In November 1969, becoming the same time a member of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour, he joined the OFRT as the chief of the political, economic and social service of Information Première.

Assisted by young collaborators like Guy Claisse, Hervé Chabalier and Bernard Langlois, he became the editor-in-chief of the daily news in 1970.

But in September 1980, he was in conflict with Claude Perdriel, whom the authoritarianism, omnipotence and interventionism in his redactional activity considerably reduced his authority.

He then became editor-in-chief of the economic supplement, where he collaborates with journalist Pierre Largue, who served as a shifter between François-Henri de Virieu and the typographic workers.

His functions ended in September 1982 in the demand of the redaction, and he became director of the international relations of the channel before starting to present in May 1982 the political television program L'Heure de vérité until 1995.