The journalist Jean-Pierre Elkabbach who has just died had a special link with Grenoble.
In 1968, then a journalist at the ORTF at the time of the major strikes in May, he went on strike, which resulted in him being subsequently “posted”. The link with Grenoble? He had mentioned it during an interview given to Libération to justify his choice.
“I remember very well a meeting in Grenoble…”
“I couldn’t not join the strike [..] There was a collective movement so that all of our ORTF comrades could benefit from the freedoms we enjoyed on the radio. […] We toured France to hold meetings with the public and explain to people the reasons for the strike. I remember very well a meeting in Grenoble, where there was Fernand Raynaud to set the mood. I was a little scared. There were a good 3,000 people in the room, and Mendès France in the front row, whom I admired very much. I repeated the same thing everywhere: I act with the greatest freedom on the radio, it’s not like on TV, but I demand the same independence for everyone. “.
In November 1982, he returned to the city to host a program from the Isère capital. He then spoke to Dauphiné Libéré. Arriving on Europe 1 after his disgrace on Antenne 2, he had not changed his mind, saying then that “it is in the private sector that we can work without being hampered, sheltered from bureaucracy”. .. But he didn’t dwell on it. “Tell me about Grenoble” he said to our journalist Hélène Pilichowski, as a nod to Fernand Raynaud’s sketch “Don’t talk to me about Grenoble”. And then he followed the preparations for the Davis Cup, talked to the director of the Dauphinois museum, found out about Cap Gemini before laughing with local actor Serge Papagalli…
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