Jean-Paul Cluzel, chairman and director-general of Radio France Internationale, and Nigel Chapman, BBC World Service Deputy Director, launched a joint frequency in Budapest on Wednesday 11 June.
The Budapest frequency of 92.1 MHz FM will be shared by RFI and the BBC, with air time being shared equally between the two international broadcasters. RFI broadcasts in French (10 hours) and in German (2 hours), and the BBC in English and Hungarian. This is the first multilingual international radio in Hungary. In Germany the two international broadcasters are already operating this type of radio arrangement.