The Sound Kitchen

My Community Hero

By Susan Owensby

Released on 28-01-2017 Modified 28-01-2017 to 11:01

 

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear a flashback show – a program that aired in August 2013. Listener AKM Nuruzzaman from Rajshahi, Bangladesh reads his Community Hero essay, and shares his favourite music with you. Just click on the arrow in the photo and enjoy!

Hello everyone!
Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.
For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency is 9675 kHz on the 31m band, from 06.00 to 07.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.
You can also hear our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts, but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us.
A hearty welcome to four new official RFI Listeners Clubs! Three are in India, and two of those are in Murshidibad: the RFI Metali Students Club with Shivendu Paul as president and the RFI Women’s Club, Priyanka Paul, president. In Assam, there’s the RFI Listeners Club of Jorhat with Prithwiraj Purkayastha at the helm, and in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, there’s the RFI Lovers Club with Mubashir Bukhari as president. Welcome!
If you would like to create an official RFI club, or transform your existing listeners club into an RFI club, click on the link at the bottom of this page for information on how to get started.
This week’s quiz: the quiz will be back next week, 4 February.

KBS World Radio English Service

Hey all. Let's all congratulate Hindun K Nadlifah for being chosen as our last week's Y2C winner. Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can send out your prize. Be sure to include in the subject line that you are the Y2C winner for January 27, 2017.
For this week...
Imagine that we're creating a time capsule to leave for future generations to open up years later. This time capsule will be a significant source of data for future generations to know about our time, our generation, our culture, our way of life.

What would you leave in this time capsule? It could be anything! Something personal that would let the future people know of your existence. Or it could be something general for the future to know about our way of life.
Let us know your piece that you would contribute and we'll share your answers on Friday's edition of K-Pop Connection.
Thanks guy and hope you all had a happy lunar new year! See you guys on air! :)
-Angie

KBS World Radio English Service

Let's all congratulate our last week's Y2C winner: Meron Wondimu. Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can send out your prize. Be sure to include in the subject line that you are the Y2C winner for January 20th.
For this week...let's all about one of the best things in the world...LAUGHTER!
There's a quote floating around the internet (I don't know if it's really true...)...
Babies laugh around 300 times a day whereas adults laugh less than 20 times a day.

Isn't that SAD??? Raising a baby myself, I must say my son laughs at almost anything and everything. You can do the same funny thing ten times in a row and he laughs just as hard the tenth time as he did the first time. Babies are so infectious! With age though, we lose that purity and tend to laugh less and less at stuff that we once found hilarious.
So what about you?
How many times a day do you think you laugh? Like REALLY laugh outloud. When's the last time you laughed til you couldn't breathe or til you teared up? Do you remember the reason for your crazy fit of laughter?
Let us know!!
Can't wait to share all your answers on our Friday edition of K-Pop Connection!
-Angie

The Sound Kitchen

Let ‘em eat cake

By Susan Owensby

Released on 21-01-2017 Modified 21-01-2017 to 10:23

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• This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the quiz about your five favourite words in English. There’s a mini French history lesson, some new RFI Clubs to welcome, great music, and of course … the quiz. Just click on the arrow in the photo and enjoy!

Hello everyone!
Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.
For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency is 9675 kHz on the 31m band, from 06.00 to 07.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.
You can also hear our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts, but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us.
A hearty welcome to four new official RFI Listeners Clubs! Three are in India, and two of those are in Murshidibad: the RFI Metali Students Club with Shivendu Paul as president and the RFI Women’s Club, Priyanka Paul, president. In Assam, there’s the RFI Listeners Club of Jorhat with Prithwiraj Purkayastha at the helm, and in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, there’s the RFI Lovers Club with Mubashir Bukhari as president. Welcome!
If you would like to create an official RFI club, or transform your existing listeners club into an RFI club, click on the link at the bottom of this page for information on how to get started.
This week’s quiz: On 17 December, I asked you a very different kind of question: you were to send me your five favourite words in English. They didn’t have to be hard or unusual words, or have special meaning - just words you like the sound of. After all, as I told you, my favorite word in French is the word for sidewalk: “trottoir”. I think it is funny and I love to say it. Anyway, as there is no right answer for the question, I put all your responses in a hat and pulled out five. And here are the lucky winners:
• Sanusi Isah Dankaba from Nasarawa State, Nigeria, with “forklift”, “cheesy”, “literally”, “humble bee”, and “lovely”.
N.B. “Humble bee” is the old word for “bumble bee” – it changed from “humble” to “bumble” in the early 20th century. Darwin, for example, wrote about the “humble” bee, not the “bumble” bee.
• A. K. M. Nuruzzaman, the president of the RFI Amour Fan Club in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, with “brood”, “chatoyant”, “comely”, “efflorescence” and “halcyon”;
• RFI Club member Mohammad Akhsan from Dhaka, Bangladesh, with “wonder”, “daughter”, “weather”, “stating” and “potato”;
• Saidul Islam, a member of the Nilshagor RFI Fan Club in Nilphamari, Bangladesh, with “evening”, “window”, “sea”, “drink” and “tree”;
• Mrs C O Agboola from Ekiti State, Nigeria, with “reconciliation”, “prestige”, ”love”, “integrity” and “reputation”.
Congratulations winners!
This week’s question ... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 27 February to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 3 March program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
Send your answers to:
english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

