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“Bye Bye JT” for François de Brigode

After 27 years at the helm of the 7:30 p.m. news on La Une/RTBF, the journalist announced that he would devote himself to other projects. He will leave the news in mid-November.


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Co-manager of MAD, Journalist at the Culture department

By Cédric Petit

Published on 09/05/2024 at 22:16
Reading time: 4 min

CThose who watched the television news of December 13, 2006 may have had a moment of doubt or disbelief. But this time, it was not fiction, unlike the docu-fiction Bye Bye Belgium during which he announced the end of Belgium, plunging some viewers into shock. This time, it was the moment of truth, after having received Paul Magnette in Thursday Prime : Journalist François de Brigode has drawn a line under 27 years at the helm of the RTBF television news, announcing that he will leave his chair by the end of the year. The exact date has not been specified, but it is believed to be mid-November, almost 27 years to the day after he made his debut presenting the RTBF news – it was on 1is December 1997.



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