Name	Kansai International Airport
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Location of Kansai International Airportt | type = Public | owner = | operator = Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. | city-served = Osaka | location = Osaka Bay, Osaka, Japan | hub = All Nippon AirwaysJapan AirlinesNippon Cargo Airlines | elevation-f = 17 | elevation-m = 5 | coordinates = | website = www.kiac.co.jp | metric-rwy = Y | r1-number = 06R/24L | r1-length-f = 11,483 | r1-length-m = 3,500 | r1-surface = Asphalt concrete | r2-number = 06L/24R | r2-length-f = 13,123 | r2-length-m = 4,000 | r2-surface = Asphalt concrete | stat-year = FY2006 | stat1-header = Aircraft Movements | stat1-data = 116,475 | stat2-header = Passenger Movements | stat2-data = 16,689,658 | stat3-header = Freight Volume | stat3-data = 802,162 t | footnotes = Sources: Japanese AIP at AIS JapanStatistics from Kansai International AirportFreight volume was at 802,162 tonnes total, of which 757,414 t were international (18th in the world), and 44,748 t were domestic. The second runway was opened on 2 August 2007. Kansai Airport has become an Asian hub, with 499 weekly flights to Asia, 66 weekly flights to Europe and the Middle East, and 35 weekly flights to North America.

Flights

Weekly international passenger flights: 614

Weekly international freighter flights: 200

Weekly domestic (passenger and freighter) flights: 493

(Summer 2008 schedule)

History

In the 1960s, when the Kansai region was rapidly losing trade to Tokyo, planners proposed a new airport near Kobe and Osaka. Osaka International Airport, located in the densely-populated suburbs of Itami and Toyonaka, was surrounded by buildings; it could not be expanded, and many of its neighbors had filed complaints because of noise pollution problems.

After the protests surrounding New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport), which was built with expropriated land in a rural part of Chiba Prefecture, planners decided to build the airport offshore. The new airport was part of a number of new developments to revitalize Osaka, which had lost economic and cultural ground to Tokyo for most of the century.

Initially, the airport was planned to be built near Kobe, but the city of Kobe refused the plan, so the airport was moved to a more southerly location on Osaka Bay. There, it could be open 24 hours per day, unlike its predecessor in the city.

Construction

. Kobe Airport is being built on the unfinished island near the middle of the photo. Central Osaka is in the upper-right corner, along with Osaka International.]]

A man-made island, long and wide, was proposed. Engineers needed to overcome the extremely high risks of earthquakes and typhoons (with storm surges of up to ).

Construction started in 1987. The sea wall was finished in 1989 (made of rock and 48,000 tetrahedral concrete blocks). Three mountains were excavated for of landfill. 10,000 workers and 10 million work hours over three years, using eighty ships, were needed to complete the layer of earth over the sea floor and inside the sea wall. In 1990, a three kilometer bridge was completed to connect the island to the mainland at Rinku Town, at a cost of $1 billion. Completion of the artificial island increased the area of Osaka Prefecture just enough to move it past Kagawa Prefecture in size (leaving Kagawa as the smallest by area in Japan).

The bidding and construction of the airport was a source of international trade friction during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone responded to American concerns, particularly from Senator Frank Murkowski, that bids would be rigged in Japanese companies' favor by providing special offices for prospective international contractors, which ultimately did little to ease the participation of foreign contractors in the bidding process. Later, foreign airlines complained that two-thirds of the departure hall counter space had been allocated to Japanese carriers, disproportionately to the actual carriage of passengers through the airport.

The island had been predicted to gradually sink as the weight of the material used for construction would cause it to compress. However, by this time, the island had sunk , much more than predicted. The project then became the most expensive civil works project in modern history after twenty years of planning, three years of construction and several billion dollars of investment. Much of what was learned went into the successful artificial islands in silt deposits for New Kitakyushu Airport, Kobe Airport, and Chūbu Centrair International Airport. The lessons of Kansai Airport were also applied in the construction of Hong Kong International Airport.

In 1991, the terminal construction commenced. To compensate for the sinking of the island, adjustable columns were designed to support the terminal building. These could be extended by inserting thick metal plates at their bases. Government officials proposed reducing the length of the terminal to cut costs, but architect Renzo Piano insisted on keeping the terminal at its full planned length. The airport opened in 1994.

