Dutch radiopresenter: play You'll never walk alone

[Principessa]

The Dutch radio presenter Sander Hoogendoorn (3FM) pitched an interesting project. He aims to have the song "You'll never walk alone" aired on various radiostations internationally at the same time; Friday March 20; 08:45 European time. Sander has encouraged colleagues to take part to show togetherness in this time of Corona virus.

Current status of participants:

Netherlands
NPO Radio 1, NPO Radio 2, NPO 3FM, NPO Radio 4, NPO Radio 5, 100%NL, Radio 10, Veronica, Omroep Zeeland, WOS Radio, Omroep Weert en Oog Radio.

Belgium
Stubru, Radio 1, Radio 2, Joe, Willy, Q-music, Klara, Nostalgie, NRJ en MNM.

Great Britain
BBC Radio 1 en BBC Radio 2

Other countries
Luxemburg (Radio 100,7), 
Germany (WDR 2, WDR 4, 1Live, SWR3, RBB Radio Eins),
Austria (ORF Austria, OE3, Ö3, FM4, Radio Burgenland, Radio Kärnten, Radio Niederösterreich, Radio Oberösterreich, Radio Steiermark, Radio Salzburg, ORF Radio Tirol, Radio Vorarlberg),
Estland (Radio 2),
Bulgaria (Bulgarian National Radio),
Finland (Yle Vega, Yle X3M),
Letland (Latvijas Radio 1, Latvijas Radio 2, Latvijas Radio 3 - Classics, Latvijas Radio 4 - Домская площадь, Latvijas Radio 5 - pieci.lv),
Slovakia (Radio and Television Slovakia),
Romania (Radio Romania),
Spain (RADIO NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA (RNE), Radio Clásica,Radio 3),
Georgia (Georgian Public Broadcaster).

Site about the iniative in Dutch of 3FM
https://www.npo3fm.nl/nie...n-you-ll-never-walk-alone

[Kristallinchen]

That's a lovely initiative. In times of crisis it's better to work together.

[Principessa]

https://www.nu.nl/coronav...ull-never-walk-alone.html


153 radio stations in Europe simultaneously run You'll Never Walk Alone

Friday at 8:45 am 153 radio stations will simultaneously play the song You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers. The idea came from 3FM DJ Sander Hoogendoorn, who wants to emphasize solidarity during the corona crisis.

The initiative arose on Tuesday when Hoogendoorn called Jeroen Kijk in the Vegte of NPO Radio 2 in his own broadcast, who embraced the idea. Later other Dutch and foreign radio stations followed.

The music classic sounds simultaneously in 27 countries on Friday, according to a list that 3FM has published.

In addition to the Netherlands and Curaçao, these are Luxembourg, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Bulgaria, Finland, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania, Georgia, Portugal, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland, France, Cyprus. , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Slovenia and Italy.

You'll Never Walk Alone was written in 1945 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for the musical Carousel. The song was covered several times after that. The Gerry and the Pacemakers version from 1963 is by far the best known version. The song was almost immediately embraced by Liverpool, the football club from the band's hometown.

Later it turned out that the music also caught on with other football supporters. For example, the song can now be heard at various Dutch clubs.

Of course Curaçao is geographically not in Europe, but is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[Principessa]

Within this Dutch news article a clip of the Dutch radio presenter Sander Hoogendoorn and some other radiostations (Latvia, Belgium, NL, Spain) during the moment:

https://nos.nl/artikel/23...-ll-never-walk-alone.html

Funny is the ending comment of Hoogendoorn:

"Wat een kort liedje eigenlijk"

(What a short song actually)

[fairy]

Lovely thought, apparently (Looking at the crowded parks here) everybody seems to take that very literally and figuratively.