The start of the school year may be August 23, but the grid of Europe 1 continues to evolve.
In the midst of upheaval, with the arrival of Vincent Bolloré as new main shareholder, the Lagardère group resort continues to refine its program.
And in particular his new weekend sequence with, according to our information, the arrival of William Leymergie every Saturday on the air.
The former host of "Télématin", on France 2, who migrated to the mid-day section of C8 in 2017 with "William à Midi", will come to present each week "Samedi en France". Broadcast between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., this weekly program will take listeners from Europe 1 to all regions of France and overseas. To accompany this hour of travel, the 74-year-old presenter and his columnists will discuss local tourism topics, but also the history of each place, the personalities linked to it, as well as the important events that have occurred there, the all accompanied by numerous sound archives.
If he already knows the station, having officiated there with "Viva Quinquas", from 2006 to 2008 on Wednesday evenings, William Leymergie is added to the list of faces of the Canal + group who will integrate the re-entry grid in Europe 1 this season.
Starting with Dimitri Pavlenko, used to “Face à l'Info” with Christine Kelly and Eric Zemmour on CNews, who takes back the orders for the morning.
Another personality of the chains of the Bolloré group, the morning man of the news channel Romain Desarbres succeeds Patrick Cohen at the head of “Europe Midi”.
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A major symbol of the rapprochement between Europe 1 and CNews, Laurence Ferrari hits the airwaves on August 30 ... And in the premises of Europe 1 rue des Cévennes (Paris XVth). The journalist wins the 6 pm to 8 pm slot with her talk show "Punchline" and a first hour co-broadcast on television. Finally, by the fall, Mouloud Achour will take the place of Émilie Mazoyer at the head of the 9 pm musical segment.
In addition, the weekend, William Leymergie will not be alone, since Thomas Lequertier will ensure the newspapers of the midday. A symbol for many, since he was the first to take over the air during the strike movement at iTélé against the arrival of Jean-Marc Morandini, in 2016. For her part, Laurie Cholewa will now host “Clap! »(Saturday between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.). Finally, Sonia Mabrouk, she becomes the presenter of the political program "Le grand rendez-vous", on Sunday morning.