The program had been broadcast since January 3, 1997.
Tracks
, Arte's cult program, will end after twenty-five years on the air.
Airing on Friday evenings, the show was dedicated to underground culture.
David Combe and Jean-Marc Barbieux, the editors, learned of the end of their magazine by email.
No justification was sent to them.
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"
Our first reaction was sadness because it's true that it cut our legs a little
", confides David Combe to Europe 1. "
We had the impression that we still had a lot of work to do and that it was valuable since there is less and less space in the general media for the cultures we were dealing with
,” he continues.
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“
Showing these cultures was even the primary function of this program.
She was not there to criticize or make the hit parade but she was there to provoke vocations and show that the world was much larger than what we believe and than what the small screen sometimes shows us
, "adds he at the microphone of Philippe Vandel.
For its part, the management of Arte explains that “Tracks” will always be broadcast on Friday.
A program now prepared and produced by the German teams.
“
No question of maintaining the lie of Arte!
Nobody bows out...
"
Consequently, the French team shared a statement on December 23 to announce that they were "
retiring
".
What made a former journalist of the show jump.
The man who calls himself Hermann Michel on Twitter is very virulent towards the management of the chain.
“
No question for the editorial staff to maintain the lie of Arte!
Nobody bows out... The French team of "Tracks" was fired without even a goodbye or a thank you... 25 years still makes you want to cry...
", he writes .