a total complete view of all the offices, studios “photo” of Isabelle Aubret live program , the workers, even the “MAIN CONTROLL ROOM !!!!” first time for me to see it in a Local Radio France……. After this we were literally covered of all kinds of souvenirs ….. 20 mouse pads, 100 post cards, 150 stickers, 10 giants supermarket bags with Radio France logo and friuts and vegetables printed on (sorry not to be eat….), Pencil, Pens, and lot of friendship !!! what difference if you try to visit RAI in Italy … “ Vraiment Merci Jean-Luis, tres aimable! Bonne chanche”. We got so many materials we were “forced” to do a stop at the hotel ! I also stopped at a fruits shop near Hotel to buy some Bananas, Christian some Apples. This the transports plan for Valence area: http://www.ctav.fr/ftp/FR_plan/Planschématique%20web%20SEMAINE%20rentrée%202007.pdf

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We went near the Rail station square to pick up the BUS 1 to go to our next Radio, unfortunately the BUS 1 is every 15 minutes…… but finally we got it……. 2 stops at Pale Bus street  and we got on opposite direction BUS 4….. tickects costs 1,60 Euro and they may be utilized for 70 minutes, but not on same line…. So after 4 stops we arrived in Rue des Alpes near Radio Mega 99.2 MHz, the independent  music station in the town. Radio Mega - 35 rue Prompsault - 26000 Valence Web www.radio-mega.com e-mail contact@radio-mega.com Radio Mega 99.2 MHz replied to our e-mail and we had an invitation to see the studios at around 1600 hours, with  Monsieur Jean Benetiere, but due to a live session stage organized same evening in the one room studios, we met only Mr. Bob one of the free lance DJ working hardly to do all the electronic connections, every week Radio Mega organize a free live session in the radio open to new ROCK music groups of the city. No stickers, no letterheads, no envelopes, just a big cloth banner outside the window, on the street……….. HEY ANDY this is waiting for you !

But be equipped the Giant Flag is fixed with 20 iron supports !!!!! hi!! Unfortunatly I have not had with me the accessories to cut it !!!! Compared to the precedent Radio studio we visited it really has been “Shocking Blu” (not BLUE..) ... the lavatory near the studio… WOW! Under a SUMMER sun we waited the BUS 5 to come back to the city center …… the BUS stop metal chair unfortunately for me was full of little boys and an older woman…wearing 2 overcoats and a large scarf !!!!!!  I supposed they were also waiting for the BUS 5……no SIR ..after 10 minutes…. With a temperature around 40°C due to the sun …. The old lady said to the boys…. “Mon Dieu c’est trop chaud….” So they go up and walked away……. “MY GOD HERE IS TOO HOT !!” Finally the BUS 5 arrived …..no need to take another ticket cause our original ticket has been obliterated 40 minutes before on BUS 1…so still OK !. At Pale BUS street stop we kept at flight ! the BUS 5 (thanks to the 2 drivers which stopped in the street at a semaphore…to permit the change of the BUS ….just for us……hhhhmmmmmm don’t try it in Italy….hi! ) We arrived at the Prefecture building in Avenue de la Republique stop and after just a walk of 200 meters in the nearer Square Saint Jean,  where are located the studios of  RCF26 on  101.5 MHz, next 15 september they will celebrate 20 years of their life ! Their local WEB : http://www.rcf.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=39 RCF26 - 9 pl. Saint Jaen - 26000 Valence - FRANCIA
 Web www.rcf.fr e-mail rcf26@rcf.fr 

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The station is naturally connected to the Christian community of the Saint Jean church. But the Director Father Pierre Charignon, who kindly invited us to visit the station…..forgotten to tell us in the afternoon they are open just at 1500-1600 hours , cause they carry the bulletin news “infodrome” we arrived at 1715 hours….. so no possible to see their studio……a real pity. Christian found an informative station depliant in the Church info point. Back to the Avenue de la Republique to pick up BUS 5 to change at the Pale Bus street stop …. Just 1 minute and we met BUS 1 to go to the rail station (2 stops) and we arrived at the Hotel for 3 hours of relax…. Looking at Television , with just 6 National Channels…. No foreign TV…. So I preferred to do the local FM Bandscan of Valence.

