The programs of France Télévisions and Radio France were largely disrupted on Thursday due to a "
call for a strike by all trade unions
" against the pension reform, according to messages broadcast on the air.
France Télévisions announced 23% of strikers among its workforce.
For its part, Radio France was not yet able to communicate a figure in the middle of the afternoon.
On France 2, the channel indicated at the end of its 1 p.m. newspaper that the latter had been produced under “
special conditions due to a strike movement by part of France Télévisions
”.
Throughout the day, on the radio side, the following message was broadcast at regular intervals: "
Due to a call for a strike by all the trade union organizations representing Radio France filed as part of the national day of mobilization against the pension reform, we are not able to broadcast all of our usual programs
”.
On franceinfo, instead of continuous information, the shortened bulletins were spaced out by half an hour of musical time.
Ditto on France Inter, with a playlist mixing all styles, from the old-fashioned pop of Sixto Rodriguez to the rapper Lomepal, via Gilbert Montagné and his hit "
Sous les sunlights des tropiques ".
".
On the waves of France Culture, the music also occupied the antenna at the beginning of the afternoon.
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At the start of the day on France 2, the Télématin program offered the rebroadcast of old sequences, whether on societal themes (deviations from social networks) or cultural ones, such as the singer Zazie who came to present on December 14, 2022 her latest “
Wing-P
” album.
On the franceinfo TV set, Samuel Étienne's morning show took place with columnists and guests to comment, essentially, on social movements in France, and a banner warned viewers that fewer reports would be broadcast due to a disrupted operation. .