Jean-Luc Mongrain (born July 16, 1951 in

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) is a Canadian

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, television host and

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. He was the news anchor of his own show called ''Mongrain'' on LCN (owned by the

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network) until 2012.

Background

Mongrain studied at the

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and earned a

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in 1975. Prior to that, he was an

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at the age of 9 when he owned a small snack shop near a construction site. Mongrain started his journalism career in 1974 when he hosted public affairs shows on the radio and later in 1986 on television. He was also a journalist at a local radio station in Sherbrooke. In 1986, he worked as a journalist and a host at the

television network, first in Sherbrooke and then in

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. During the same year he hosted a public affairs show called ''L'Heure juste'', and was an editor of a magazine called ''Derniere Heure''. He also founded in 1982 a local newspaper called ''La Nouvelle'', which was acquired by

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and renamed ''La Tribune''. For nearly 10 years he hosted his own show called ''Mongrain de sel'', where he gave up his view and commentary of the news along with some interviews. He also briefly worked at

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, the province's

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network. In 1999, Mongrain joined the

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television network, becoming the news anchor of '' Le Grand Journal''. Mongrain stepped down as anchor for TQS in May 2008, following the sale of the network to

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. In March 2009, he joined LCN and to hosting a 90-minute talk show.Jean-Luc Mongrain se joint à LCN
/ref> Mongrain's show attracted up to 130,000 viewers and a 20% market share in its mid-afternoon spot on LCN. Mongrain had wanted to have a similar program to

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with more reporting from the field. LCN was not interested in this format and Mongrain indicated that he was not interested in renewing his contract. On April 12, 2012, LCN announced that Mongrain would be leaving LCN and would cease his column in

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at the end of May.

References

External links

TQS Biography of Jean-Luc Mongrain

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mongrain, Jean-Luc 1951 births Canadian television news anchors French Quebecers Living people People from Sherbrooke Université de Sherbrooke alumni