On Monday morning Wilfred Genee (53), together with his sidekicks Niels van Baarlen (45) and Rick Romijn (57), can be heard for the first time as a regular morning occupation with Veronica Inside on Radio Veronica. “I was right to say that I will not make it between 6:00 and 9:00.”
On Monday morning Wilfred Genee (53), together with his sidekicks Niels van Baarlen (45) and Rick Romijn (57), can be heard on Radio Veronica for the first time as a regular morning occupation with Veronica Inside. “I said right away that I will not make it between 6:00 and 9:00.”
The trio, together with newsreader Florentien van der Meulen, takes the place of Giel Beelen, who switched to Radio 2.
To ensure that the listeners do not miss Beelen, Genee wants to do what he has been doing in the afternoon for the past eighteen months. “It’s a bit boyish, a bit rowdy and provocative. We were awarded the Golden Radio Ring for that style at the beginning of this year.”
Veronica Inside ensured that the channel’s market share could grow in the afternoon. A move to the morning, a time slot in which Radio Veronica does not play a major role, is not necessarily a logical step up for Genee.
“There are a lot of DJs who see the morning as the Champions League from the radio. They swoon. I don’t. I really enjoy going to the morning, but I would have been fine with the afternoon too. But Veronica thinks that with this program we can improve the influx so that we can hold the listener during the day. Well, fine! ”
‘According to Giel Beelen I fit more with a male profile’
According to his predecessor Beelen, Genee fits the profile of the channel much better.
“Giel says that I am more into that particular masculinity, sport and talk. He was much more into music. I admit that I am more of a presenter than a classic disc jockey. The expectation and hope is that, what we are in. have put down the afternoon, also perform in the morning. ”
Van Baarlen and Romijn are in their element during the morning hours. For years they made the immensely popular program Evers Staat Op together with Edwin Evers. According to Genee, Veronica Inside will be compared to the illustrious radio show.
“Only the division of roles was different at the time. Edwin was the friendly DJ and Niels and Rick provided the sharp edge. For us it is actually the other way around. I am a bit more villainous. I will also try to do some more substantive interviews, as I did for BNR “Let’s see if the listener is waiting for that. I have a feeling it could work.”
‘I can’t keep up between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.’
Genee would therefore like to take the transmitter in tow in the morning, but in turn stipulated that he should not start at 6:00 am, but only at 7:00 am.
“I was right to say that I will not last between 6:00 and 9:00. I presented the Champions League last night and was in bed around 1:00. On Monday evening I will also be home around 11:30 pm, then I can’t after that at 5:00. hours. An hour later is no problem, my eight-year-old son is usually already awake by then. ”
“Niels, Rick and Florentien start at 6.30 am, they do the warming up. They really can’t wait to get started in the morning, that’s very contagious. They will also call me a few times to see if I I’m already awake. After what happened to Giel, that’s a nice gimmick. I have to come in around 6.59. ”
The presenter is not afraid that he will oversleep. “I’ve never overslept for business appointments. There is a system in my head that automatically wakes me up when something important is imminent. Then I sleep restlessly, that’s the only thing that worries me a bit. make. ”
‘Dennis can be just as annoying as I am’
25-year-old Dennis Schouten will work as a reporter for Veronica Inside. First a week as a trial, if you like it for a longer period. Somewhat surprising is the new collaboration between Schouten and his mentor Genee.
When the relationship between Genee, Johan Derksen and René van der Gijp had plummeted to freezing last summer, the relationship with Schouten also seemed to have cooled. According to Schouten, Genee felt that he should have taken up more for his old teacher. But that argument seems to have been settled.
“Dennis can be just as annoying as I am. I find that funny. Just like his spontaneity and his accent. But Niels (also channel manager of Veronica, ed.) Has said that it does not always have to be rowdy. Dennis naturally got through his work for PowNed. However, he has also made enough items in which that does not happen. But when it does, it stands out so much. ”
“He will visit all kinds of people next week. Of course it cannot be that we have an argument all week. At times it may be quite sharp, but in general it could be a bit more friendly. He can do that too. Well. And if there is a difficult question to be asked, Dennis does that too. He has a special way, I appreciate that. ”
‘There will probably be another scratch’
That Schouten is also going back to work for Talpa is in a sense just as surprising. Some time ago he made insulting statements about transgender people in Schouten’s YouTube program Gossip Talk. When Schouten announced that the media company had reprimanded him for this, it was decided to end the collaboration.
According to Genee, Schouten will behave somewhat at Veronica Inside is quite plausible.
“He ends up under the protective wings of Veronica. I had to break a lance for him, but the boy has a lot of talent. Dennis is Dennis and there will probably be a scratch and then I will certainly be called to account. But isn’t that what the name Veronica Inside just stands for? “
