Daniël Dekker
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Daniël Dekker is a Dutch Disc Jockey
and Radio host. In 1980 Dekker began his radio career on Radio Amersterdam before working for 3FM
and Radio 2
.
Since 2010 he has been the regular Dutch commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest
although he was the Dutch radio commentator for the 1990 and 1992 Contest.
Disc 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...
and Radio host. In 1980 Dekker began his radio career on Radio Amersterdam before working for 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...
and Radio 2
Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Radio 2 is a Dutch music radio station. In 2005 the following public broadcasters took part in Radio 2: AVRO, BNN, EO, KRO, NCRV, NPS, TROS, MAX en VARA....
.
Since 2010 he has been the regular Dutch commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
although he was the Dutch radio commentator for the 1990 and 1992 Contest.