Patrick Chêne (born 26 April 1956 in

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) is a French journalist who worked mainly on

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, where he commented on the

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between 1989 and 2000.

Biography

Youth

Educated at the Lyons High School of St. Mary Lyon, and then becoming a law graduate, Patrick Chêne began his journalistic career in 1977 as a freelancer at the ''Progrès de Lyon''. He then worked in the letters department, then the sports section of the newspaper.

TV career

In 1982 he joined the newspaper ''

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'', then in 1985 he worked on television at Antenne 2 as a journalist for Stade 2. He commented on the

from 1989 to 2000 in the company of

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, then

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. Patrick Chêne was appointed sports director of Antenne 2 and presented ''Stade 2'' between March 1992 – July 1995 before moving to

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the newsshow

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on France 2 from 1995 to 1998. He was then director of the sports department of France Télévisions from 1998 to 2000, succeeding Jean Reveillon. From 1997 to 1999 he co-hosted Telethon with

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. He also co-hosted ''Les Trésors du monde'' with Nathalie Simon in 1994.

Founder-director of Sporever

After leaving France Télévisions in 2000, he founded and directed the group Sporever which specializes in publishing and content production. He was also host of the ''Histoires de Sport'' on

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Back to TV

In September 2010 Patrick Chêne had taken over for Pierre Sled – Also a former presenter of Stade 2 – on ''

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'' and presented ''Politique Matin, t''he "little political lunch" of the TV channel. He was also executive producer of the show. In September 2012 Patrick Chêne created a TV channel dedicated to sports news, Sport365 where he hosted the show ''Incognito''. In July 2015 Patrick Chêne announced he was leaving Politique Matin and CPAC but that the shows will continue.

Arts and entertainment

In 2009 he wrote a play, ''C'est pas gagné (It is not won).'' The main performers are his daughter

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and his son-in-law Jean-Charles Chagachbanian. Given the success of the performances, a tour was organized until 2011.. He wrote four TV movies about a policeman in the series ''

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'': Un mort sur les pavés. The action takes place during the Paris-Roubaix and Patrick Chêne appears as himself.

Private life

Patrick Chêne is the father of five children. One of his daughters,

, is an actress, best known for the role of Juliet in the soap opera '' Plus belle la vie''. His niece,

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, is also an actress, and best known for her role in '' Quai numéro un''.

Radio career

Patrick Chêne has been a radio executive. Indeed, on 1 August 2002, the Sport O'FM radio station, which later became Europe 1 Sport, was put into receivership. Different recovery projects were proposed and it was the tender of Patrick Chêne's Sporever group with FM Sport which was chosen. Patrick Chêne, however, resold quickly to Sport FM at the groupe Contact in August 2003.

Books

* ''A mon tour'', éditions Robert Laffont, 1998 ()

Awards

Patrick Chêne received four ''

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''s : * Sept d'or for best sports journalist (1993).