BANDSCAN FM Valence

87,9 MHz France Bleu Drôme Ardèche
88,5 MHz France Culture
88,8 MHz France Culture
90,3 MHz Rire et Chansons
91,3 MHz Virgin Radio 27, Rue Amblard 26000 VALENCE
92,4 MHz France Musique
93,6 MHz Radio BLV http://www.radioblv.com
BP 311 26503 BOURG LES VALENCE CEDEX
94,0 MHz Chérie FM Tournon
94,5 MHz MTI http://www.radiomti.net
1bis, Place de Mai 26200 MONTELIMAR
96,0 MHz Skyrock
96,8 MHz Nostalgie Vaucluse
97,8 MHz Radio A
 32-34, rue Pompery 26500 BOURG LES VALENCE
98,8 MHz Fun radio
99,2 MHz Radio Mega
99,8 MHz France Inter
100,2 MHz NRJ Valence
100,7 MHz Le Mouv'
101,5 MHz R.C.F. 26
102,0 MHz Radio Zig Zag http://www.quartierslibres.com/radio/zigzag.htm
Radio ZigZag - Place du marché, 26600 TAIN L'HERMITAGE
103,4 MHz France Info
104,3 MHz RMC Info
104,8 MHz RTL
105,4 MHz France Info
105,9 MHz Europe 1
106,4 MHz Radio Classique
107,0 MHz Beur FM
107,7 MHz Radio Trafic FM


Thanks to info from WEB : http://www.crdp.ac-grenoble.fr/clemi/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=22

At 2000 hours we moved to the nearer Pizzeria Ristorante “Le Vesuve” Not Italian manager,  because they have “PIZZA BELGIUM “ hi!

But very good Spaghetti Bolognese with “puccia of beef” very very good ! Tagliatelle alla panna for me and Christian, Cotoletta alla Milanaise…. Again wonder who ordered this one ??? hi ! Roberto also ordered a plate of BOILED ESCARGOTS !!!!!!! and he said “perfect!!!!!” like to be in my town ! Scaloppine alle Verdure for Christian ! Dessert for 3 “VESUVE special strawberry with panna !!!” Café Express with Grand Marnier for me and Christian, Vodka on the rocks for Roberto ! all the foods under a rain od wine “Ardeche Blanc”. Total cost 124 Euro ….. inclusive of 20 Euro TAX ! At 2100 hours the Restaurant was totally complete, no table more free, so it is surely one of the most tipical meeting point for tourists and people who love to eat very well in Valence. Better if you do a reservation table : phone is 04 75 44 04 45. Ristorante Le Vesuve!!!! Addresse : 1 Rue Poncet, Valence. It is closet on MONDAY.

Saturday  26 April we met at Hotel breakfast our friend Christian, we talked about our next travels and also about broadcasting items, and about the good results of our travel in Rhone - Alpes. We said “ADIEU CHRISTIAN et BONNE CHANCHE et BONS DXs!” Our train started at 1100 hours from SNCF Valence Ville Express to Chambéry, price 21.60 Euro, only 3 stops and we arrived in Chambéry  at 1310 hours, again sunny warm day and BLUE sky, before to arrive in Chambéry we saw many great Alpi mountains views with snow in the upper part. Cause we had our next train to be back to Italy at 1711 hours, we crossed the Square of the Gare and we stopped at an open BAR in the Rue de la Gare. http://www.mairie-chambery.fr/Planville/planville.html

The Bar name is “CAFÉ DE LA GARE” ……..but in reality should be called “CAFÉ DE LA CASBAH !!!” yes cause we started to see a mouvement of people speaking all Arab ! Kabile ! Algerian! Hsania ! ……. However good place to stop to in a warm spring sunny day……naturally only if you do not care to the noise of the Arab music played indoor the Casbah Bar ! Like to be in Marrakech ……… ha ha ha…….  talking about our good travel and future travel plans.