The Sound Kitchen

 Pay it forward

By Susan Owensby

Released on 14-01-2017 Modified 14-01-2017 to 09:14

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the quiz about the presidential polls in The Gambia. There’s an invitation to “pay it forward”, some great music, and of course … the quiz. Just click on the arrow in the photo and enjoy!

Hello everyone!
Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.
For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency is 9675 kHz on the 31m band, from 06.00 to 07.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.
You can also hear our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts, but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us.
A hearty welcome to three new RFI Listeners Club members! Kristopher Arens of Creswell, Oregon in the US, Abdikadir Elmi from Nairobi, Kenya, and Rachid Dahmani from M'sila, Algeria. Welcome gentlemen!
This week’s quiz: On 10 December, I asked you a question about the presidential polls in The Gambia, where the country’s voters ousted their strongman president of 22 years - a man who took control of the country in a 1994 military coup. You were to send in the name of The Gambia’s president- elect, and the name of the outgoing president.
The answer is: A lot has changed since I asked you that question: initially, the incumbent president conceded defeat. A week later, he changed his mind, and decided to contest the election results; security forces took over the headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission shortly thereafter, and the head of the Electoral Commission fled the country. Three private radio stations have been taken off air, the West African regional bloc, Ecowas, has been in conference with the incumbent president urging him to step down …it’s a mess. No telling what will happen next.
But the correct answer to my question when I asked it is: the president – elect is Adama Barrow of the United Democratic Party (he won 43.29 percent of the vote) and the incumbent is Yahya Jammeh of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party – a party which was formed two years after Jammeh’s rise to power from the 1994 military coup d’état. Jammeh won 39.64 percent of the votes.
The winners are: Three from The Gambia: Fansu Bolong Janneh from Banjul, and Ramatouli Bah and William Joiner, both from Serrekunda. Also on the list of winners this week: Muhammad Shamim, the president of the RFI Golden Eagles Club in Keralam, India, and Zenon Teles, an RFI Listeners Club member, and the president of the Christian- Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Association of Listening DX-ers in Goa, India.
Congratulations winners!
This week’s question ... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 20 February to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 25 February program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
Send your answers to:
english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

6th World Radio Day: 13 February, 2017

Radio is You!
UNESCO invites all radio stations and supporting organisations to join us for World Radio Day 2017, a chance to celebrate radio and how it helps shape our lives!

Radio is still the most dynamic, reactive and engaging medium there is, adapting to 21st century changes and offering new ways to interact and participate. Where social media and audience fragmentation can put us in media bubbles of like-minded people, radio is uniquely positioned to bring communities together and foster positive dialogue for change.
By listening to its audiences and responding to their needs, radio provides the diversity of views and voices needed to address the challenges we all face.
Radio informs us and transforms us, through entertainment, information and audience participation. Having a radio means you are never alone – you always have a friend in radio.

CRI Tamil

Fish kiss gave dog (by art hour)

RNZ

"This is part of a longer term, global plan to take better care of the marine environment."

Govt to ban microbeads in personal care products

The government wants to ban the tiny plastic beads, which are often mistaken for food by marine life, in products such as body washes.

www.radionz.co.nz

KBS World Radio English Service

Hey all! Congrats to last week's Y2C winner: Neetika Aggarwal. Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can send out your prize. Be sure to include in the subject line that you are the Y2C winner for January 13th, 2017.
Now on to this week's question...
What was the last movie that made you cry?

