Ugo Pascolo 7:20 p.m., October 07, 2021, modified at 7:32 p.m., October 07, 2021
A few minutes after the announcement of the death of the former director of information for the station Etienne Mougeotte, Charles Villeneuve, greeted a "journalist with exceptional flair".
"What guided him at first was his common sense and his keen sense of current affairs, whether French or international," he said in particular.
"Etienne Mougeotte is 60 years of media history, both radio and television."
A few minutes after the announcement of the death of Etienne Mougeotte at 81 years old this Thursday, an information Europe 1, Charles Villeneuve, great voice of the radio greeted the memory of the former director of information of Europe 1 and ex-number 2 of TF1 for 20 years.
"It's quite a story, a success story, which disappears with him"
"What guided him first of all was his common sense and his keen sense of current affairs, whether French or international," he continued.
"He was the very prototype of a journalist with exceptional flair. We were largely influenced by him and in our profession and in terms of life itself. It's quite a story, a story to success, which disappears with it. "
Étienne Mougeotte had started his long career in the
Paris-Normandie
newspaper
before approaching radio and living a rich adventure at Europe 1, where he notably launched the Press Club as director of information.
He then left on TF1, where he was number 2 for Patrick Le Lay for twenty years, between 1987 and 2007.