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At around 1500 hours Roberto visited the city center of Chambéry and he went to the address of Radio France Bleu Pays de Savoie,  after a walk of 800 meters to see: http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-bleu/?tag=Savoie FRANCE BLEU PAYS de SAVOIE, 256 RUE de la REPUBLIQUE, 73000 Chambéry. Naturally on Saturday it is all closed and Roberto just done a souvenir photo !

At 1600 hours the BURNING sun arrived till our table on the street Café de la Casbah… sorry Gare ……so we moved to the snack bar in the rail station, surely more full of normal people without Hashish tablets , specially at 1630 at arrival of TGV going to Airport Charles de Galle et Lille station…… our train  EC 9247 arrived in perfect time, at 1711 hours, and our vagoon number 7 full of people…… in our set 2 “young lovers” back from a stay in Paris ……..naturally they soon moved up ! cause we had reserved that 2 seats…… sorry lovers ..go to the …toilet !!!

Next to our sets arrived a young miss, with long black hair and giant painting container…. Hard to place in a full train vagoon….. and his seat naturally occuped by someone with no reservation….hi… (I don’t understand how it is possible….in an Eurocity train with obligatory reservation such chaos ???)

Finally after 30 minutes discussions the ….quiet permitted to relax a little…. Apart a little baby at my back seat…….AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH.  The black Hair girl shown to be a real “Bouquiniste” of Montmartre !!!! And she found a meaddle aged “marpione” to talk to …… so no more possible to try to have a ….tentative of sleeping till Milano Centrale…. Ha ha ha. At Vercelli stop I said “hallo !” to Roberto and “BUONA FORTUNA in your next travel adventure to LIECHTENSTEIN! Next weekend !!!”

But this is another story !

Best regards !

Dario Monferini & Roberto Pavanello & Christian Ghibaudo

VIAGGIO     ALPI - RODANO - ARDECHE -2008
di  ROBERTO PAVANELLO

Era il pomeriggio di martedì 1 maggio 2007. Ero sul TGV che mi riportava in Italia dopo il viaggio turistico-radiofonico a Parigi e nella Valle della Loira e fin dalla partenza da Parigi stavo smanettando il mio Sangean ATS 909. Arrivato nei pressi di Chambery iniziò ad entrarmi, sui 92.1 MHz, un notiziario in italiano che mi pareva proprio un Giornale Radio RAI. Pensai ad un’apertura via troposfera dall’Italia, la stagione era quella favorevole, ma appena usciti da Chambery il segnale velocemente si dissolse. La cosa era alquanto misteriosa, per cui il giorno seguente ne accennai via e-mail a Dario Monferini che prontamente mi rispose che sulla frequenza da me segnalata, in Chambery, opera un ripetitore della Radio Italienne di Grenoble. Dario aggiunse anche “ sarebbe bello visitarli “. Ero assolutamente all’oscuro di una “ radio italienne “ in Grenoble e la cosa mi attirava alquanto: subito guardai il calendario 2008 e mi resi conto che il 25 aprile, giorno festivo in Italia ma lavorativo in Francia, cadeva di venerdi per cui cominciai a pensare ad una trasferta oltralpe per quel giorno. Certo andare in giornata a Grenoble è possibile, ma si tratterebbe di sobbarcarsi una bella spesuccia ferroviaria per una fermata di sole poche ore, ma se a venerdi 25 si aggiunge giovedì 24 e sabato 26 la cosa inizia a diventare fattibile, interessante e piacevole!!! Subito ne parlai con Dario e giungemmo alla conclusione che si poteva passare il pomeriggio di giovedì 24 a Lione, la mattina del 25 a Grenoble, il pomeriggio del 25 a Valence e con tutto comodo rientrare sabato 26 visitando un bel po’ di emittenti. Si trattava solo di dare il via all’organizzazione, per prima cosa occorreva procurarsi la lista delle emittenti delle tre città, cosa facilissima a farsi, basta infatti contattare l’autority radiofonica francese, la CSA, al solito indirizzo : valido per tutta la Francia http://www.csa.fr/infos/operateurs/operateurs_radio_frequences.php poi cliccare sul dipartimento che si desidera visitare, nel caso di Lyon il 69 : http://www.csa.fr/infos/operateurs/operateurs_radio_frequences_tableau.php