On 17 January 1995, Japan was struck by the Kobe earthquake, whose epicenter was about away from KIX and killed 6,434 people on Japan's main island of Honshū. Due to its earthquake engineering, the airport emerged unscathed, mostly due to the use of sliding joints. Even the glass in the windows remained intact. Later, in 1998, the airport survived a typhoon with wind speeds of up to .

On 19 April 2001, the airport was one of ten structures given the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The total cost of Kansai Airport so far is $20 billion. This includes land reclamation, two runways, terminal and facilities. Most additional costs were initially due to the island sinking, expected due to the soft soils of Osaka Bay. After construction the rate of sinking was considered so severe that the airport was widely criticized as a geotechnical engineering disaster. The sink rate has since fallen from during 1994 to in 2008.

Operation

Opened on 4 September 1994, the airport serves as a hub for several airlines such as All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Nippon Cargo Airlines. It is the international gateway for Japan's Kansai region, which contains the major cities of Kyoto, Kobe, and Osaka. Other Kansai domestic flights fly from the older but more conveniently located Osaka International Airport in Itami, or from the newer Kobe Airport.

The airport had been deeply in debt, losing $560 million in interest every year. Airlines had been kept away by high landing fees (about $7,500 for a Boeing 747), the second most expensive in the world after Narita's. In the early years of the airport's operation, excessive terminal rent and utility bills for on-site concessions also drove up operating costs: some estimates before opening held that a cup of coffee would have to cost US$10. Osaka business owners pressed the government to take a greater burden of the construction cost to keep the airport attractive to passengers and airlines. Nowadays, after deep discounts, the number of flights is increasing.

On 17 February 2005, Chubu Centrair International Airport opened in Nagoya, just east of Osaka. The opening of the airport was expected to increase competition between Japan's international airports. Despite this, passenger totals were up 11% in 2005 over 2004, and international passengers increased to 3.06 million in 2006, up 10% over 2005. Adding to the competition was the opening of Kobe Airport, less than away, in 2006 and the lengthening of the runway at Tokushima Airport in Shikoku in 2007.

The main rationale behind the expansions is to compete with Incheon International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport as a gateway to Asia, as Tokyo area airports are severely congested. However, with the regional trend in open skies agreements being signed, it is possible that all airports can see increases in traffic.

Kansai has been marketed as an alternative to Narita Airport for international travellers from the Greater Tokyo Area. By flying to Kansai from Haneda Airport and connecting to international flights there, travellers can save the additional time required to get to Narita: up to one and a half hours for many residents of Kanagawa Prefecture and southern Tokyo. Due to the time-limited nature of Haneda's new long-haul international slots this will remain a viable option for daytime travelers.

Expansion

The airport was at its limit during peak times, owing especially to freight flights, so a portion of Phase II expansion—the second runway—was made a priority. Thus, in 2003, believing that the sinking problem was almost over, the airport operators started to construct a second runway and terminal.

The second runway opened on 2 August 2007, but without the originally planned terminal portion, now postponed to a later date. This lowered the project cost to JPY¥910 billion (approx. US$8 billion), saving ¥650 billion from the first estimate. The additional runway development, which was opened in time for the IAAF world athletics championships in Osaka, has expanded the airport size to .

Further into the future, the airport is planning to construct a new terminal building, several aprons, a third runway (06C/24C) with a length of , a new cargo terminal and expanding the airport size to . However, the Japanese Government is postponing these plans for economic reasons. The new runway is only used for landings unless there are incidents prohibiting take off use of runway A.

The airport now expects to handle 129,000 flights during the year 2007, an increase of 11% compared to 2006 figures of 116,475 flights. The new runway allowed the airport to start 24 hour operations in September 2007.

Terminal

The KIX passenger terminal is a single four-storey building designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Renzo Piano and Noriaki Okabe) and has a gross floor space of . It is the longest airport terminal in the world, at a total length of from end to end. It has a sophisticated people mover system called the Wing Shuttle, which moves passengers from one end of the pier to the other.

The terminal's roof is shaped like an airfoil. This shape is used to promote air circulation through the building: giant air conditioning ducts blow air upwards at one side of the terminal, circulate the air across the curvature of the ceiling, and collect the air through intakes at the other side. Mobiles are suspended in the ticketing hall to take advantage of the flowing air.

The ticketing hall overlooks the international departures concourse, and the two are separated by a glass partition. During Kansai's early days, visitors were known to throw objects over the partition to friends in the corridor below. The partition was eventually modified to halt this practice.

