Louise Bernard with Alexis Patri
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11:17 a.m., December 21, 2021
It is a great voice of French radio which will now play in blue. Jacques Vendroux, sports journalist who spent 55 years at the ORTF then at Radio France, joins Europe 1. Listeners will find him, in particular, every Friday from 8 pm to 10 pm, in the program of Lionel Rosso Lthe studio of legends. He confides on the microphone of the show on Tuesday Media Culture his joy at the idea of this transfer.
“I wanted to live another adventure, I was always extremely motivated”, he explains on Europe 1. “I spoke a lot with what are called the high dignitaries of Europe 1. They m ‘convinced. I was happy to find some friends that I have known for a long time, including Philippe Vandel and Christophe Hondelatte. In any case, I wanted to play this new match. things, podcasts, etc. “
“Europe 1 convinced me”
Jacques Vendroux thus leaves Radio France, where he was less present lately. “For 53 years, I was almost all the time on the antennas of Franceinfo and France Inter. And, the last two years, they only called on me if they needed me,” he says. “So I thought it was good to leave. But if I’m at Europe 1 today, it’s also thanks to Radio France, so I’m not going to spit in the soup.”
“In this kind of situation, those who are convincing win. And Europe 1 has convinced me,” he continues. “Europe 1 was also the radio station of my parents and my grandparents. I was brought up with the great voices of Europe 1. So I am coming back to my culture.”
On Europe 1, Jacques Vendroux will cover the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, his 14th as a sports journalist. “It’s a lot. But when you have the passion, ‘the urge to want’, nothing bad can happen to you,” he smiles. “I can say it now: we’ve been talking to each other for a month. And for a month I have had Europe 1 in the morning, I have Europe 1 in the car. I am 100% there.”