The end of an era on France Inter. Laure Adler and Jérôme Garcin, emblematic figures of public radio, will leave the Round House by the end of the year, we learned on Sunday from the station which confirmed press information.
Laure Adler, former cultural adviser to François Mitterrand and presenter of “L’Heure bleue”, and Jérôme Garcin, who has hosted “Le Masque et la Plume” for thirty-four years, are preparing to bow out “to ‘indulge in other activities, each individually,’ a spokesperson for France Inter told AFP.
“Without that, I will die at the microphone”
The Livres Hebdo site announced earlier this week that Jérôme Garcin would leave “Le Masque et la Plume” in December, created in 1955 and which brings together some 600,000 listeners every Sunday. The program “Le Masque et la Plume” “will always be there on Sunday”, radio director Adèle Van Reeth told Le Parisien, saying she was looking for someone to take over from Jérôme Garcin, 66. years, who will also leave the culture department of The Obs that he leads.
On the other hand, “L’Heure Bleue” will go away with Laure Adler and “another program” will be offered on its slot (Monday to Thursday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.), according to France Inter. Adèle Van Reeth paid tribute to the journalist who “devoted her life to ensuring that culture brings people together and is accessible to all”.
In an interview with Inrockuptibles at the end of 2022, Laure Adler, now 73, had promised to “stop working” in 2023. “Without that, I will die at the microphone”, explained the journalist, stressing that the France did not give “enough space to young people”.