I was thinking about this while watching the drama "Legend of the Blue Sea". Jeon Ji-hyun tries to watch sad movies so she can cry (because her tears turn into pearls and can be sold for money). I was thinking, if I could have that same power, what movie would I watch?
So what was the last movie you watched where you cried. Was it just tears welling up? Falling down? Wailing and balling your eyes out?
Let us know!
And have a great week. :)
-Angie

KBS World Radio Quarterly Quiz

Quiz for 4th Quarter, 2016

Question 1 The official mascot for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games is a white tiger, an animal strongly associated with the Korean culture as a symbol of protection. What is the name of this tiger? Soohorang Vinicius Hodori Tom

Question 2 Who is the Korean golfer who won the first gold medal in Olympic golf in 116 years at the 2016 Rio Games? Son Yeon-jae Park In-bee Kim Yu-na Park Se-ri

Winners

Congratulations on winning the quiz competiton

• MR. MOGIRE MACHUKI
• Hazairin R. JUNEP
• Amina Khatun
• Nurzahan Begum
• Arne Timm
• Dr.S.S.Bhattacharyya
• Mr Arun Karki
• Tetsuya Sato
• Ramu M
• Kanwar Sandhu
• Md. Mizanur Rahman
• Katerina Meluzinova
• SriVatsa
• Jessica Rosales
• Rexdel Mallari
• Usha Hazarika
• Fachri
• MALIK BAHAR HUSSAIN KHOKHAR
• chaima mayouf
• Varsally Naziad Mahrubha
• RYOH SHIRAISHI
• Siegfried Rambaum
• Sarah Zahidi
• Lina Bekri
• Nick Sharpe
• Shahzad Shabbir
• Purnama Oscar
• Asmaa lharz
• Nassim Matalon
• Pro. ASHRAFUL ISLAM
• Grant Skinner
• Hazi Md. Abdul Mannan
• PARITOSH CHATTOPADHYAY
• Ashik Eqbal Tokon
• MUHAMMAD SHAMIM.S.
• Gasmi Abderrezak
• Hamad Kiani
• Raman Khullar
• MD.RANA
• gigi nadali
• TN Furter
• S.M.Abdullah Rana
• MRS.C. BALENDRA
• Jens Sondergaard
• Tracey Duong
• MR.B.GAJENDRA
• shabnam A.g(moradi)
• Maria Francisca Santos Gomes
• Saleh Likhon
• ABDUL MANNAN

Radio Sweden

Do you want to know how the people with their fingers on the buttons of power in Sweden are feeling? We talked to some of the politicians gearing up for the conflicts at the Riksdagen in this week's podcast.
If you know any people newly come to Sweden and who want to follow news in English we'd appreciate it if you tagged them in this post, or shared it on your timeline.
Thanks! /Loukas

Hottest political conflicts, voluntary civil defence, tsunami victims' memorial - Radio Sweden

Some of Sweden's lawmakers tell us what their really care about, as parliament's work starts again after the Xmas break.

sverigesradio.se|By Sveriges Radio

Radio Slovakia International - English

Talking about increased resistance to antibiotics

When the chicken tastes like…drugs

Over the past half a year RSI has taken a look at the topic of pathogens' increased resistance to antibiotics, an issue which has been worrying healthcare professionals around the world as they risk running out of therapeutical options.…

enrsi.rtvs.sk

DW News

New research suggests the Gulf Stream system that grants Europe and parts of North America its temperate climate cannot endure global warming. Should we be worried?

Collapse of Gulf Stream poses threat to life as we know it

dw.com|By Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)

CRIarabic

Making cookies for the reception of Spring Festival, in Eastern China

Radio Canada International

Canada history: Jan 12, 1945 Japan bombs Saskatchewan #Canadianheadlines #Highlights #History

Canada history: Jan 12, 1945 Japan bombs Saskatchewan

With the Second World War at a crescendo in Europe and the Pacific, in the middle of Canada, many thousands of kilometres away from both, a young…

www.rcinet.ca

Radio Slovakia International - English

Finally a question for which you can't Google the answer!

