Giel Beelen
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Michiel Antonius Adrianus Beelen, better known as Giel Beelen (born in Haarlem
, on 25 May 1977) is a Dutch radio-dj and presentator. Currently he presents the VARA morning show GIEL at 3FM
from Monday till Friday between 6:00 and 10:00 am. He also has a show called Nachtegiel at Saturday morning between 1:00 and 4:00 am, at the so-called Freaknacht ("Freak night").
He also presents the VARA extreme participation (grammar
) TV show
Factor giel and a TV talkshow called GielTV. In one part he and the interviewed person are naked (but largely this amounts to showing the bare shoulders).
. When he was just a little kid, he made himself a mock radio station to pretend he was a dj. After starting at a local Haarlem broadcasting company, presenting a show for kids, he soon moved to Radio 10 Gold and later to Radio Noordzee to work as an engineer.
In 1997 Beelen moved to the AVRO
at Radio 3FM, where he hosted a show during night time.
In October 2003 he won a Dutch Marconi Award, for best radiomaker of 2003.
Since 2004 Giel moved from the NPS, back to the VARA, to presents his morning show 'GIEL!'
and his Friday Nightshow, Nachtegiel as part of 'The Friday Freak night'.
The Friday Freak night has also, Ekdom in de nacht ('Ekdom in the night'), presented by Gerard Ekdom
, between 4.00 and 7.00 am.
In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 he lived in the House of Glass (Het Glazen Huis) a week prior to Christmas
without anything to eat to collect money for projects supported by the Red Cross in a show called Serious Request
.
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, on 25 May 1977) is a Dutch radio-dj and presentator. Currently he presents the VARA morning show GIEL at 3FM
3FM
3FM is a Dutch radio station on the NPO which broadcasts popular music. It can be compared with BBC Radio 1.-History:3FM was created as Hilversum 3 by minister Maarten Vrolijk on 11 October 1965, to counterbalance the popular offshore station Radio Veronica...
from Monday till Friday between 6:00 and 10:00 am. He also has a show called Nachtegiel at Saturday morning between 1:00 and 4:00 am, at the so-called Freaknacht ("Freak night").
He also presents the VARA extreme participation (grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
) TV show
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Factor giel and a TV talkshow called GielTV. In one part he and the interviewed person are naked (but largely this amounts to showing the bare shoulders).
Career
From an early age, Beelen was determined to become a disc jockeyDisc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. When he was just a little kid, he made himself a mock radio station to pretend he was a dj. After starting at a local Haarlem broadcasting company, presenting a show for kids, he soon moved to Radio 10 Gold and later to Radio Noordzee to work as an engineer.
In 1997 Beelen moved to the AVRO
Avro
Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer, with numerous landmark designs such as the Avro 504 trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.-Early history:One of the world's...
at Radio 3FM, where he hosted a show during night time.
In October 2003 he won a Dutch Marconi Award, for best radiomaker of 2003.
Since 2004 Giel moved from the NPS, back to the VARA, to presents his morning show 'GIEL!'
and his Friday Nightshow, Nachtegiel as part of 'The Friday Freak night'.
The Friday Freak night has also, Ekdom in de nacht ('Ekdom in the night'), presented by Gerard Ekdom
Gerard Ekdom
Gerard Ekdom is a radio-dj at the Dutch radio station 3FM. Since September 2001 until September 2010 he hosted the show Arbeidsvitaminen each weekday from 10:00 until 12:00 am...
, between 4.00 and 7.00 am.
In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 he lived in the House of Glass (Het Glazen Huis) a week prior to Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
without anything to eat to collect money for projects supported by the Red Cross in a show called Serious Request
Serious Request
Serious Request is a yearly project by Dutch radio station 3FM in which they collect money for projects of the Red Cross. The project was first held in 2004. During the project, three DJs live in a house of glass for six days without eating anything, instead drinking special juice to stay fit. In...
.
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- Serious RequestSerious RequestSerious Request is a yearly project by Dutch radio station 3FM in which they collect money for projects of the Red Cross. The project was first held in 2004. During the project, three DJs live in a house of glass for six days without eating anything, instead drinking special juice to stay fit. In...
in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as RadioRadioRadio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
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as Radio DJ, Reporter on Radio 3FM3FM3FM is a Dutch radio station on the NPO which broadcasts popular music. It can be compared with BBC Radio 1.-History:3FM was created as Hilversum 3 by minister Maarten Vrolijk on 11 October 1965, to counterbalance the popular offshore station Radio Veronica...
and TV Host, on Nederland 3Nederland 3Nederland 3 is the third and youngest of the terrestrial television channels operated by the Dutch public-broadcasting organization NPO in the Netherlands and carries programs provided by member-based non-profit broadcasting associations. It is oriented towards children, youth and innovative...
. - LiberationLibertyLiberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...
popPop musicPop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
festivalFestivalA festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
on Liberation DayLiberation DayLiberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, or the end of an occupation by another state, thereby differing from independence in the meaning of secession from...
in HaarlemHaarlemHaarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
. - StudentStudentA student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
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, on 30 November 2007 in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
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event 2006.