Europe 1 has not finished making its market. Recently fallen under the yoke of Vincent Bolloré, the radio has a new columnist in the person of Jacques Vendroux, as revealed by our colleagues from L'Équipe. The 73-year-old journalist will join “Le studio des Légendes” in January, presented by Lionel Rosso every Friday between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. He will debate there with Guy Roux, Charles Villeneuve, Fabien Onteniente and Philippe Doucet. But that's not all. This history of public service radios will also be one of the consultants of Europe 1 for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and should ensure several major interviews with personalities from the world of sport.
This is a small earthquake in the radio world. Because by joining Dimitri Pavlenko, Laurence Ferrari or Mouloud Achour, Jacques Vendroux is therefore leaving Radio France where he had been officiating for 55 years. And where he has chained the roles, from simple journalist to sports director through host, especially on France Bleu. In June 2019, he announced his retirement but continued to practice as a consultant for France Info. A role he held until last summer, before being gradually removed from the air. But without remaining completely absent from the radars since its presence on CNews, where it appeared for several years, has increased in recent weeks.The sports specialist has thus increased the number of appearances in Pascal Praud's “L'heure des pros” on Vincent Bolloré's continuous news channel.
Jacques Vendroux also joined a radio station in difficulty.
Over the months of September and October, the station gathered 2.42 million listeners, its worst ever comeback.
She was then beaten by France Inter, RTL, France Info, NRJ, France Bleu, Skyrock, Nostalgie, RMC and RTL2.