Per reperire gli indirizzi ed altri dati poi si può utilizzare : http://www.csa.fr/infos/operateurs/operateurs_annuaire_radio.php#11, trovare una lista degli alberghi di Grenoble e Valence, (basta entrare in www.google.it), cercare, sempre in Internet le piantine delle città ( www.maporama.com il sito migliore per farlo ) e poi si è a posto. Naturalmente abbiamo anche contattato prima le emittenti da visitare ma tutto questo, ormai, per me e Dario è pura routine, specialmente quando si tratta di viaggi cosi corti. Insomma con ben poco sforzo eravamo pronti a dare il meglio di noi stessi anche questa volta!!!!! HI!!!!!!

Alle ore 06.40 di giovedì 24 aprile 2008 Dario partiva da Milano Centrale alle 0640 con l’ EC 9240 a destinazione di Parigi. Io salivo sullo stesso treno in Vercelli alle 07.28 e alle 10.52 entrambi scendevamo a Chambery. Una breve sosta e poi si ripartiva, con un treno locale, a destinazione della nostra prima meta, Lione, la terza città della Francia. Appena arrivati subito incontravamo l’amico nizzardo Christian Ghibaudo, che già aveva condiviso con noi il tour istriano del 25 aprile 2006 e con me quello fra le radio di Nizza nell’agosto dello stesso anno, e che anche questa volta aveva voluto unirsi alle nostre scorribande. Christian ci aveva già  acquistato il biglietto dei trasporti pubblici lionesi che permette di usufruire di tutte le linee urbane per 24 ore e quindi, dopo aver depositato i nostri bagagli alla consigne,  potevamo dare inizio al nostro tour. Non è certamente possibile poter visitare in una sola mezza giornata tutte le emittenti lionesi ma noi avevamo ben studiato la cartina dei trasporti pubblici e abbiamo cercato di ottimizzare al meglio il nostro breve soggiorno in città.

