“I know that radio and television are a huge challenge. After Jean-Jacques Bourdin, it was a very big challenge to find the right tone and to be accepted by listeners and viewers
,” explains Apolline de Malherbe.
Mission accomplished for the journalist who gave her first name to the morning broadcast on both RMC and RMC Story.
A few days ago, the presenter of “Apolline Matin” was able to celebrate the Médiamétrie audiences with her team.
Between January and March 2023, nearly 1.5 million listeners attended, an increase of 10% in one year.
News that made the journalist
“very happy to see that people are loyal”
.
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The presenter who hosts the 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. segment is also at the head of “Face à Face”, broadcast simultaneously on BFMTV from 8:30 a.m.
Political interviews where Apolline de Malherbe makes it a point of honor to
“take the guests out of their bubble, of their aquarium”
.
“I see my role as the one who brings politics into everyday life, real life. Why would we have to make pointed references?
, she wonders before mentioning the recent sequence where she compared Marine Le Pen to Paul Mirabel.
In the Prime Video game “LOL: who laughs, comes out!”, the comedian was particularly discreet but still finished in the final.
“This comparison with the RN caused an effect of surprise that I assume.
I think Marine Le Pen was annoyed,”
notes the journalist.
“I will be there next year”
This panache does not always please politicians.
On April 12, Apolline de Malherbe received in her “Face to Face”, Mathilde Panot.
MP LFI had wrongly announced the death of a protester from Sainte-Soline.
A statement that had surprised the journalist, ready to get answers.
“Without releasing it out of respect for her, we had the excerpt from her statement.
But it was important to understand what could have motivated her to do that
, ”she recalls.
After this interview, Apolline de Malherbe then received a call from the head of the press service of La France Insoumise.
"She told me I was a scavenger
," she reveals.
Not resentful, the journalist assures that she
"will receive it again with a smile".
Is the Bourdin page turned?
For the presenter, it is not for her to answer and finds that objectively
“Jean-Jacques Bourdin was an excellent journalist with whom she always had very good relations”
.
Apolline de Malherbe
“never wanted to turn the page but preferred to write another one”
.
If the former presenter
"had trouble accepting this succession"
, the voice of RMC and the face of RMC Story, which has officiated on this installment for two years, focuses on its sole objective,
"to retain listeners
".
In the continuity of a relationship of trust with her bosses and very good results, Apolline de Malherbe even announces with pride that she will remain at the helm next year.