Airlines and destinations

The second floor of the Passenger Terminal Building is used for domestic departures and arrivals. All ticketing, boarding, and baggage claim are handled on the second floor. International arrivals go to immigration and baggage claim on the first floor. International departures are ticketed on the fourth floor and board from the third floor.

:A: Some of Qatar Airways's flights stop at Tokyo-Narita en route to Doha. However, the airline has no rights to transport passengers solely between Osaka and Tokyo.

Cargo

Ground transportation

Rail

, JR West's Kansai Airport Limited Express to Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka and Kyoto Station.]] , Nankai Railway's limited express train to Namba Station. One way (for adult) ¥1,390.]] Kansai International Airport is connected only by the Sky Gate Bridge R, a road / railroad bridge to Rinku Town and the mainland. The lower railroad level of the bridge is used by two railroad operators: West Japan Railway (JR West) and Nankai Electric Railway.

JR West operates Haruka, the limited express train services for Kansai Airport Station from Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka and Kyoto Station. JR West also offers "Kansai Airport Rapid" services for Kansai Airport Station from Ōsaka and Kyōbashi Station, as well as several stations on the way. Various connections, such as buses, subways, trams, and other railroads, are available at each station.

Nankai operates , a limited express train service to Namba Station on the southern edge of downtown Osaka. Subway connections are available at Namba and Tengachaya Station.

Railroad plans were drawn up in the late 1980s for an underwater railway connecting Kansai Airport to downtown Kobe and Kobe Airport, although the extremely high cost of the project led to its indefinite postponement.

Bus

Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise and other bus operators offer scheduled express bus services, called "Airport Limousines", for Kansai International Airport.

Parking

Two six story parking structures, called P1 and P2, are located above a railroad terminal station, while the other two level parking facilities, called P3 and P4, are situated next to "Aeroplaza", a hotel complex.

The airport is only accessible from the Sky Gate Bridge R, a part of Kansai Airport Expressway. The expressway immediately connects to Hanshin Expressways Route 5, "Wangan Route", and Hanwa Expressway.

Ferry service

In July 2007 a high-speed ferry service (run by Kaijo Access Co.) began operating between Kobe Airport and KIX. The journey takes about thirty minutes.

Previous services to Sumoto on Awaji Island and to Tokushima have been discontinued.

Other facilities

Central power station (KEPCO energy center, 40,000 kW

Central heating and cooling plant

Sewage disposal plant (disposing per day)

Incineration plant

Japan Coast Guard Kansai airport Coast Guard air base

Japan Coast Guard Special Security Team Base

Osaka international post office (treating international postal matters about 19,000 tonnes per year)

Oil tanker berths (three berths) and Fuel Supply center

Airport access bridge ("The Sky Gate Bridge R")

:The longest truss bridge in the world at . The double-decker bridge consists of a lower deck devoted to rail, with the upper for road.

References

External links

KIX operations website in English

KIX corporate website

KIX development website

History of KIX

About the project of Kansai International Airport

Kansai airport faces competition - Japan Times editorial, August 10, 2007

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Name	Tuesday Weld
Birthdate	August 27, 1943
Birthname	Susan Ker Weld
Birthplace	New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Yearsactive	1955–present
Spouse	Pinchas Zukerman (1985–1998)Dudley Moore (1975–1980)Claude Harz (1965–1971)

Tuesday Weld (born August 27, 1943) is an American actress.

Weld began her acting career as a child, and progressed to more mature roles during the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over the following decade she established a career playing dramatic roles in films.

As a featured performer in supporting roles, her work was acknowledged with nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Play It As It Lays (1972), an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1978), an Emmy Award for The Winter of Our Discontent (1983), and a BAFTA for Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

Since the end of the 1980s, her acting appearances have been infrequent.

Background and family

Weld was born Susan Ker Weld in New York City. Her father, Lathrop Motley Weld, was a member of the Weld family of Massachusetts; he died in 1947, shortly before her fourth birthday. Her mother was Weld's fourth and final wife, the former Yosene Balfour Ker, the daughter of the artist and Life illustrator William Balfour Ker. She was one of three full siblings, the other two being Sarah King Weld (born 1935) and David Balfour Weld (born 1937).

