About François Labbé
Lived 1928 – 2018 (aged 90). François Labbé was a Canadian businessperson.
François Labbé (September 23, 1928 – December 24, 2018) was a Canadian mass media owner who started the first commercial French-language radio network in Canada, the Réseau des Appalaches, in 1972. In 1968, he founded CKFL, an AM radio station in Lac-Mégantic, and in 1970 he bought CFDA in Victoriaville.
Labbé died in Thetford Mines on December 24, 2018, at the age of 90.
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Canadian radio executive
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François Labbé was born on 23 September 1928.
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François Labbé died on 24 December 2018 in Thetford Mines.
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François Labbé was a businessperson.
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