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'''Wiet Van Broeckhoven''' ([[September 19]], [[1949]] - [[January 4]], [[2019]]) was a Belgian radio presenter and writer, best known as the host of the radio music shows ''Njam Njam'' and ''Hitbox''. He was known for his [[Beatle haircut]] <ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7> and knack for humoristic [[one-liner]]s. <ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7>
==Life and career==
Originally Van Broeckhoven was a [[civil servant]]. He presented the music shows ''Njam Njam'' and ''Hitbox'' on [[Radio 2 (Belgium)|Radio 2]], where Etienne Smet made the musical selections. <ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7> Van Broeckhoven was known for his playful style, where he often came up with humoristic [[one-liner]]s and [[pun]]s in between musical segments. Many of these quotes and one-liners were later compiled in various books. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GVrMwc>
Van Broeckhoven was once temporarily suspended from airplay because he'd played an anti-religious song by [[Robert Long]] on the air. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GVrMwc> Another time he made a joke about [[Roy Orbison]], claiming that ''"his glasses might benefit from a premium for [[insulated glazing]]."'' The president of the Belgian ''Roy Orbison'' fanclub sent him a message that he and the club members would come to the radio station to protest. When they indeed turned up Van Broeckhoven waited until the evening fell before he snuck away. <ref>http://bit.ly/2RwfxdM> <ref>http://bit.ly/2GXGBi4>
At the end of the 1980s Van Broeckhoven presented similar music-themed shows at radio channel Magdalena.<ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7> When the commercial radio station ''Radio Donna'' went in the air in 1992 Van Broeckhoven worked together with [[Michel Follet]] and [[Erik Strieleman]]. He presented the show ''Nogal Wiedes'' for many years.
The last years of his life Van Broeckhoven was very ill, bedridden and didn't appear in public any longer. He died at the age of 69. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GVrMwc>
==Bibliography==
* ''De Negende van Beethoven was een jongen'', 1990.
* ''Leeuwentemmer zoekt getemde leeuw'', 1991.
* ''Kannibaal bestelt ober'', 1995. <ref>http://bit.ly/2Rxz8Kt> <ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7>
==Sources==
[[Category:Belgian radio presenters]]
[[Category:Belgian comedians]]
[[Category:20th-century Belgian civil servants]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Flemish writers]]
==Life and career==
Originally Van Broeckhoven was a [[civil servant]]. He presented the music shows ''Njam Njam'' and ''Hitbox'' on [[Radio 2 (Belgium)|Radio 2]], where Etienne Smet made the musical selections. <ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7> Van Broeckhoven was known for his playful style, where he often came up with humoristic [[one-liner]]s and [[pun]]s in between musical segments. Many of these quotes and one-liners were later compiled in various books. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GVrMwc>
Van Broeckhoven was once temporarily suspended from airplay because he'd played an anti-religious song by [[Robert Long]] on the air. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GVrMwc> Another time he made a joke about [[Roy Orbison]], claiming that ''"his glasses might benefit from a premium for [[insulated glazing]]."'' The president of the Belgian ''Roy Orbison'' fanclub sent him a message that he and the club members would come to the radio station to protest. When they indeed turned up Van Broeckhoven waited until the evening fell before he snuck away. <ref>http://bit.ly/2RwfxdM> <ref>http://bit.ly/2GXGBi4>
At the end of the 1980s Van Broeckhoven presented similar music-themed shows at radio channel Magdalena.<ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7> When the commercial radio station ''Radio Donna'' went in the air in 1992 Van Broeckhoven worked together with [[Michel Follet]] and [[Erik Strieleman]]. He presented the show ''Nogal Wiedes'' for many years.
The last years of his life Van Broeckhoven was very ill, bedridden and didn't appear in public any longer. He died at the age of 69. <ref>http://bit.ly/2GVrMwc>
==Bibliography==
* ''De Negende van Beethoven was een jongen'', 1990.
* ''Leeuwentemmer zoekt getemde leeuw'', 1991.
* ''Kannibaal bestelt ober'', 1995. <ref>http://bit.ly/2Rxz8Kt> <ref>http://bit.ly/2RAEOU7>
==Sources==
[[Category:Belgian radio presenters]]
[[Category:Belgian comedians]]
[[Category:20th-century Belgian civil servants]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Flemish writers]]
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