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Iniziavamo con una corsa in tranway verso la sede di Tele Lyon Metropol, la televisione locale cittadina. Avevamo una e-mail di invito a firma di Madame  ..... ( non faccio il suo nome per carità di patria e per un minimo di galanteria ) ma questa ci faceva dire dalla receptionista che non avendo confermato l’appuntamento ( e quando mai ci aveva chiesto di farlo ) e non avendogli detto il numero esatto di persone ( ??????? ) non poteva riceverci, ma nella sua infinità bontà ci permetteva di tornare alle 16.00!!!!!! Inutile dire che ce ne andavamo mentalmente invitandola ad unirsi alle due ragazze magrebine che all’angolo della strada esercitavano la più antica e nobile professione del mondo.  Con lo stesso tram raggiungevamo la stazione di Lyon Perrache  e poi in autobus ci spostavamo alla non  lontana Radio Trait d’Union 89.8 MHz. Avevamo una e-mail di invito e quindi entravamo senza il minimo problema. L’emittente si definisce una radio interculturale in quanto offre liberi spazi di programmazione alle varie comunità etniche cittadine ( anni fà c’era anche un programma in italiano ), ad associazioni culturali di diverso orientamento politico, etc. Insomma una vera emittente libera come ormai ne sono rimaste poche in Italia. Incontravamo il responsabile, Monsieur Taoufik Boubker, che ci accompagnava ad una visita degli studi, presentandoci al realizzatore del programma in lingua portoghese e alla segretaria perfettamente italiano parlante,  e si intratteneva un po’ con noi a discutere della, anche in Francia, sempre più difficile situazione delle radio non commerciali. Visita molto interessante ma purtroppo nessun adesivo !!! Ancora autobus ed una breve passeggiata per raggiungere la sede di Radio Lyon 1ere 90.2 MHz, moderna emittente commerciale. Anche qui avevamo un’ e-mail di invito a firma di  Monsieur Gerald Bouchon, il gerente della stazione, quindi nessun problema ad entrare, a fare una foto degli studi e a finalmente raccogliere, a dire il vero in quantità molto limitata, i primi miniadesivi del viaggio!!!! Finalmente si era iniziato !!!!!   Altro autobus per poter risalire il fiume Rodano sulle rive del quale si affaccia l’ unica sede di ben tre emittenti: Radio Couleur 3 89.3 MHz, Radio Espace 96.9 MHz e Frequence Jazz 97.3 MHz. Radio Couleur 3 è  “ la sezione francese “ del servizio nazionale della svizzera Radio Suisse Romande. Ripete i programmi svizzeri in tutta la zona del Rodano e per 4 ore al giorno, nel pomeriggio, opera in locale. Una cosa indubbiamente molto strana: sarebbe come se la R.S.I. di Lugano operasse una sua stazione in Milano ripetendo i programmi di Rete 3 ma lasciando 4 ore di programmazione locale. Cosa alquanto strana ma si sa che le vie della radio sono infinite!!!! Radio Espace è invece l’emittente di musica rock e pop del gruppo e insieme alla non visitata Radio Scoop si divide il pubblico giovanile lionese, mentre Frequence Jazz è la capofila di un piccolo network in fase di espansione nazionale che emette unicamente musica jazz e soul mettendosi in concorrenza col network nazionale di TSF.

              Anche qui avevamo avuto una e-mail di invito a firma di Monsieuer  Julien Fregonara, il responsabile del gruppo, che ci faceva visitare gli studi e ci omaggiava, finalmente di un discreto numero di adesivi delle tre stazioni. Altri due autobus ed una breve passeggiata ci portavano alla sede di Radio Canut 102.2 MHz, l’emittente anarcoide dell’ultrasinistra lionese. Anche per Radio Canut, avevamo una e-mail di invito, addirittura in italiano, a firma Madamoiselle  Barbara Valeri. L’e-mail ci consigliava di passare dopo le 19, cosa per noi impossibile a farsi, e giunti davanti alla macilenta porta della ancor più macilente sede in una viuzza del centro storico di Lione, scoprivamo il perché. Tutto era ermeticamente chiuso, ma due adesivi erano appiccati sulla porta, naturalmente erano…….. e dato che noi non siamo ladri di adesivi ricambiavamo il loro gentile omaggio appiccicando sulla porta un paio

Di adesivi  della Radio Vaticana. A qual punto ci scattavamo un paio di fotografie e poi in metrò tornavamo alla stazione di Lyon Part Dieu. Erano infatti  quasi le 18 e non avevamo più il tempo di raggiungere l’ultima stazione da noi programmata, la Radio Italienne 105.8 MHz, ma nessun problema, il giorno successivo avremmo scoperto che sarebbe stato solo un’inutile perdita di tempo. Il nostro tour radiofonico di Lione era terminato, si tornava alla Gare di Part Dieu e alle 18.45, dopo aver ritirato i nostri bagagli partivamo a destinazione di Grenoble ove arrivavamo alle 20.11. Subito raggiungevamo il nostro, vicinissimo alla stazione, hotel :   Hotel des Alpes - 45 av. Felix Viallet - 38000 Grenoble  Tel. 0033476870071 Fax 0033476369545 Web www.hotel-des-alpes.fr e-mail bienvenue@hotel-des-alpes.fr  Poi una bella ed ottima cenetta nel di fronte all’ hotel Ristorante da  Angela, chiudeva degnamente la prima giornata in terra di Francia.

