Francois Gagnon
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Sep 29, 2026
Connor McKennaHOST
Yeah, the Canadians.
Connor McKennaHOST
And speaking of RDS, by the way, François Gagnon was a guest yesterday on Melnick in the Afternoon.
Connor McKennaHOST
He has just recently announced his retirement.
Connor McKennaHOST
We learned of that on Friday.
Conor McKennaHOST
Yeah, the Canadians.
Conor McKennaHOST
And speaking of RDS, by the way, François Gagnon was a guest yesterday on Melnick in the Afternoon.
Conor McKennaHOST
He has just recently announced his retirement.
Conor McKennaHOST
We learned of that on Friday.
François GagnonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On a professional point of view, all the big names, you know, sitting down with Jean Bédivou when he was having his fight against cancer and spending 45, 60 minutes with him.
François GagnonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And having Jean Bidiveau calling me le petit gars de Québec, you know, that was something that I'm still so proud of because, you know, Jean Bidiveau is, you know, he's bigger than life.
Conor McKennaHOST
There's François Gagnon on some of his favorite moments from his decades working in the media, covering the sport of hockey, culminating in the last few decades here in Montreal, covering the Canadians, mostly for RDS, but also for La Presse and Le Soleil back in the day.
Conor McKennaHOST
Mm-hmm.
Tony MarinaroHOST
Pas seulement pour un athlète, mais oui, pour un athlète qui tient un vestiaire, c'est, c'est, c-- écoute, c'est, c'est quelque chose là.
Tony MarinaroHOST
Regarde, nous, dans les mon-, dans, dans les médias, là, François Gagnon, il a pris sa retraite.
Éric HozielGUEST
J'ai vu François en fin de semaine.
Tony MarinaroHOST
Après une belle carrière de, de, de, de 40 ans, après un, un belle carrière de 40 ans.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Melnick in the afternoon on TSN 690 with John Still, Lucas Scott.
Mitch MelnickHOST
With you until 6, François Gagnon, who just announced his retirement after 40-plus years in the business, will join us after 4.30. Michael Farber is traveling today.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Aaron Ward, Pierre Maguire, back-to-back between 5 and 6.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Should get more clarity on the Columbus Blue Jackets-Toronto Maple Leafs trade as well by then, perhaps.
49 MINS LATER
François GagnonGUEST
But I don't know, and you know me enough to say that I would never speculate on something I don't know, who was leaving to Toronto or wherever when that trade was waiting to be announced.
François GagnonGUEST
And it was by less than a minute that the Canadians were not able to get the authorization of the lead to go ahead with that trade.
Mitch MelnickHOST
François Gagnon leaves as a Hall of Famer.
Mitch MelnickHOST
And it's been an absolute treat watching you, listening to you, reading you for almost 40 years in this market, even before you arrived in this market full-time, François.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Captain Kirk, as in work, will be with us at 4.05 tomorrow afternoon.
Mitch MelnickHOST
All the best to Francois Gagnon.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Thank you for joining us, Francois.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Bonne chance.
Tony MarinaroHOST
Uh, a career spanning 40 years, the last 18 of which were with RDS, the Réseau Des Sports.
Tony MarinaroHOST
Uh, to Francois Gagnon, happy retirement, Francois.
Tony MarinaroHOST
There you have it from RDS, [crowd cheering] Bonne retraite, Francois.
Tony MarinaroHOST
I know that, uh, Francois, in the last couple years, had a health issue or two, and I hope that everything is, uh, great with him today and, uh, that he, uh, lings a-- lives a long, healthy life.
Stu CowanGUEST
He certainly does.
Stu CowanGUEST
Like I said, apparently he's a really good golfer, uh, although I haven't played with him.
Tony MarinaroHOST
The reason why we're, we're, we're, we're discussing it and we're laughing about it, because Francois Gagnon, uh, has admittedly, um, if you would pass by where his, uh, spot would be in the press box, you'd probably see a good six, seven cans of Coca-Cola there, and he would finish them off by the end of his night's work.
Tony MarinaroHOST
So he'd get there right before the game, obviously, um, watch the game, go to the coach's press conference, go to the locker room, get all the audio that he needed, sit there- Type away.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
So you guys are doing a great job.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
I wanted to bring you on, um, because there's, there's some pretty big media news in the, uh, Montreal, uh, sports market, and it's, uh, about Francois Gagnon.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
He is retiring.
Jeff AzzopardiHOST
Wow.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
Uh, he's, he's retiring at the end of an illustrious 40-year career.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
This is from RDS.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
Now, I know I'm not Montreal, from Montreal, so I might, I may be the last to know this, but Francois Gagnon is retiring.
Sid SeixeiroHOST
Uh, 18 years with RDS, 40-year career.
Mitch MelnickHOST
And, again, congratulations.
Mitch MelnickHOST
I know you guys joined me in saying thank you and félicitations to Monsieur François Gagnon.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Yes.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Who is ending 40 years of his career in journalism and, of course, most recently with RDS.
Mitch MelnickHOST
But before we do, you just mentioned the word retirement.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Did you see the news on Francois Gagnon today?
Herb ZurkowskyGUEST
I sure did.
Herb ZurkowskyGUEST
I sure did.
Mitch MelnickHOST
We'll also be chatting with Mr. Herb Zerkowski of the Montreal Gazette coming up after 3.
Mitch MelnickHOST
And for the station, how about this late-breaking story today? François Gagnon after 40 years.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Today will be his last day at RDS.
Mitch MelnickHOST
The guy gets into the Hockey Hall of Fame and then splits.
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