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Radio station in Mons
Classic 21
is a
Belgian
public FM
radio station
, part of the
RTBF
broadcasting organisation. The station, based in
Mons
, was the only
Classic rock
radio in Belgium until 2008 when they switched to adult-contemporary and pop. The station plays predominantly B-side and obscure Anglophone music of the 1960s to 1990s for a French-speaking audience across
Wallonia
and
Brussels
and beyond.
History
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Classic 21 was created in 2004, at the same time as
Pure FM
, in replacing
Radio 21
.
[1]
Marc Ysaye, once best known as the drummer with
Machiavel
and Burning Plague,
[2]
was the controller of the station from its creation until an emotional last broadcast on 18 December 2022,
[3]
[4]
[5]
playing out with
Jeff Buckley
's version of
Hallelujah
and a snatch of the Beatles'
The End
with the message
the love you take is equal to the love you make
.
[6]
Ysaye, great-grandson of composer-violinist
Eugene Ysaye
, had become an established feature on Radio 21 with his Sunday morning's Show "Les Classiques du dimanche matin", a show which continues on Classic 21 featuring 1960's-1980's music. Another Radio 21 show to have been carried across to Classic 21 is
Walter de Paduwa
's 'Doctor Boogie' which has been featuring upbeat blues, boogie and
zydeco
music since 1994
[7]
- every show starting with a track by
Canned Heat
.
Market Share
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Classic 21 reached 9% of the Belgian Francophone market share in 2016
[8]
References
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External links
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