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Virgin Radio Dubai (104.4 Virgin Radio) is a Radio station in United Arab Emirates.

About

Virgin Radio Dubai is the first Virgin radio station in the region and it was established in early 2008. It is operated by the Arabian Radio Network and is part of the Virgin Group

DJs

Current

  • Kris Fade
  • Chad Mannes
  • Simone Heng
  • Ryan Seacrest
  • Brent Black
  • Louie
  • Ali Mak

Former (Note: This is a incomplete list)

  • Revin John (Terminated)
  • Natalie Carney
  • Miriam Mohammed
  • Shadia
  • Kal
  • Becs

Current shows

In each show the audience is given a chance to text their song requests to the DJ or either text to participate in the current competitions or vote songs for the Hit 20 Countdown and Hit 30 Countdown.

Weekdays

  • The Kris Fade Show with Chad - Hosted by Kris and Chad, it airs from 6am to 10am, it features usually competitions with huge prizes. Competitions such as The Yes and No Game airs here and which was once played by Sir Richard Branson, another popular competition is the Impossible Question; the audience should answer the trivial question through text, Kris' Karaoke is where a listener gets a chance to sing along with a song to win a prize, a new game called Blocking was introduced. Aside from songs and competitions, the two Radio Jockeys make covers of songs in their own versions.
  • Workforce Requests with Simon Heng - Hosted by Simon Heng, it airs from 10am to 1pm, it features competitions which most of the prizes are for women and movie tickets.
  • On Air with Ryan Seacrest - Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, it airs from 1pm to 4pm and is aired live from Hollywood.
  • The Drive Home with Brent Black - Hosted by Brent Black, airs from 4pm to 6pm, it too have competitions mostly for theme parks and passes.
  • The Hit 20 Countdown with Louie - Hosted by Louie, airs from 6pm to 10pm, the show features the the most requested and voted songs on the radio.
  • My Request dot com with Ali Mak - Hosted by Ali Mak, airs from 10pm to 1am.

Weekends

  • Club Virgin - It is hosted by no one, it plays remixes of popular songs from DJs.
  • Hit 30 Countdown - Hosted by Chad and Brent Black and is aired live from Barasti, Mina Seyahi. Features the top 30 songs of the week.

Former Shows

  • Workforce Requests was formerly hosted by Natalie Carney
  • 1 to 4 show - Formerly aired from 1pm to 4pm hosted by Simon Heng and Brent Black, it was then replaced by On Air with Ryan Seacrest.

Schedule

AM-PM 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 00:00 01:00
Weekdays (Sun-Thu) The Kris Fade Show with Chad Workforce Request with Simone Heng On Air with Ryan Seacrest Ride Home with Brent Black Hot 20 Countdown with Louie My Request dot com with Ali Mak
Virgin Connect (Every Hour News Updates)
Friday Club Virgin
Saturday Hit 30 Countdown with Kris Fade and Brent Black

Controversy

On October 23, 2008, DJ Revin John made an offensive comment against God which had offended the audience which resulted his termination from work. [1]

References

  1. ^ http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/media/dubai-based-virgin-radio-dj-revin-john-fired-for-offensive-comments-1.138307

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