Marie-France Bazzo

Marie-France Bazzo (born July 8, 1961) is a Canadian broadcaster, who has hosted television programming for Télé-Québec and radio programming for Radio-Canada's Première Chaîne network.

Born in Montreal, she is a graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she studied sociology.

Radio

She began her career with CIBL-FM in Montreal. She joined Radio-Canada in 1985, hosting programs such as Plaisirs, Dazibazzo, Et quoi encore, VSD Bonjour, Indicatif présent and Le Combat des livres. While working with Radio-Canada, she was also a reporter for Télévision de Radio-Canada's cultural magazine show La Bande des six. She left her role as broadcaster at Radio-Canada on April 3, 2015 due to disagreements regarding the “show’s orientation” with the company.[1]

As of fall 2013, she appears on CBF-FM, Première's station in Montreal, as host of the daily morning program C’est pas trop tôt !.[2]

Television

In 2004, she began hosting Il va y avoir du sport, a political debate show, for Télé-Québec. In 2006, after leaving Première Chaîne, she created a new public affairs series for the network, Bazzo.tv.

References

  1. "Marie-France Bazzo leaves popular morning radio show". Montreal Gazette. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  2. "La première chaîne de Radio-Canada dévoile sa programmation d’automne". Info-Culture, August 15, 2013.