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De sorte spejdere was a Danish
radio programme on DR
's P3
hosted by Anders Breinholt and Anders Lund Madsen. The programme was aired on weekdays at 2-4 PM, and was also offered online as a podcast
.
In many of the episodes members of the programme's own crew, the producer
Gry Frid Nielsen, Karsten "the Philosopher" Holt and various trainees on the radio station, as well as random people they call on air often played an active part in the programme.
As a fairly recurring event "guest DJ" Kjeld Tholstrup (aka. Kapel-Kjeld) visited the studio each Friday and composed the play list and joined in dialogue between the hosts.
In the end of the show a contest was held called Tillidsbingo (roughly translated: Trust Bingo). Rules were that the listeners made their own bingo cards (preferably of minced meat or some other unusual material) with 15 numbers from 1 to 90 and when they thought they had "bingo" they would call in.
When the listeners got through they had to shout "Tillidsbingo" as the first thing they say. If this was achieved all the listener now had to do was to go through some banter with hosts and then s/he had won a t-shirt specially designed by the hosts. The listeners' winning numbers were not checked, thus the name Confidence Bingo.
Ever since he first came through in Tillidsbingo in 2007, the then agricultural student (now studying on a mercantile high school) Kasper, who is from a rural part of Denmark called Thy
, has been a regular friend of the show. The hosts used to call him every Friday to catch up on how his week had been.
Another recurring theme throughout the show was the reading aloud of apparently sober texts, such as household tips and reader contributions from weekly "age +40" magazines and children's books, but implying a great deal of sexual innuendo.
singer Soko
's song I'll Kill Her was discovered by guest DJ Kjeld Tholstrup when surfing on the website MySpace
and became an instant smash hit in Denmark after being played in the show. The song quickly reached number one on the Danish version of the iTunes Store
and was the number one song in rotation on radio.
Late she played a live mini-session in the show and gave a sold-out concert in Denmark, despite not even having put out an entire album.
The same can be said about the just as unknown Israel
i/South Africa
n singer-songwriter
Yoav
, who equally soon gave a "The Black Boy Scouts mini-session" and a sold-out concert in Lille Vega.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
radio programme on DR
Danmarks Radio
DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...
's P3
DR P3
DR P3 is the third of the four national radio networks operated by the Danish public broadcaster DR...
hosted by Anders Breinholt and Anders Lund Madsen. The programme was aired on weekdays at 2-4 PM, and was also offered online as a podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
.
Content
The hosts referred to their show as "a musical talkshow". It was the only programme on the radio station where the hosts are allowed to play music of their own choice, thus giving airplay to music that aren't in the charts and music from upcoming artists. However the peculiar satire that dominated the show was really what distinguished it from other more common radio shows. The hosts didn't comply with normal radio-behaviour and would often talk at the same time for example, giving the programme a very impromptu atmosphere.In many of the episodes members of the programme's own crew, the producer
Radio producer
A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. There are two main types of producer. An audio or creative producer and a content producer. Audio producers create sounds and audio specifically, content producers oversee and orchestrate a radio show or feature...
Gry Frid Nielsen, Karsten "the Philosopher" Holt and various trainees on the radio station, as well as random people they call on air often played an active part in the programme.
As a fairly recurring event "guest DJ" Kjeld Tholstrup (aka. Kapel-Kjeld) visited the studio each Friday and composed the play list and joined in dialogue between the hosts.
In the end of the show a contest was held called Tillidsbingo (roughly translated: Trust Bingo). Rules were that the listeners made their own bingo cards (preferably of minced meat or some other unusual material) with 15 numbers from 1 to 90 and when they thought they had "bingo" they would call in.
When the listeners got through they had to shout "Tillidsbingo" as the first thing they say. If this was achieved all the listener now had to do was to go through some banter with hosts and then s/he had won a t-shirt specially designed by the hosts. The listeners' winning numbers were not checked, thus the name Confidence Bingo.
Ever since he first came through in Tillidsbingo in 2007, the then agricultural student (now studying on a mercantile high school) Kasper, who is from a rural part of Denmark called Thy
Thy (district)
Thy is a traditional district in northwestern Jutland, Denmark. It is situated north of the Limfjord, facing the North Sea and Skagerrak, and has a population of around 50,000. The main towns of Thy are Thisted, Hanstholm and Hurup....
, has been a regular friend of the show. The hosts used to call him every Friday to catch up on how his week had been.
Another recurring theme throughout the show was the reading aloud of apparently sober texts, such as household tips and reader contributions from weekly "age +40" magazines and children's books, but implying a great deal of sexual innuendo.
Promotion of upcoming artists
The show acquired a reputation of boosting young underground artists careers (in Denmark at least). The then completely unknown FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
singer Soko
Soko (singer)
SoKo is a French singer and actress.-Early life:Sokolinski was born in Bordeaux, France. She has used the nickname Soko as long as she can remember...
's song I'll Kill Her was discovered by guest DJ Kjeld Tholstrup when surfing on the website MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and became an instant smash hit in Denmark after being played in the show. The song quickly reached number one on the Danish version of the iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
and was the number one song in rotation on radio.
Late she played a live mini-session in the show and gave a sold-out concert in Denmark, despite not even having put out an entire album.
The same can be said about the just as unknown Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i/South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Yoav
Yoav (musician)
Yoav is a singer-songwriter of Israeli-Romanian descent, raised in South Africa whose debut album Charmed And Strange was released in early 2008. Yoav's music is purely based on his own vocals and acoustic guitar, which he uses to create electronica-style beats with his hands...
, who equally soon gave a "The Black Boy Scouts mini-session" and a sold-out concert in Lille Vega.
Popularity
The show was once a late night radio show only broadcast once a week, but as their popularity grew their spot was first moved to 10-12 AM every Sunday and then again to 2-4 PM every weekday. Their new airtime caused the ratings to sky-rocketed reaching about 400,000 listeners every day. Their podcast has also has 100,000 monthly downloads making it the number one on the Danish iTunes's "Most Downloaded Podcasts" List when the show was still aired.Awards
- 2007 and 2008: The Golden Microphone. The readers of Ekstra BladetEkstra BladetEkstra Bladet is a Danish tabloid newspaper focusing on sensationalist stories. It gets a share of its income from sex ads. Since 1979 it has always had a partly or completely naked woman on page nine which is referred to as Side 9 Pigen , a Danish equivalent of the English Page Three girl...
voted the show's hosts as the best radio hosts on Danish radio. - 2008: Zulu Award for best Danish radio programme.