She also had two half-siblings by her father's first marriage to Dorothy Livermore Wells: Lathrop Motley Weld Jr. (born 1922) and Thomas Livermore Weld (1926–1999). Her paternal grandfather, Edward Motley Weld, was a noted sportsman and former president of the New York Cotton Exchange. Her maternal great-grandmother, Lily Florence (Bell) Ker, was a first cousin of Alexander Graham Bell.

Through her father, she is a third cousin of William Weld, the former Governor of Massachusetts and is more distantly related to former U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, U.S. vice president Henry A. Wallace, actress Dina Merrill, British aristocrat Viscountess Linley, composer Charles Ives, actor Clint Eastwood, actor Anthony Perkins, and Charles J. Guiteau, who assassinated President James A. Garfield.

Through her mother, she was descended from John Kerr, discoverer of the Kerr effect.

Career

Left in financial difficulty by her husband's death, Weld's mother put her to work as a child model to support the family. As the young actress told Life in 1971:

Using Weld's résumé from modelling, her mother secured an agent and Tuesday (an extension of her childhood nickname, "Tu-Tu", given to her by her young cousin, Mary Ker, who could not pronounce "Susan" yet) Weld made her acting debut on television at age 12 and her feature film debut the same year in a bit role in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock crime drama, The Wrong Man. The pressures of her career, however, resulted in a nervous breakdown at age nine, alcoholism by age 12, and a suicide attempt around the same time. Of the marriage, Weld told Guy Flatley of The New York Times in 1971, "Mama hated my husband — she’s a jealous lover, you know. She’s hated all the men I’ve ever been involved with. But I really felt that what I had been doing up to that time with my life was probably wrong, that maybe what I should be was a housewife. Our marriage lasted 5 years; it was just another one of my mistakes."

She was married to British musician, comedian and actor Dudley Moore, from 1975 until they divorced in 1980. In 1976 they had a son, Patrick, an actor, director, and editor. In 1985 she married Israeli concert violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman; they divorced in 1998.

The cover of Matthew Sweet's third album Girlfriend features a photograph of Tuesday Weld from the late 1950s. Originally called Nothing Lasts, the album was retitled following objections to the title from Weld. Sweet's greatest hits compilation, , also features photos of Weld on both the front and back cover.

Filmography

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |1956 |Rock, Rock, Rock |Dori Graham | |- |1958 |Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! |Comfort Goodpasture | |- |1959 |The Five Pennies |Dorothy Nichols, age 12 to 14 | |- |rowspan=4|1960 |Because They're Young |Anne Gregor | |- |Sex Kittens Go to College |Jody | |- |High Time |Joy Elder | |- |The Private Lives of Adam and Eve |Vangie Harper | |- |rowspan=2|1961 |Return to Peyton Place |Selena | |- |Wild in the Country |Doreen Braxton | |- |1962 |Bachelor Flat |Libby Bushmill aka Libby Smith | |- |1963 |Soldier in the Rain |Bobby Jo Pepperdine | |- |rowspan=2|1965 |I'll Take Sweden |JoJo Holcomb | |- |The Cincinnati Kid |Christian | |- |1966 |Lord Love a Duck |Barbara Ann Greene | |- |1968 |Pretty Poison |Sue Ann Stepanek | |- |1970 |I Walk the Line |Alma McCain | |- |1971 |A Safe Place |Susan/Noah | |- |1972 |Play It As It Lays |Maria Wyeth Lang |Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |- |1974 |Reflections of Murder |Vicky | |- |1977 |Looking for Mr. Goodbar |Katherine |Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |- |1978 |Who'll Stop the Rain |Marge Converse | |- |1980 |Serial |Kate Linville Holroyd | |- |rowspan=2|1981 |Madame X |Holly Richardson |(TV) |- |Thief |Jessie | |- |rowspan=2|1982 |Author! Author! |Gloria Travalian | |- |The Rainmaker |Lizzie |(TV)CableACE Award for Actress in a Theatrical or Non-Musical Program'' |- |1983 |The Winter of Our Discontent |Margie Young-Hunt |(TV)Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |- |1984 |Once Upon a Time in America |Carol |Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |- |1988 |Heartbreak Hotel |Marie Wolfe | |- |1993 |Falling Down |Amanda Prendergast | |- |1996 |Feeling Minnesota |Nora Clayton | |- |rowspan=2|2001 |Investigating Sex |Sasha | |- |Chelsea Walls |Greta | |}

References

External links

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Name	Per Gessle
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Per Håkan Gessle
Birth date	January 12, 1959
Origin	Halmstad, Sweden
Instrument	Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Genre	Pop, rock, soft rock, dance, pop rock, blues-rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1976–present
Label	EMI, Fundamental, Sony BMG
Associated acts	RoxetteGyllene TiderSon of a Plumber
Url	http://www.gessle.com/

Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959 in Halmstad) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson (being the chief songwriter in both bands). With Fredriksson's illness in 2002, he went back to recording and became a successful solo artist in native Sweden, selling multi-platinum albums.

