It’s a decision that Philippe Bouvard refused to make for a long time, but it’s now a done deal. The creator of Les Grosses Têtes will officially bow out after 72 years of good and loyal service… When does he plan to retire?
After 72 years of good and loyal service, Philippe Bouvard announced, live on air, that he would retire. At 94, the iconic journalist and presenter will soon bow out…
Philippe Bouvard announces his retirement date: the end of an era
The end of an entire era for many generations who have always heard his voice on the airwaves. If his career began 72 years ago in the written press – in Figaro to be completely precise, Philippe Bouvard very quickly became an emblematic voice of radio. And in particular from RTL, a house in which he spent 60 years of his life… And which he joined even before it was named that since it was for Radio-Luxembourg that he started!
In his column on RTL Matin weekend, this June 23, Philippe Bouvard announced to listeners that he would retire in January 2025.There is a temptation, which is not a temptation of laziness, but a temptation of record, and that is to go until January 1st, that will not be bad enough, and then to listen to others and do silence“, declared this father of two children, Dominique and Nathalie, both born from his love affair with Colette Sauvage.
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“I won’t hide it from you, I really liked the radio, and the radio did it back to me”, he continued, not without emotion. A well-deserved rest awaits the man who created the Grosses Têtes in the 1970s.
This Sunday, the group’s radio M6 greeted his host and also applauded his “record mondial”. Described as “the host who has done the most seasons on a station”he received a large ovation from his peers. “Philippe knows that he belongs to the RTL family forever”concluded Régis Ravanas, the current president of said radio, applauding a career that can easily be described as legendary.
