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| The Travelling DJ |
| It's not just music, it's an adventure! |
The popular HEEMSKERK, NETHERLANDS based radio show "MARK FROM HOLLAND" is broadcast 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 Ijmond Region of NORTH HOLLAND. For a live feed of the program, please go to www.radioheemskerk.nl. Click on the windows media symbol on the upper righthand corner of the main page. An international time zone chart can be found in the "Contact" section of this site. LATEST UPDATE: May 18, 2012 - The next "Mark from Holland" broadcast is on Sunday, May 27. Mark's latest interview guest was was LIONEL ZIBLAT from the MODEST MIDGET band. In the past year, Mark's travels have taken him to ENGLAND, SPAIN, ITALY, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, CROATIA, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, GREECE and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BACKGROUND: Radio host MARK C. DEREN grew up in a small town northeast of PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA called HOLLAND in historic BUCKS COUNTY. Since March, 1993, he's been residing in the real Holland in Europe. In his radio program, he has interviewed a large number of WORLD FAMOUS MUSICIANS like Jon Anderson (YES), Keith Emerson (EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER), Steve Hackett (GENESIS), Andrew Latimer (CAMEL), 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 RTV NOORDHOLLAND. In September, 2006, he appeared on the front page of the NOORDHOLLANDS DAGBLAD (circulation 150,000). Mark's travels have taken him to more than 50 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. Also a highlight, were the luxury safaris he took in KENYA, EGYPT, INDIA, and NEPAL. Earlier on, Mark had earned an athletic scholarship to RIDER UNIVERSITY in NEW JERSEY. He received a B.A. in JOURNALISM. He became a NJ "Collegiate" State Springboard Diving Champion. He also coached diving on both the High School and NCAA DIVISION 1 levels. Shortly thereafter, he met a number of "HEADS OF STATE" as BUSINESS MANAGER to World renowned PALM BEACH, FLORIDA portrait painter RALPH WOLFE COWAN (see "Business"). In this prominent position, he often traveled in FIRST CLASS to fine homes and palaces around the World. Prior to that, he had worked in sales and was also a travel agent. For the past 17 years, Mark has done his radio show and promotion work as a gratuitous service to striving, as well as, established musicians from around the globe. |
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