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| The Travelling DJ |
| It's not just music, it's an adventure! |
LATEST UPDATE: Happy 4th of July, 2009 - Radio Host MARK C. DEREN has interviews this Sunday night with French/Algerian Electronic Music superstar DIDIER MAROUANI. Later in the program, he will be joined by members of the Alkmaar, Holland band, "ILLUMION." Tune in this Sunday night between 9:00 PM and 11:00 PM for a live stream via www.radioheemskerk.nl. MARK grew up in a small town northeast of PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA called HOLLAND (Yes, you read it correctly). For the past 16 years, he's been residing in the real HOLLAND, EUROPE. In his weekly two-hour music radio show, Mark has interviewed a large number of WORLD FAMOUS MUSICIANS like Keith Emerson (EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER), Steve Hackett (GENESIS), Andrew Latimer (CAMEL), Patrick Moraz (YES), Ian Anderson (JETHRO TULL), and Roger Hodgson (SUPERTRAMP) live "ON-THE-AIR" (see "Interviews"). Mark was featured on "PAGE 5" of Holland's largest daily newspaper, "DE TELEGRAAF" (circulation 850,000), as well as on Dutch television (RTV NOORDHOLLAND): http://nl.youtube.com/user/MarkfromHollandPA. He also appeared on the FRONT PAGE of the NOORDHOLLANDS DAGBLAD (circulation 150,000). He excels at "The Art of Promotion." Mark's travels have taken him to 40 countries on SIX CONTINENTS (see "Photo Book"). His first INTERNATIONAL trip was to AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND. He was 18 years-old. On this great adventure, he hitch-hiked roughly 12,500 miles (20,000 KM) over a seven month period. Two years later, he hitch-hiked across ALASKA to camp on the KODIAK ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. He "aquired a taste" for traveling. Mark earned an athletic scholarship to RIDER UNIVERSITY in NEW JERSEY. He received a B.A. in JOURNALISM. He also became a NJ COLLEGIATE STATE SPRINGBOARD DIVING CHAMPION. After his formal schooling, he met a number of "HEADS OF STATE" as BUSINESS MANAGER to WORLD RENOWNED PALM BEACH, FLORIDA portrait painter RALPH WOLFE COWAN (see "Business"). Since May 1993, Mark has worked at the SWIM & SPORT COMPLEX "DE WATERAKKERS" in HEEMSKERK on the NORTH SEA COAST, 35 minutes northwest of AMSTERDAM (www.waterakkers.sportfondsen.nl). The popular NETHERLANDS based radio program airs every SUNDAY NIGHT between 9:00 PM and 11:00 PM (Dutch Local Time) on 104.5 Mhz (cable) and 107.4 FM (Stereo) to a listener range population of several hundred thousand people in the Province of NORTH HOLLAND. Mark has a new mailing address since 8/20/07 (See "Contact" section). To listen, go to: (www.radioheemskerk.nl). Click on the button in the upper righthand corner of the main page. Please send your music requests via email. Thanks!
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