Erik de Zwart (born 16 June 1957 in

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) is a Dutch broadcaster, former D.J., former

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The Music Factory The Music Factory (TMF) was originally a Dutch brand of television and radio channels, which focused on pop music. It was similar to the American MTV which took over TMF in 2002. TMF operated channels in the Netherlands (TMF Nederland) as well ...

and

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V.J. and

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. He was co-founder and shareholder of

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(1992) and The Music Factory (1995). Presently, Erik is chairman of ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40'', the body that owns and exerts all broadcasting and publishing rights of the

Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 () is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore radio, offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" ...

, the nation's flagship music chart and its spin-offs. Among his current major investments and interests is the media technology company Mobilaria / Tunin.FM that offers mobile streaming audio in high quality over small bandwidth

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mobile networks using highly advanced

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technologies. As of April 2008, Erik de Zwart also is the station voice of

Radio Veronica Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and was on air for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands, to stimulate the sales of ra ...

, the present day successor of the legendary offshore pirate station under the same name."Erik de Zwart nieuwe station voice Radio Veronica"
''(in Dutch)'', RadioFreak.nl, 28 March 2008 De Zwart is the Dutch

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voice and narrator of the children's television series '' Thomas and Friends'' (Dutch title: ''Thomas de Stoomlocomotief''). He was one of the contestants in the twenty-first season of the Dutch television series ''Wie is de Mol?''. He was eliminated in the second episode of the show.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zwart, Erik De 1957 births Living people Mass media people from Amsterdam Dutch video jockeys 20th-century Dutch people