Wessel van Diepen
| Wessel van Diepen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 12, 1966 Delft, Netherlands |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer and radio host |
Wessel van Diepen (born on November 12, 1966 in Delft, Netherlands) is a Dutch radio host and station-voice for Radio 538, and FOX Television NL, movie trailer voice over and is one of the most successful dance-pop music producers in Dutch history. With a total of 10 UK top 10 hits including 2 UK number one hits. Two Billboard Dance number one hits. A gold album in the USA and multi platinum selling singles world wide.
At age 15, van Diepen started a pirate radio station called "Radio Stad Delft". The station was taken down by the police numerous times. When was Wessel was 17 years old, during a holiday in Wichita, Kansas, United States, there he met a DJ at KKRD who gave Wessel the opportunity to fill in for him on air. Back in The Netherlands, in 1986, he got noticed by 3FM DJ Rob Stenders. Wessel decided to accept a job as a DJ at the VARA, which also broadcasts via National radio 3FM.
As he was a fresh breeze throughout Dutch radio, soon he was contacted by popular broadcasting organisation Veronica. They wanted to recruit him for some radio and TV programs which included the Europe-wide broadcast popmusic TV-show Countdown, broadcast on Sky Channel and Super Channel which shot Wessel to international fame.
In the '90s Veronica moguls Erik de Zwart and Lex Harding deserted Veronica and started Radio 538 and Van Diepen was asked to join them. Besides hitting big ratings with a daily drive-time show, he took the opportunity to exploit his dance minded side and created the internationally awarded radioshow "Van Diepen's Dance Department", where major DJs would spin their vinyl live in the studio, ranging from Oakenfold to Digweed and from Paul van Dyk to Tiesto. Many successful Dutch deejays have claimed to have grown up listening to Dance Department. When Dutch musicvideo channel TMF (The Music Factory) was launched in 1995 and Wessel got on board, he once again gained TV fame as a VJ with a popular show called "Wessels Woelige Wereld" (translated: "Wessels Wild World"), which he hosted until 1999. After he temporarily resigned as a radio presenter in 2006 to focus more on artist development and music production. Wessel got back in 2013 on Radio 538 with Global Dance Chart. A weekly beat-mixed chart-show with the 40 biggest dance hits worldwide. The Global Dance Chart was officially opened by Martin Garrix smashing a bottle of champaign on Wessels' head. The show has turned out to be a "ratings monster" for Radio 538 and will most likely branch out to other territories.
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