Jacques Mercier (born 17 October 1943 in Mouscron) is a Belgian writer and television 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 and again in 1989 he provided the French language commentary for RTBF viewers at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Jacques Mercier

In November 2008, Mercier left the RTBF after 45 years of work.

Jacques Mercier

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

Jacques Mercier