Virgin Radio Dubai
Virgin Radio Dubai (104.4 Virgin Radio) is a Radio station in United Arab Emirates.
About
Virgin Radio Dubai is the first Virgin radio station in the region and it was established in early 2008. It is operated by the Arabian Radio Network and is part of the Virgin Group
DJs
Current
- Kris Fade
- Simone Heng
- Ryan Seacrest
- Brent Black
- Louie da Costa
- Ali Mak
- DJ Rossi
Former (Note: This is an incomplete list)
- Revin John (Terminated)
- Natalie Carney
- Miriam Mohammed
- Shadia Bseiso
- Chad Mannes
- Kal
- Becs
Current shows
In each show the audience is given a chance to text their song requests to the DJ or either text to participate in the current competitions or vote for songs on The Hit 10 Countdown and Hit 30 Countdown.
Weekdays
- The Kris Fade Show" (Formerly known as the Kris Fade Show with Chad, however Chad recently left Virgin Radio)- Hosted by Kris , it airs from 6am to 10am, it features usually competitions with huge prizes. Competitions such as The Yes and No Game airs here and which was once played by Sir Richard Branson, another popular competition is the Impossible Question; the audience should answer the trivial question through text, Kris' Karaoke is where a listener gets a chance to sing along with a song to win a prize, a new game called Blocking was introduced. Blocking is a game when one caller is selected. That caller has to hang up and get back to that same line that they called before in 60 seconds. Aside from songs and competitions, the two Radio Jockeys make covers of songs in their own versions.
- Workforce Requests with Simon Heng - Hosted by Simon Heng, it airs from 10 am to 1 pm, it features competitions which most of the prizes are for women and movie tickets.
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest - Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, it airs from 1 pm to 4 pm and is aired live from Hollywood.
- The Ride Home with Brent Black - Hosted by Brent Black, airs from 4 pm to 8 pm, it too have competitions mostly for theme parks and passes.
- "Mak and da Costa" - Hosted by both Ali Mak and Louie da Costa, airs from 8 pm to 12 am, it also has competitions which give away prizes and goodies.
Weekends
- Club Virgin - It is hosted by no one, it plays remixes of popular songs from DJs.
- Hit 30 Countdown - Hosted by Brent Black and is aired live from Studio City. Features the top 30 songs of the week.
Former Shows
- Workforce Requests was formerly hosted by Natalie Carney
- 1 to 4 show - Formerly aired from 1 pm to 4 pm hosted by Simon Heng and Brent Black, it was then replaced by On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
- The Hit 20 Countdown with Louie - Hosted by Louie, aired from 7 pm to 10 pm, the show features the most requested and voted songs on the radio.
- My Request dot com with Ali Mak - Hosted by Ali Mak, aired from 10 pm to 1 am.
Facts
- Louie is known to listeners as the only Filipina in the station.
- Kris Fade and Ali Mak are the longest serving DJs since the start of Virgin Radio Dubai.
- Former Virgin Radio Dubai presenter Shadia Bseiso is now on-air on Virgin Radio Jordan.
- Louie always ends her show with her line Paalam" which means Good Bye in Filipino.
- DJ Rossi does not have a Radio show on Virgin Radio Dubai. However, he is a takeover on weekends(excluding Club Virgin and Hit 30 Countdown). Sometimes, he was asked to take over on some weekday shows when the main DJ is absent.
- Despite of the wild theme of the radio, all the songs played are clean versions. Except Katy Perry's latest single California Gurls which has sexual lyrics. The song was played unedited. However, after a while, the song was aired edited and some sexual lyrics are removed.
- Ali Mak offered Montel Jordan his boxer shorts in exchange for Montel's Cap.
- Ali also told Taio Cruz he can't dance.
Schedule
| AM-PM |
6:00 |
7:00 |
8:00 |
9:00 |
10:00 |
11:00 |
12:00 |
13:00 |
14:00 |
15:00 |
16:00 |
17:00 |
18:00 |
19:00 |
20:00 |
21:00 |
22:00 |
23:00 |
| Weekdays (Sun-Thu) |
The Kris Fade Show |
Workforce Request with Simone Heng |
On Air with Ryan Seacrest |
Ride Home with Brent Black |
Mak and da Costa |
|
Virgin Connect (Every Hour News Updates) |
|
| Friday |
"10 Hit in a Row" |
Club Virgin |
| Saturday |
"10 Hits in a Row" |
Hit 30 Countdown with Brent Black |
"10 Hits in a Row" |
Controversy
On October 23, 2008, DJ Revin John made an offensive comment against God which had offended the audience which resulted his termination from work.[1]
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