My Slovakia- First round

Welcome to the first round of our new competition series called "My Slovakia". In this series we're focusing on everything representing Slovakia. There are interesting Slovak prizes to be won, so get ready to listen! This month's episode…

enrsi.rtvs.sk

RFI English

Orient Occident, a six-piece ensemble from Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Switzerland and France, has just released its eponymous debut album.

World music matters - Orient Occident: East meets West

Orient Occident, a six-piece ensemble from Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Switzerland and France, has just released its eponymous debut album. Banishing all notions of a 'clash of civilisations' their mutual respect of one another's cultures of origin,…

en.rfi.fr|By RFI English

Radio New Zealand

Water Safety New Zealand chief executive Jonty Mills said drowning was a disproportionately male issue - men make up 85 percent of the deaths.
The "Kiwi macho attitude" was a deadly one.

'Kiwi macho attitude' blamed for spike in drownings

radionz.co.nz

RNZ

New Zealand Paralympian Sophie Pascoe has been nominated for the prestigious international Laureus Sports Awards disabled athlete of the year.

Pascoe up for prestigious Laureus award

radionz.co.nz

DW News

A Syrian refugee in Germany - famous for a selfie he took with Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015 - is taking Facebook to court to stop the circulation of fake news posts showing his face.

Syrian refugee takes Facebook to court in Germany

dw.com|By Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)

CRIarabic

Radio Prague

Twelve months ago, a new project called Český Ostrovní dům or Czech Island House launched a competition for architecture students, asking them to create their own project for an off-grid building. We spoke to one of the organisers.

Sustainable living projects seek to boost Czech awareness and expertise

With environmental issues becoming more prominent, the off-grid movement where dwelling, for example, are reliant on their own sources of power and…

radio.cz

DW News

Two Muslim parents had alleged that sending their daughters to compulsory swimming lessons violated freedom of religion.

ECHR rules Muslim schoolgirls must take swimming classes in Switzerland

dw.com| (www.dw.com)

CBC Radio

'We can spin just about anything'

P.E.I. company makes yarn out of pet fur

Belfast Mini-Mills Ltd., a textile manufacturer in Belfast, P.E.I., is putting a different spin on yarn.

cbc.ca

BBC Arabic I Witness

CRI Tamil

CHINA PLUS

CHINA PLUS magazine is a bi-monthly publication of the English Service of China Radio International, exploring social, political and cultural issues closely related to China.
please contact:

E-mail to: crieng@cri.com.cn
Editor: crieng@cri.com.cn 

Radio Prague

KBS World Radio English Service

Congrats to Saidul Islam for being chosen as last week's Y2C winner! Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can mail out your prize. Be sure to include in the subject line that you are the Y2C winner for January 6, 2017. :)
For this week's Y2C question...
What is one thing that nobody knows about you?

I thought it would be interesting to get to know everyone in our K-Pop Connection family a little better. So let's share some "secret" details. It doesn't haven't to be something huge or juicy...but any random thing that most people don't know about you. For example, maybe you have a birthmark somewhere. Or you sucked your thumb until you were in the fifth grade. Or you hate carrots.
Share some random facts about yourself and we'll read them on air to get to know our listeners better!
Have a safe and fun week everyone! Hope you're all staying on track with your new year's resolutions. :)
-Angie

The Sound Kitchen

Digital detox

By Susan Owensby

Released on 07-01-2017 Modified 07-01-2017 to 11:03

David Franklin/Getty Images/A. Terrade

• nSThis week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the quiz about Aswat Nissa in Tunisia. There’s an invitation to "disconnect" from the digital world, some great music, and of course … the quiz. Just click on the arrow in the photo and enjoy!

Hello everyone!
Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.
For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency is 9675 kHz on the 31m band, from 06.00 to 07.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.
You can also hear our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts, but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us.
A hearty welcome to three new RFI Listeners Club members! Kristopher Arens of Creswell, Oregon in the US, Abdikadir Elmi from Nairobi, Kenya, and Rachid Dahmani from M'sila, Algeria. Welcome gentlemen!
This week’s quiz: On 3 December, I asked you a question about a Tunisian organization called Aswat Nissa, which you heard on our 25 November International Report. Aswat Nissa trains women in political skills – debating, writing budgets, how to canvass for votes – through a series of year-long, once a month workshops. In the report, journalist Don Duncan tells us how many women are enrolled in this year’s workshops, and that was the question: how many women are enrolled in this year’s Aswat Nissa workshops in Tunis?
The answer is: 40. There are 40 women currently training at Aswat Nissa.
The winners are: Shahzad Shabbir, the president of the RFI Pak France International Listeners Club in Sahiwal, Pakistan, and RFI Listeners Club members Ralf Urbanczyk from Eisleben, Germany, and P Sivashanmugham from Chennai, India. From Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mofizur Rahman Lalin is on the list of lucky winners this week, as is Sanusi Isah Dankaba from Keffi in Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Congratulations winners!
This week’s question ... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 13 February to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 18 February program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
Send your answers to:
english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

