In recent days, the retirement of Paul Arcand has been the subject attracting attention in the world of media in Quebec. The “king of the airwaves” hung up his microphone, he who delivered his last broadcast yesterday.
And tributes have been pouring in for him ever since, obviously.
However, in the shadows, Alain Crête (who had been alongside Arcand for years) has also left the radio industry. The one who was “the sports guy” in the morning bowed out on the radio yesterday, too.
And this morning, on the airwaves of FM93, the man we know best as a studio host for CH matches chatted a little about his future, and he confirmed that in 2026, he will retire from television.
Until then, he will be “semi-retired”, meaning he will continue to host hockey games, but will do nothing else. His other appearances will be cut, basically.
The host, who wants to make a transition to retirement rather than a “drastic cut,” explains that his current contract means that he must make other appearances beyond hockey games. However, from now on, we will only see him on match days (but not on Saturdays, obviously).
This will be the case until 2026, when he retires (and when the current RDS broadcast contract ends).
What we must understand, therefore, is that we will no longer see him, for example, passing through the 5 to 7 on days when the CH will not be in action, for example. We can wonder if he will take his turn from time to time on match days, but this will no longer be among his obligations, from what we understand.
Whoever will be 66 at the start of the next season will therefore be on the show for two more years before giving way to others.
And with RDS which seems likely to retain the rights to broadcast CH matches beyond 2026, we can wonder who will take his place if the network has to replace him from the 2026-27 season…
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– The last time the Oilers lost three games in a row, they won 16 in a row after that.
– Not a bad comparison.
– Interesting.
– To be continued.
– Talking about media personalities and retirements.
