Rick van Velthuysen (; born 15 September 1961) is a

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DJ. Born in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

, Van Velthuysen started his career at the age of 18 with ''Radio Bollenstreek''. In 1985 he became a DJ with

KRO KRO, or (Catholic Radio Broadcasting), was a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcast the bulk of its television output on the NPO 1 channel. KRO was also responsi ...

and had a gameshow with . He moved to

AVRO AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broad ...

in 1986 and when left Radio 3, Van Velthuysen began hosting ''Top Pop''. In December 1992

Erik de Zwart Erik de Zwart (born 16 June 1957 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch broadcaster, former D.J., former Music Box, The Music Factory and MTV V.J. and media entrepreneur. He was co-founder and shareholder of Radio 538 (1992) and The Music Factory (1995). P ...

asked Van Velthuysen to help start

Radio 538 Radio 538 () is a Dutch commercial radio station that was founded in Hilversum, Netherlands in 1992. It is the second-most listened to radio station in the Netherlands. Radio 538 refers to the wavelength on which Radio Veronica used to broadcast ...

where he worked for over 14 years. Since September 2008 Van Velthuysen has worked for

Radio Veronica Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales ...

Rick van Velthuysen nieuwe dj bij Radio Veronica
Persbericht Radio Veronica, 13 augustus 2008 and also hosts his own program on

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radio called "Hallo Costa Olanda" for Dutch

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s in Spain. Since 5th. November 2018, Van Velthuysen works for

NPO Radio 2 NPO Radio 2 is a public-service radio station from the Netherlands, broadcasting in an adult hits format, focusing on music from the 1980s to the 2010s and current hits, however 1960s and 1970s hits may also air. It is part of the Netherlands P ...

References

External links

Rick van Velthuysen's weblog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Velthuysen, Rick Van 1961 births Living people Dutch radio presenters Mass media people from Rotterdam