Jacques Mercier (born 17 October 1943 in
Mouscron
Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropol ...
) is a Belgian writer and
television
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and radio presenter.
The third eldest son of René and Denise Mercier, Jacques Mercier was educated at St. Joseph's College. Mercier joined
RTBF in September 1963 and started his career by hosting radio shows such as ''Dimanche musique'' (with ) and ''Musique au petit déjeuner''. He also hosted programmes such as ' and , and on television, between
1980 until
1986
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and again in
1989
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he provided the French language commentary for RTBF viewers at the
Eurovision Song Contest.
In November 2008, Mercier left the RTBF after 45 years of work.
References
External links
*
Jacques Mercier official website
1943 births
Living people
People from Mouscron
Belgian television presenters
Belgian journalists
Male journalists
20th-century Belgian writers
20th-century Belgian male writers
Eurovision commentators
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