On weekends, CNews wakes up listeners from Europe 1

A listener of Europe 1 warned is worth two: this weekend again, between 7 and 9 am, they were entitled to the retransmission of the morning of CNews, presented by Thomas Lequertier. Too bad if the first two co-broadcasts, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September, took on the appearance of “Total disaster”, in the words of a journalist from the station – poor sound quality, replacement of traditional newspapers by a selection of titles commented on by guests on the set, weather reduced to its simplest expression, advertising tunnels, absence of sports results of the weekend …

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“We have never seen so much negative feedback from listeners in such a short time, testifies this professional. Putting a TV antenna on a radio antenna doesn’t work. “ Two chronicles by Louis de Raguenel, the head of the political service of Europe 1, and two by Céline Géraud, who heads the society and culture service, did not allow people to delude themselves.

At the origin of this radical decision: the observation that the program aired at the start of the school year, presented by the host from Belgium Bérénice Bourgueil, was not successful. But rather than give him time to improve, he went through profit and loss without warning. “This replacement in the way I push you (…) does not resemble the functioning of Europe 1, regret the elected staff in a press release released Thursday, September 23. It strengthens us in the idea that the decision was not taken within the company, but in an external forum called… Vivendi. “

“Change of grid structure”

Failing to get a step back from their management, they announced to mandate one of their own to take legal action against the management for obstruction offense. Having been faced with a fait accompli, they consider that the latter “Has violated labor law”, which requires compliance with an information-consultation process when “The organization, management and running of the company” are affected by a decision. “Our leaders tell us that the changes made are part of normal operation, explains Olivier Samain, the SNJ union representative. On our side, we believe that this is a change in the structure of the grid, that we have changed the concept. “

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Contacted, the management of the station does not wish to speak. She just lets it be known that “The morning show offered since August 23 was out of date with [ses] information challenges and ambitions ”, and that the device adopted “Is intended to evolve and improve, especially on form”.

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