Giel Beelen
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 Giel Beelen during Serious Request 2007 |
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| Birth name | Michiel Antonius Adrianus Beelen |
| Born | 25 May 1977 Haarlem |
| Show | GIEL |
| Station(s) | 3FM |
| Network | VARA |
| Time slot | 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. Monday-Friday |
| Show | Nachtegiel |
| Station(s) | 3FM |
| Network | VARA |
| Time slot | 1:00 - 4:00 a.m. Friday |
| Style | Disc Jockey |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Spouse(s) | Marisa Heutink (1999-2008), Guilia Wolthuis (2008-present) |
| Website | http://www.giel.vara.nl/ (Dutch) |
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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[1] 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).
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[edit] Career
From an early age, Beelen was determined to become a disc jockey. 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.
[edit] Presentator of event
- Serious Request in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as Radio DJ.
- Pinkpop in Landgraaf as Radio DJ, Reporter on Radio 3FM and TV Host, on Nederland 3.
- Liberation pop festival on Liberation Day in Haarlem.
- Student demonstration, on 30 November 2007 in Amsterdam.
- Dance4life event 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ (in Dutch) Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll High School 2. Reading Rocks. pp. 230–. http://books.google.com/books?id=6hsSGr-Wu6QC&pg=PA230.
[edit] External links
- (Dutch) Official website of Giel Beelen
- (Dutch) Dutch Wikipedia of Giel Beelen
- (Dutch) Giel Beelen in 'Love'
- Giel Beelen at the Internet Movie Database
