It was journalist Madeleine Blais-Morin, whose fine analyzes I appreciated at Masbourian, who was entrusted with the task of taking charge of the program that will replace the slot of L’heure du monde on ICI Première . Every day, starting Monday, It’s Our Concern will take national and international news and break it down for us. In addition to reports, there will be analyzes of economic (Olivier Bourque), international (François Brousseau), environmental (Étienne Leblanc) and cultural (Claudia Hébert) news. All the ingredients seem to come together for a solid news magazine as we like them on the public channel.
Normand Brathwaite has long been the king of CKOI. From 1990 to 2006, he hosted Y’é trop de bonneheure with huge success. No more question for him to get up every day at 3:30 in the morning. But the comedian-host-comedian will however join every Monday morning the team of the show Debout les comics formed by Martin Cloutier, Valérie Roberts and Étienne Marcoux. On Wednesday, it will be the turn of Dominic Paquet and on Friday that of Sara Dufour.
Starting Sunday, September 10, Phil Roy will be at the helm of Un peu, beaucoup, passionatement, a show broadcast on Sundays on the entire Rouge FM network. The comedian will surround himself with three well-known personalities to discuss topics relating to family, school, renovations, travel, etc. This show, recorded live, will also be available in podcast format. On the waves of Rouge, the words of the host and the guests will be embellished with musical pieces. I am happy to see different concepts emerging on the horizon on private radio. Does this herald a new trend?
The season that begins on Rythme FM will be an opportunity to celebrate Sébastien Benoît’s 20th anniversary with this station. The one we knew as a reporter at Flash, animator at Pyramide and formidable player at La fureur has been at Rhythm since 2004 and has been hosting The Incredible Return since 2018. Also to follow on Rythme FM, the arrival of Dave Morissette and Julie Houle in Dave and Julie. As for Patrick Marsolais, he will host the daily program Génération VJ, which will bring back to life the good years of Musique Plus. Since the show will air at 6 p.m., it almost makes you want to leave work later.
Janic Tremblay inherits the slot left free by Michel Désautels on ICI Première last spring. No question, however, of taking up the formula that the radio veteran has exploited so well for years. We are therefore offered a new Sunday formula based on reports where the microphones will be called upon to move. In Tout terrain, the host and the journalists around him will cover international and cultural news, current political controversies and major social issues as they leave the studios. I can’t wait to discover this show, which will be on the air starting August 27th.
Paul Arcand, known as the king of the airwaves, is living his last year at the microphone of Since you have to get up at 98.5 FM. In the fall of 2024, he will hand over his chair to Patrick Lagacé. Until then, he intends to continue to fight against the language of wood and to be light and funny when necessary. Having heard him a few times last week, I can tell you that he came back in good shape from his holidays. Otherwise, few new things to highlight on this Cogeco channel, other than the arrival of columnist Geneviève Pettersen, who will land with Luc Ferrandez on his show Without reserve, every day.
Patrice Bélanger is recognized for his extraordinary and contagious energy. This is no doubt why he was asked to join La gang du matin on Rouge FM alongside Marie-Josée Gauvin and Pierre-François Legendre. No doubt it will stir and laugh in the studio. Jean-René Dufort will go for his tour every Friday. The host-actor left the Cogeco family after ten years of radio at CKOI and Rhythm. After a year of reflection, he decided to join that of Bell Media. I honestly believe that this transition will be painless.
Michel Désautels leaves a big void on Sundays, but also during the week on the show Tout un matin, where he delivered a daily ticket. We had the good idea to ask Matthieu Dugal to accept this challenge. Lively and brilliant, this animator will do well, I’m sure. Also, the sports column will now be provided by Geneviève Tardif, Roseline Fillion having chosen to leave. Among the morning duos, let’s highlight the arrival of Véronique Hivon and Émilie Foster who will be part of the team of analysts made up of Paul Journet, Michelle Courchesne, Jean-François Lisée, Dimitri Soudas and Emilie Nicolas.
Véronique Cloutier adds Fantastics around her table! The new collaborators are Louis Morissette, Mona de Grenoble, Virginie Fortin and Matthieu Pepper. These excellent recruits join the fifteen or so happy lads, including Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Antoine Vézina, Bianca Gervais, Joël Legendre, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Arnaud Soly, Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, Pierre-Luc Funk, Marie-Soleil Michon and Guillaume Pineault. Having attended the show with this great team, I can tell you that there is a lot of electricity in the studio.
Among the shows that I like to listen to on ICI Musique, there is La Chaîne musicale, where a personality is invited to tell their story and reveal their musical universe to us for three or four shows. I have wonderful memories of the passages of Pierre Flynn and Marie-Michèle Desrosiers. This fall, great names will parade, starting with Gilles Valiquette from September 3 to 24. How curious I am to hear what this legend of Quebec music will have to say and make us hear! This will be followed by Salomé Leclerc (October 1 to 22), Martin Petit (October 29 to November 19) and Pascale Bussières (November 26 to December 17).
