In a candid post on Instagram, the radio DJ announced today that he will stop. ‘Together with my great love Floor Joustra I will travel the world in 2023 and live completely in the now’, he writes. ‘Very exciting and we are really looking forward to it! I have it in my podcast kukuru often about: Who are you in essence? Who are you without your job, or even without your name? Who am I without being the guy on the radio?’
That’s why Giel stops. ‘No radio for the first time in 25 years. My contract would continue until 2023, but for this great adventure I have brought this forward in consultation.’ He thanks BNNVara and the NPO for the trust and expresses the hope that he will continue to make great things in the future. “But not next year for a while.”
Giel’s radio program can be heard on Radio 2 until the end of the year. ‘It was the most difficult thing to tell my direct radio team Lisanne Rijks and Robin Vonken, but luckily they know me. Until the end of the year, together with you, we will love Radio 2 every working day evening.’
The NPO is now looking for a successor for the radio maker. A spokesperson says that in principle it will be attracted for a longer period of time and that Beelen’s time slot will be filled with it.
Giel made the switch to Radio 2 in 2020 after an adventure at Radio Veronica. At first he started with a program during the nightbut since the autumn of 2021 he can be heard on the late night of the channel. Giel previously presented the morning show on 3FM for twelve years.
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