Michiel Antonius Adrianus Beelen (born 25 May 1977 in

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), better known as Giel Beelen, is a Dutch radio DJ and presenter, working primarily for public broadcaster

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. Since 2004 Beelen hosted his own breakfast show ''GIEL!'' on national radio station 3FM. In 2014 Beelen achieved a

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for the longest radio DJ marathon ever, lasting 198 hours of non-stop broadcasting, after having improved the world record for the longest duration continuous

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in 2011.Longest Crowd Surfing: DJ Giel Beelen sets world record (Video)
/ref> Other shows Beelen presented were the Friday night show 'FreakNacht' from 1:00 to 4:00 am, as well as the extreme participation

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'' Factor giel'' and a TV

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called ''GielTV''. In one part he and the interviewed person are

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(but largely this amounts to showing the bare shoulders).

Career

From an early age, Beelen was determined to become a

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. 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

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and later to

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to work as an engineer. In 1997 Beelen moved to the

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, where he hosted a show during night time. In October 2003 he won a Dutch Marconi Award, for best radiomaker of 2003. He won the award again in 2005, 2006 & 2007. From 2004 until 2017 Giel worked for the NPS, back to the

, to present his breakfast show ' GIEL!' and his Friday night show Nachtegiel, as part of 'The Friday Freak Night'. The Friday Freak night has also, Ekdom in de nacht (' Ekdom in the night'), presented by

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, between 4.00 and 7.00 am. Since 2017 Beelen has a morning show at

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. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013 he lived in the Glass House (''Het Glazen Huis'') a week prior to

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without anything to eat to collect money for projects supported by the

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in a show called

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Events (co-)hosted

in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 as

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DJ. *

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as Radio DJ,

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on Radio 3FM and

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, on

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. *

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pop

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. *

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demonstration, on 30 November 2007 in

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. * Dance4life event 2006.

External links

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Official website of Giel Beelen
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References

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