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From http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/11/at-nearly-90-connie-cote-still-fills-airwaves-with-la-langue-francaise/

At nearly 90, Connie Cote still fills airwaves with la langue française
Fans of her Sunday radio show, now in its 60th year out of Auburn, are legion, especially among Franco-Americans.
by Bonnie Washuk
November 11, 2017

It’s Sunday morning. Connie Cote, known as “Mother Cote” by her many admirers, adjusts her headset.

“We’re on in 20 seconds,” says Big Z radio engineer Chris Hodgkin.

On cue, Cote tells her listeners at 105.5 FM/1240 AM in French what song she’s playing next and a bit about the music.

She’s delivered her radio show, “La Revue Francaise,” for 60 years, every Sunday. She did her show even when she was in the Maine Legislature and involved in so many causes and committees that it would make a normal person dizzy.

…Cote credits her upbringing for her love of the language. She comes from a musical family, and her parents were born in Lewiston. “My mother spoke to me in French. My mother spoke French beautifully. That’s why I did not forget.”

Read the full article at http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/11/at-nearly-90-connie-cote-still-fills-airwaves-with-la-langue-francaise/
You can listen to the show on Sundays via https://tunein.com/radio/La-Revue-Francaise-p484783/