Paris (AFP)
Laurent Cabrol, historical weather presenter of Europe 1, will leave the station after more than 45 years of airing, further extending the list of departures from the Lagardère group station, he announced on Sunday.
"They kicked me out of the morning, my contract was broken," said AFP Laurent Cabrol, confirming information from the Parisian.
Aged 74, he had been retired for about ten years but continued to work for Europe 1.
Management offered him another column over the weekend, which he refused, he said.
Contacted by AFP, the management of the station did not comment on the information.
"I have no explanations, but I think they are creating a new Europe 1, without the old ones", commented Laurent Cabrol, weather specialist who arrived at Europe 1 in the 1970s.
"I am part of the + historic channel + of Europe 1, it is the radio which saw me born and made me grow", he confided, stressing that he had been "all his life" loyal to the station outside of a passage at RMC.
Journalist and writer, Laurent Cabrol also made a career in television, where he created and presented the program "1,2,3 Soleil" for which he received the unique 7 d'Or awarded to a weather presenter, in 1989 .
He is due to do his last speech on the air on Friday, but has "no intention of stopping" from working.
“I like the weather. And in this science, the more experience you have, the better you are,” he said.
Laurent Cabrol's departure comes on top of that of other emblematic figures of Europe 1: political columnist Michaël Darmon, comedian Nicolas Canteloup, Patrick Cohen, Pascale Clark, Anne Roumanoff, Bertrand Chameroy, Matthieu Belliard, Julie Leclerc or Wendy Bouchard ... This list of starters is growing from week to week, illustrating the historic crisis experienced by the Lagardère group resort.
Its planned merger with CNews, the information channel of the Canal + group, controlled by Vincent Bolloré, made these employees fear in particular a strong right of the antenna.
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