The media transfer window is playing extra time this year. While most channels and radios have finished fine-tuning their program schedules, some are also taking advantage of the opportunities created by a transfer season full of twists and turns to continue recruiting. This is particularly the case on the side of franceinfo. According to our information, host Philippe Vandel and journalist Matthieu Belliard are preparing to join the public service’s continuous news channel. A way for Franceinfo to be more embodied in order to gain visibility.
The first will inherit a daily interview of about fifteen minutes every morning, Monday to Thursday, within the 10 a.m. / 12 p.m. slot, around culture and the media. A subject that Philippe Vandel knows perfectly. Since 2019 on Europe 1, he has presented every morning between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. the program called “Culture Médias”, dedicated to deciphering media news. In July, the radio had decided to evolve its concept towards more interactivity with listeners and to entrust the presentation to Thomas Isle. “I am not the right person for interactivity,” said Philippe Vandel, adding that the situation was not conflictual with Europe 1, when the radio had just passed into the fold of Vivendi.
Matthieu Belliard, for his part, reconnects with news and current affairs. He will present every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the news segment from 5 to 7 p.m. Passed by RMC, the former morning of Europe 1 between 2019 and 2021 had bounced back at the time on France 5 in the program “C à Vous”, where he had been chronicling Le 5/5 for two seasons. Replaced by Lorrain Sénéchal from the start of the school year, the journalist remains on France 5. He will join the new team of “C l’hebdo”, a variation of “C à Vous” broadcast every Saturday.