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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. To listen via Internet, go to: (www.radioheemskerk.nl). Click on the button in the upper righthand corner of the main page. LATEST UPDATE: July 29, 2010 - Multi-Instrumentalist JAY GRABOSKI from the Baltimore based progressive rock band OHO is this Sunday night's interview guest. Last Sunday night, Mark attended the HIGH VOLTAGE FESTIVAL in LONDON'S VICTORIA PARK. He watched EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER play in front of an estimated 50,000 people. Mark was in BUCHAREST recently to interview the Romanian progressive rock band ECHO. The interview was broadcast on June 12, 2010. While there, he also rented a car, visited some castles in TRANSYLVANIA and swam in the Black Sea at MAMAIA. BACKGROUND: Radio host MARK C. DEREN grew up in a small town northeast of PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA called HOLLAND in beautiful 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 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 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 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 15 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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