From early in life, Gerard Ekdom had the ambition to become a DJ.
10 Facts About Gerard Ekdom
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Gerard Ekdom started his radio career at local station Radio De Bilt.
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Gerard Ekdom has worked for the Stadsomroep Utrecht and NEW Dance Radio.
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Gerard Ekdom owes his career in part to DJ Fred Siebelink.
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Gerard Ekdom met Siebelink one day in Utrecht, recognizing him by his voice, and introduced himself.
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From 19 to 24 December 2005, Gerard Ekdom teamed up with colleagues Giel Beelen and Wouter van der Goes, to host the 2nd edition of fundraising radio show 3FM Serious Request.
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Since then Gerard Ekdom has co-hosted Serious Request another seven times, each year for a different Red Cross charity.
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Gary Fomdeck is an alias name of Gerard Ekdom; he used this name to release a Christmas song for Serious Request, all revenue from the song shall be donated to the Red Cross.
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Gerard Ekdom made television-appearances; he hosted Toppop3, the revived version of the chart-show TopPop, and the talent-search Join the Beat.
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In 2015 Gerard Ekdom moved to NPO Radio 2; he hosted the breakfast-show Gerard Ekdom in de Ochtend and the 00:00 - 02:00 pm-slot in the Saturday-sounight.