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Venerdi 25, giornata della Liberazione italiana dal nazifascismo, logicamente in Francia è un normalissimo giorno lavorativo ( i francesi festeggiano all‘ 8 di maggio la resa della Germania ed il termine della seconda guerra mondiale ) e quindi potevamo dedicarci ad un altro giorno di tour radiofonico fra le emittenti di Grenoble e Valence. Già alle 10, utilizzando anche in questo caso l’ottima rete dei trasporti pubblici cittadini, raggiungevamo la prima emittente del nostro tour, la sede di Radio Italienne in Grenoble sui 106.5 MHz. Non avevamo nessuna e-mail di invito nonostante le 20-25 e-mail a loro inviate ma appena suonavamo il campanello eravamo subito calorosamente accolti dal Sig. Calogero Rubino, il direttore della stessa. L’emittente opera da ben 25 anni grazie al lavoro dell’Associazione degli Italiani in Francia coprendo le principali città del Rodano e delle Alpi Francesi. La sede di Grenoble ospita due differenti studi, quello per la realizzazione dei programmi locali di Grenoble e quello per i programmi locali di Lione ( ecco perché il giorno prima non dobbiamo aver perso assolutamente nulla ). A parte la programmazione locale le due emittenti emettono in rete pure le principali trasmissioni dei programmi radiofonici della RAI offrendo cosi un’importante legame con l’Italia ai nostri connazionali in Francia. Il Sig. Calogero  Rubino si tratteneva molto volentieri a discutere con noi dei progetti futuri ( l’apertura di nuove stazioni in Belgio e in Germania ) e poi ci illustrava le problematiche dei nostri connazionali all’estero che sempre più, nonostante la nuova legge sul diritto di voto, si sentono abbandonati e trascurati dalle varie forze politiche, nessuna esclusa, Italiane. Scattavamo alcune foto, Dario si impadroniva dell’unico adesivo ancora incollato ad un mobile in ferro dove riposava da almeno 20 anni !!!!!!  e dopo aver cosi realizzato il principale obbiettivo del nostro viaggio, proseguivamo il nostro tour. Con lo stesso autobus ci spostavamo infatti alla sede locale di Phare FM, un nuovo network in fase di nascita della Chiesa Evangelica, attivo in Grenoble sui 96.6 MHz. Anche in questo caso non avevamo avuto risposta alle più di 20 e-mail a loro inviate, ma Christian riusciva a lavorarsi la receptionista ( l’importanza di girare le emittenti insieme a qualcuno di madrelingua !!! ) e ciò ci permetteva di entrare nella specie di bunker sede dell’emittente (evidentemente i protestanti francesi non hanno ancora dimenticato la notte di San Bartolomeo). Giunti all’interno del bunker eravamo gentilmente accolti dall’unica persona presente che ci faceva visitare le moderne installazioni ove vengono realizzate le 4 ore pomeridiane di programmazione locale. Adesivi nuovi non ne avevano ma io venivo omaggiato dell’unico adesivo ancora presente di Radio Certitude, carpito dall’amico Dario che l’aveva subito adocchiato su una bacheca !!!! l’emittente locale evangelica non più esistente in quanto è quella che ha aderito al network e Dario dell’unica bandierina di Radio Certitude mai realizzata cosa che gli faceva dire che con quella bandierina e con l’adesivo di Radio Italienne per male che fosse proseguita la giornata pur lui sarebbe stata in ogni caso positiva!!!!! Un po’ in tram ed un po’ a piedi raggiungevamo l’ultima emittente del nostro programma di visita,  France Bleu Isere 102.8 MHz, il servizio regionale per la Val d’Isere della governativa Radio France. Qui, per nostra fortuna, dato che giungevamo alle 12.10 e la stazione avrebbe chiuso alle 12.30, avevamo una e-mail di invito e quindi riuscivamo a compiere una brevissima visita e a raccogliere un po’ di adesivi e cartoline. Inutile dire che le apparecchiature sono ultramoderne e veramente all’avanguardia. Altre emittenti hanno sede di Grenoble, ma tutte sono in periferia e noi dovevamo necessariamente trasferirci a Valence per continuare il nostro tour. Avevamo scelto di andare in Valence in quanto è li che risiede una cara amica che è stata una dei massimi collezionisti di adesivi radiofonici francesi, ma dopo aver fissato il programma siamo venuti a sapere che il suo silenzio che ormai durava da molti mesi era dovuto al fatto che aveva smesso di collezionare vendendo la sua raccolta…., ma tant’è il viaggio era ormai stato pianificato e non potevamo più tornare sui nostri passi. Tornati nel nostro vicinissimo a France Bleu Isere, albergo a ritirare i bagagli subito si trasferivamo all’ anch’essa vicina stazione ferroviaria per partire alle 12.37 a destinazione di Valence ove giungevamo alle 14.10.  Anche in Valence l’hotel era stato scelto vicinissimo alla stazione : Hotel de Lyon - 23 av. Pierre Semard - 26000 Valence Tel. 0033475414466 Fax 0033475447232 Web www.hoteldelyon.com e-mail hoteldelyon.valence@wanadoo.fr 

