The switch window in view of the beginning of the college yr will have the ability to begin to be activated between the radio stations. The RTL morning presenter, Thomas Sottointroduced that he would depart the station “on the finish of the season”.
“My journey with RTL will cease on the finish of the season,” he wrote on his Instagram account on Sunday. “And right here I’m torn between a type of disappointment and my gratitude for these two superb years spent on the helm of the morning present.”
A star recruit taken from France 2
Aged 52, Thomas Sotto changed Yves Calvi on the head of the morning present on the finish of August 2024. Star recruit from RTL who had stolen him from France 2he then confided that he had not even thought for “half a second” earlier than agreeing to current his morning present.
This announcement is a “complete shock”, reacted an inside supply within the radio editorial employees. “RTL and its total editorial employees thank Thomas Sotto for the standard of his work, his dedication and his excessive requirements all through these 2 years spent collectively,” reacted the station on its X account. “You will discover him each morning till the top of the season earlier than discovering a brand new morning present at first of the college yr.”
In keeping with the newest radio viewers figures revealed in mid-April, France Inter remained above 7 million day by day listeners (7.086 million), nonetheless properly forward of RTL (4.9 million).
