Linde Merckpoel (born 17 October 1984) is a Belgian vlogger and radio presenter. She was a vlogger for the Flemish public television channel

Eén VRT 1 is a public Dutch-language TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT, which also owns Ketnet, VRT Canvas and several radio stations. Although the channel is commercial-free, short sponsorship messages are broadcast in between some programm ...

and a radio presenter for the Flemish radio station

Studio Brussel Studio Brussel is a Dutch-speaking radio station in Belgium, owned by the VRT. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience. The channel is an initiative of the Fle ...

where she was a figurehead for years.

Biography

She was born in

Hamme Hamme () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the settlements of Hamme proper, Kastel Moerzeke, and . In 2018, Hamme had a total population of 24,827. ...

and grew up in Eksaare (

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

). Her career at VRT radio started in July 2007 at the VRT news service as a newsreader at Studio Brussel and Radio Donna. From September 2008 she became active at Studio Brussel as a radio presenter. In the fall of 2013 she had her own late evening program on

: ''Linde Late Night'', airing between 10 pm and midnight. In December she was one of the three presenters of Music for Life 2013 ('' Music For Life 2013''). From 6 January 2014 she presented the evening program ''Linde Live'' with Joris Lenaerts as her sidekick. During the 2015-2016 radio season, she presented the ''At Your Service'' program on Studio Brussel. From the 2016-2017 radio season, she presented ''Linde Staat Op'' every working day morning from 6 to 9 am. She was assisted in the first two seasons by sidekick Bram Willems, and from September 2018 by Jonas Decleer.

References

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