Journalist and host Michel Lacombe bowed after 50 years of career

It was the public broadcaster, where he has worked since the 1970s, who announced the news in a press release on Thursday. A tribute program to highlight his career, with a keynote interview hosted by Maxime Coutié, will air at the ICI Première on May 25 at 9 p.m.

Michel Lacombe has been hosting the show for the past 10 years ang 21st on Radio-Canada radio, where he conducted keynote interviews with personalities from all walks of life.

Her talents as an interviewer were notably rewarded by the Judith-Jasmin Grand Prix, awarded to her in 2015 for the last interview she did with former Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau.

Michel Lacombe is one of the most feared interviewers of his generation, said Luce Julien, director general of information for Radio-Canada, in a press release. He has an incredible political culture and passion for everything related to creation and culture.

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His career spanning more than 50 years has brought him to many newsrooms. Notably he worked at CJBC Toronto radio and Télé-Métropole (the ancestor of TVA), before he was hired by Radio-Canada in the 1970s.

He described himself in the radio news magazine Here, where he was notably a correspondent in Quebec City from 1976 to 1983, during the Parti Québécois government of René Lévesque. In 1983, he moved to the small screen, where he worked until 1985 as a national and international journalist-reporter on the show. ang Puntoon Radio Canada.

Returning to the radio after a while, he created ang noon 10 and the format of its lecture program, which has since become Information at noon. Since then, he has hosted numerous programs on Radio-Canada’s Première Chaîne, including Open on Saturday, Don’t believe everything they say o OK Boomerwith his wife, columnist Nathalie Petrowski.

The 21sta program he led for 10 years, is broadcast until June 13, and his interviews are available all the time on Radio-Canada OHdio.