KBS World Radio English Service

Hey all! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR LOYAL KPC LISTENERS!!!
Thanks so much for all your continuous support throughout the years. We love you guys and love what we do and are grateful that we can do what we do thanks to listeners like you. :)
With that said...continuing on with our Y2C even in the new year...
We'll first congratulate our last week's Y2C winner: Muhammad Shamim. Please email us your mailing address to kpop@kbs.co.kr so we can send out your prize. Be sure to include in the email subject line that you are the Y2C winner for December 30, 2016.

Now for this week's Y2C question...
What is one big thing that's happening this year for you personally?
It can be a big exam, graduation, wedding, job project, anniversary milestone, big concert you've been looking forward to, a trip...etc.
Let us know what's something big you're looking forward to or dreading this year! We'll help root each other on or console each other. :)
Keep tuning into us on K-Pop Connection!
Have a great first week of the new year!
-Angie

Radio Prague's Monthly Quiz Winners December 2016

Question for December
On what day in December do Czechs give each other Christmas presents?
Photo: archive of Radio Prague
The correct answer for December: December 24
Winners:
Gonzalez Javier Nungaray, Mexico
Maachou Souad, Algeria
Valery Rusak, Belarus
Friedrich Werner, Germany
Alan Vybíral, USA
Karel Špaček, Czech Republic

Radio Prague's Monthly Quiz January 2017

Test your knowledge of things Czech! On the first day of the month Radio Prague will announce the month’s quiz question on this site. At the end of every month we will draw six winners from the correct answers received. Join our contest and win a Radio Prague prize! Answers should be sent to cr@radio.cz by the end of the month.
The winners will be featured on this site.
Question for January:
The famous German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe favored a certain Czech spa where he spent almost three years of his life. Which spa was it?

The Sound Kitchen

Happy New Year!

By Susan Owensby

Released on 31-12-2016 Modified 31-12-2016 to 11:21

David Franklin/Getty Images/A Terrade

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the quiz about Les Républicains' primary polls. There’s a special draw for your New Year’s Resolutions, some great holiday music, and of course … the quiz. Just click on the arrow in the photo and enjoy!

Hello everyone!
Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.
For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency is 9675 kHz on the 31m band, from 06.00 to 07.00 UT every day. We’ve had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is “aimed” (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know … and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.
You can also hear our programs on WRMI (http://www.wrmi.net/) and WRN (http://www.wrn.org/listeners/). These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts, but unless you tell us how you heard us, we have no way of knowing … so do write and tell us how you listen to us.
A hearty welcome to three new RFI Listeners Club members! All three are from Ghana: both Dr. Bashirideen Koray and Professor Daniel Kwaku Mensah are from Accra, and John Taylor is from Kumasi. Welcome, gentlemen!
This week’s quiz: On 26 November, I asked you a question about French politics. That week, members of France’s conservative party Les Républicans (formerly the UMP) cast their votes to choose their candidate for the 2017 presidential polls. You were to write in with the names of the two candidates who won the most votes in that first round of voting and qualified to run for the second round on 27 November. You were also to note the percentage of votes each candidate won.
The answer is: François Fillion, with 44 percent, and Alain Juppé, with 28.5 percent. As you probably know, voters decided on François Fillion in the second round.
The winners are: Jobayada Aktar Jai, from the Nilshagor RFI Fan Club in Nilphamari, Bangladesh; Shehla Shahzad, from the RFI Pak France International Listener's Club in Sahiwal, Pakistan; Mahmuda Sultana Mitu from Sirajganj, Bangladesh; Rachid Dahmani from M'sila, Algeria, and Ebrima Jeen from Bakau, The Gambia.
Congratulations winners!
This week’s question ... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 6 February to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 11 February program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.
Send your answers to:
english.service@rfi.fr
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.