Music career

Early work

Per Gessle was a founding member of Gyllene Tider, in 1976. They quickly became a popular group in Sweden, but after their fourth album, The Heartland Café (1984), sold poorly compared to their previous albums, the group disbanded. Gessle wrote. "We decided to put Gyllene Tider to rest... until further notice."

In 1982, Gessle released his first solo album, Per Gessle and after Gyllene Tider split-up his second album, Scener, quickly appeared in 1985.

Roxette

Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had been friends for a few years before they come together as Roxette in 1986. After the success of their first hit "Neverending Love", which was written by Gessle, they quickly recorded Pearls of Passion using material which was originally intended for Per's third solo album.

Roxette went on to achieve four U.S. #1's and two #2's, with their albums Look Sharp! and Joyride attaining platinum status in a number of countries. After Roxette's early nineties success, Per released a demo compilation album in 1992, På väg, 1982-86. After the release of Crash! Boom! Bang! and subsequent world tour, Roxette took a break.

The World According to Gessle

In 1996, after a reunion and subsequent tour of Gyllene Tider, Per recorded his first English solo album, using Brainpool and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians. Christoffer Lundquist from Brainpool would also come to collaborate with Per on later releases.

The World According to Gessle, released in 1997, produced three singles, "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?", "Kix" and "I Want You to Know". The videos to all three songs were directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The World According to Gessle was re-released in 2008, with extra bonus material and demos.

In 1997 Hjärtats trakt - en samling was released as a best-of album.

Mazarin

After Roxette released Have a Nice Day (1999) and Room Service (2001) to moderate success, Per continued with his solo work.

The subsequent album Mazarin (2003), was very successful in Sweden, going five times platinum in 2004. This was his first album involving singer Helena Josefsson, and brought Gessle numerous awards; four Grammis awards: Best Artist, Best Male Pop Performer, Best Composer and Best Song. He also won three Rockbjörnen awards: Best Swedish Male Artist, Best Swedish Album and Best Swedish Song — and a Guldälgen (The Golden Moose) Award for Best Song. The song "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)", is Gessle's most successful release in Sweden, spending two months at #1, while gaining platinum status. and the band played to almost half a million fans. As a result, the group was honoured with four awards in Sweden.

Son of a Plumber

With Son of a Plumber, he continued his association with other Swedish artists. Helena Josefsson and Jens Jansson helped Per create his second English album. Released in November 2005, the album contains all of Gessle's musical heritage. His father was a plumber and the 2-disc album contains a song dedicated to him, "Kurt - The Fastest Plumber in the West". In Sweden, the album sold platinum on the first day of release. After that, Per started the Party Crasher 2009 Tour, with a band that included Helena Josefsson on backing vocals, while Marie Fredriksson joined him on stage twice, in Amsterdam and Stockholm. This was eight years after their last live performance together during Roxette's "Room Service Tour" in 2001.

Collaborations

In 1990 Per Gessle wrote a single, "The Sweet Hello The Sad Goodbye", for Thomas Anders (of Modern Talking fame). He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys.

In 1996 he worked with Belinda Carlisle and wrote two songs for her album, A Woman and a Man; "Always Breaking My Heart" and "Love Doesn't Live Here". The former was released as a single, becoming a UK top 10 hit. Gessle also recorded a demo song for Carlisle, called "Liberty", which also was intended for the same album, but Carlisle turned down, asking for something more guitar-oriented. So Gessle came up with "Always Breaking My Heart".

Other business

Per Gessle is one of three people (also including Björn Ulvaeus) who own NoteHeads, a Swedish company which publishes the music notation program Igor Engraver.