Quindi appena depositati in camera i bagagli raggiungevamo la  vicinissima France Bleu Drome Ardeche 87.9 MHz.  Anche li nessun problema grazie all’e-mail di invito e subito raggiunti dal Monsieur  Jean Louis Farschon iniziavamo la visita completa di tutti gli studi. Scattavamo cosi fotografie agli studi di registrazione, allo studio per le dirette, alla sala controllo coi links di collegamento con Parigi. Monsieur  Jean Louis era la gentilezza in persona e ci omaggiava di vari materiali, adesivi, biro, cartoline, mouse pads, borse. Insomma il miglior colpo del viaggio. Congedateci da France Bleu passavamo ancora un attimo in hotel a depositare il gran malloppo e poi, in autobus, subito a Radio Mega 99.2 MHz l’unica vera emittente privata locale di Valence. Avevamo anche per essa una e-mail di invito a firma di Monsieur Jean Benetiere ma appena giunti ci accorgevamo subito che si trattava di una piccolissima stazione comunitaria ove gli adesivi erano merce sconosciuta. Comunque anche li visita agli studi e tanta gentilezza da parte del personale presente. Ci spostavamo poi a RCF26 101.5 MHz, altra stazione locale del network anzi della reseau,  dato che giustamente i francesi non utilizzano termini inglesi nella loro parlata, cattolica con sede in Lione di R.C.F.  Anche li eravamo convinti di poter effettuare una visita completa dato che avevamo un invito da parte del direttore in persona, Monsieur  Pierre Charignon ma noi giungevamo alle 16.45 e gli uffici erano stati chiusi alle 16.00 !!!!! Peccato, serà pour la prochaine foix. Avevamo cosi degnamente festeggiato il nostro 25 aprile, potevamo ora ritornare in hotel per prepararci alla nostra solita pantagruelica cena di fine giornata, effettuata nel vicinissimo, sia all’hotel che a France Bleu, Ristorante Le Vesuve!!!!     Addresse : 1 Rue Poncet, Valence.

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Sabato 26, con tutto comodo il rientro in Italia. Dopo una tranquilla colazione con l’amico Ghibaudo, lo salutavamo, dato che lui rientrava a Nizza.  Si partiva da Valence alle 11.00 a destinazione di Chambery ove si giungeva alle 13.10. Dario restava in un bar di fronte alla stazione ed io, lasciati i bagagli in custodia a Dario, facevo un passeggiata alla scoperta della città che in fondo possiamo considerare l’embrione della nostra Italia essendo stata la prima capitale del primo stato sabaudo.

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