This was the start of a long history: in October 1980, RTL created “Le Grand Jury”, its Sunday political meeting.
At the time, Michèle Cotta and Jacques Rigaud wanted the station to be more present in the political debate on the eve of the 1981 elections. Forty years later, the program, produced in partnership with the LCI news channel and
Le Figaro
, is the oldest political television and radio broadcasts.
“From the start,“ Le Grand Jury ”was designed to be a long-term program - one hour - to get to the bottom of things,”
explains Jacques Esnous, news director of RTL.
“
It is the advantage of radio to be able to offer several interview formats.
In one morning, the political guest comes to react to the news or to release a short sentence.
And if he is put in trouble by the interviewer, he knows that time is on his side.
On the contrary, “Le Grand Jury” is a program in which there is no
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