Beelen acknowledges that ‘tonight is a crazy night’, before announcing his departure quite abruptly – and accompanied by moody violin music.
The DJ refers in the video among other things to unrest at radio stations: ,,There is just a lot going on in radio land. A landslide of all kinds of puppets behind the scenes, but also DJs. It is crazy†
Beelen says he has experienced ‘crazy things’ at NPO Radio 2. He calls the Top 2000, the Song Contest, substitutes for ‘my hero Jeroen van Inkel’. Beelen is ‘a grateful person’ and the channel he worked for so long was ‘a warm bath’ for him. Before putting on the last record of the broadcast, he concludes his message with the words: ,,It ends here for me. Goodbye my friends†
It is not known where Beelen will work after his departure. 3FM, which is struggling with low listening figures, is currently working on a reorganization† In the coveted evenings there is still a spot available for a name of stature.