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erik de zwart amsterdam , netherlands 150px dutch 16 june 1957 erik_de_zwart _ - _ zwart-wit_foto . jpg erik de zwart
 radio and televisionmaker former d.j. and v.j. media entrepreneur
erik de zwart

erik de zwart -lrb- amsterdam , 16 june 1957 -rrb- is a dutch radio and television maker , former d.j. , former music box , the music factory and mtv v.j. and media entrepreneur .
he was co-founder and shareholder of radio 538 -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and the music factory -lrb- 1995 -rrb- .
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 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 gprs mobile networks using highly advanced compression technologies .
as of april 2008 , erik de zwart also is the station voice of radio veronica , the present day successor of the legendary offshore pirate station under the same name .
de zwart is the dutch dubbing voice and narrator of the children 's television series `` thomas and friends '' -lrb- dutch title : `` thomas de stoomlocomotief '' -rrb- .
