1. What kind of music does Radio Oh La La play?
2. How often does the music change?
3. Is there a playlist available somewhere?
4. How do I listen to Radio Oh la La?
5. How can I listen to the podcasts?
6. What does Radio Oh La La run on?
7. My Windows Media Player 10/11 can’t open your stream…
8. What does ‘oh la la’ actually mean?
9. What does ‘a gogo’ actually mean?
10. How come Radio Oh La La is commercial-free?

1. What kind of music does Radio Oh La La play?
Radio Oh La La features French-language music from the 50s, 60s and 70s, with a few excursions into chanson and pop music. You can enjoy music from artists such as Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall, Jacques Dutronc, Claude Nougaro, Petula Clark, April March, Dany Brillant, Francis Lai and many more. As well, you can hear many non-francophone artists singing in French, many different versions of classics, some covers, film music and franco oddities.

2. How often does the music change?
New music is added every few months and is programmed by a human female, aka DJ Natashka.

3. Is there a playlist available somewhere?
Only the posts about the podcasts have a playlist, not the radio. Unfortunately, there are legal reasons for this.

4. How do I listen to Radio Oh la La?
Just click on the radio on the homepage and your media player will open the .pls file. If you have any problems doing so, feel free to contact me at natasha (at) oh-la-la.nl and I’ll try and help. If you feel the need to try out a new player, download one for free at download.com. To download iTunes for free for Mac or PC, visit the download page. And the URL of the player is 81.171.50.130:9122.

5. How can I listen to the podcasts?
You can either click on the link of the podcast in question or subscribe to Radio Oh La La podcasts at Feedburner. Radio Oh La La is also available through iTunes.

6. What does Radio Oh La La run on?
Radio Oh La La runs on a commercial server in the UK and uses Shoutcast. Many thanks go to abeleto.nl for helping with oh so many technical matters.

7. My Windows Media Player 10/11 can’t open your stream…
All kind of players open .pls files, but for reasons unknown, Windows Media Player 10 and 11 (Windows Media Player 9 does open .pls files) apparently cannot open .pls files. I suggest using a proper player such as iTunes, VLC or Winamp. If you insist on using Media Player 10 or 11, you can read more about getting them to play .pls files by reading Playing PLS Winamp files in Windows Media.

8. What does ‘oh la la’ actually mean?
The words ‘oh la la’ (oh là là) in French are used in a slightly negative way to express surprise or disapproval, whereas in English – often mispronounced ‘ooh la la’ – refers to something naughty, which by extension often implies something French.

9. What does ‘a gogo’ actually mean?
The words ‘a gogo’ (à gogo) form a French expression which means ‘abundantly’, from the Old French word gogue, which in turn means ‘merriment’.

10. How come Radio Oh La La is commercial-free?
Both the web radio and the podcasts are commercial-free because they are basically promotion for DJ Natashka’s French parties and musical inclination. Although I don’t beg for money in the web radio like others do, any donation (see button on the homepage) is truly appreciated and goes to pay for the server.

Last update: 4 September 2009

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