Interview. Tv. The BFM Normandie channel might be launched by the tip of September

The TV channel BFM Normandy might be launched on September 28, 2022. Earlier than the massive day Gilbert Guerrandhead of media workplaces, answered our questions.

Information: Your voice is well-known within the Cotentin… What made you determine to affix BFM Normandie?

Gilbert Guerrand: There was no calculation on my half… I took an outstanding pleasure in working within the France Bleu community for fifteen years, and particularly within the Cotentin. This undertaking at BFM TV is one thing that solely occurs as soon as in a lifetime. Turn out to be liable for a brand new tv channel devoted to Normandy, which places the means to supply high quality packages… For those who like Normandy and the world of the media, you can’t refuse. I additionally like challenges, placing myself in peril, not resting on my achievements… On the daybreak of my fiftieth birthday, this can be a excellent problem for me.

How is that this new medium positioned within the Normandy panorama?

GG: We’re not a Parisian media that will speak about Normandy. We’re Normans catering to locals. We wish to deliver reporting, proximity. We’ll speak concerning the festivities for the twentieth anniversary of La Cité de la Mer, an organization that’s recruiting… Our complete schedule of packages revolves across the financial system, employment, sport and on a regular basis topics… We wish to provide 100% regional merchandise. We’re anchored regionally and can focus on as many small villages as massive agglomerations.

No nationwide stall

What content material will you offer?

GG: All of BFM Normandie’s packages might be carried out internally. There might be no nationwide stall. An vital half might be dedicated to info, with a primary appointment at 6.30 am. Every day, a visitor might be invited to the newest info. We’ll come again to subjects associated to the surroundings on the native stage, the enterprise world, employment and recruiting sectors, fishing, agriculture and the equestrian world, but additionally suggestions for having fun with the weekend. . Sport may also have a superb place, with a weekly appointment. For politics, we anticipate a month-to-month spotlight. Every single day, we’ll provide 2.5 hours of “recent” packages. It might not appear to be a lot, nevertheless it’s large for a crew of 18 individuals.

Just a few days earlier than the launch, how is the crew getting ready?

GG: I arrived in July. The crew adopted in mid-August. There will need to have been a coaching interval. For the time being, we’re producing clean exhibits to test that the system is working, that the reflexes are being put in place. The nights are brief… and we proceed this work till the official launch of the channel, on September twenty eighth. We’re laying the foundations, they’re stable. I am unable to wait to see the sequel.

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