Personal life

He married his long-time girlfriend Åsa Nordin in 1993 at Borgholm Castle, Öland Island, Sweden. The wedding took place in the same Swedish castle which was the setting for Roxette's highly successful "Listen to Your Heart" and "Dangerous" music hits. Together they have one son, Gabriel Titus.

Discography

Albums

Per Gessle (1983)

Scener (1985)

The World According to Gessle (1997)

Mazarin (2003)

Son of a Plumber (2005)

En händig man (2007)

Party Crasher (2008)

Live albums

Gessle Over Europe (October 2009)

Compilations

På väg, 1982-86 (1992)

*Demos, 1982-86 (1992)

Hjärtats trakt (1993)

Hjärtats trakt - en samling (1997)

Kung av sand - en liten samling 1983–2007 (2007)

Videography

En mazarin, älskling? (2003)

Gessle Over Europe (Bonus DVD)

En händig man på turné (2007)

Singles

"Om du har lust" (1983)

"Blå december" (1985)

"Galning" (1985)

"Inte tillsammans, inte isär" (1986)

"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (1997)

"Kix" (1997)

"I Want You to Know" (1997)

"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (2002)

"Här kommer alla känslorna (På en och samma gång)" (2003)

"På promenad genom stan" (2003)

"Tycker om när du tar på mej" (2003)

"C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says" (2005)

"Hey Mr. DJ" (2006)

"I Like it Like That" (2006)

"En händig man" (2007)

"Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke" (2007) (radio promo only)

"Pratar med min müsli (hur det än verkar)" (2007)

"Silly Really" (2008)

"Sing Along" (2009)

Charts

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Per Gessle Official Site

Per Gessle Official Facebook Site

Per Gessle Official Twitter Site

PerGessle.net

The Daily Roxette

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Eddie Trunk (born August 8, 1964) is an American music historian, radio personality and television personality, best known as the host of several hard rock and heavy metal themed radio and television shows.

Current work

Eddie Trunk's current work includes the nationally syndicated radio show Eddie Trunk Rocks, which is recorded at the New York radio station Q104.3 (WAXQ) FM. Trunk also hosts Eddie Trunk Live on the XM satellite radio station "The Boneyard" (Channel 53) and is a music host and interviewer for the MSG Network, a cable network based out of New York City. Trunk is also the host of That Metal Show, which airs weekly on VH1 Classic.

Former work

Trunk had hosted "Friday Night Rocks" and "Saturday Night Rocks" for WNEW-FM in New York City until the radio station underwent a format change in 2003. He was also a regular disc jockey on Q104.3 before joining WNEW-FM and was a VJ who hosted the weekend episodes of Metal Mania on the cable television channel VH1 Classic.

Biography

Eddie Trunk was born on August 8, 1964 in New Jersey. As a teenager, he became obsessed with Kiss, The Raspberries, and other bands including Aerosmith, UFO and Black Sabbath. Eddie has stated that he has never cared about which bands are "cool" and endured teasings for listening to Kiss during the 80s when they fell out of fashion. During high school, he began to write reviews of records for school credit and soon found his passion in music.

Trunk's first exposure to radio was when he learned about a local college radio station that would allow high school students to work there during the summer while the college kids were at home. He volunteered but the program was scrapped because of security concerns but the idea that he could make a living in radio remained. Eddie then attended a local community college but dropped out because he decided that it was not for him. He did get a job at a record store right across the street from WDHA-FM, his favorite New Jersey radio station. There he got to know many of the DJs and other radio station employees and would often consult him on which hard rock/heavy metal songs to play though the Program Director resisted this.

From a friend, Trunk learned of a pirate radio station that was illegally broadcasting from someone's basement. Trunk went over and played a few records and did a few shows. He made some tapes that were not all that impressive and showed them to WDHA. His enthusiasm along with the increased popularity of the metal genre earned him an invitation to "hang out" at WDHA. After about of year of working at the station as an unpaid intern, he finally convinced management to do a hardrock/metal specialty show. For ten years he worked part time and eventually hosted, produced and programmed it.

Around 1986, Trunk became an employee of Megaforce Records which had signed both Metallica and Anthrax. He became Vice President of the company at 25 years old. During that time he earned executive producer credit on some works from the following bands: Anthrax, Raven, TT Quick, Manowar, Overkill, King's X, Prophet, Icon and Ace Frehley. In fact, Eddie was the main driving force behind reviving Ace Frehley's career, convincing Megaforce Records head Jon "Jonny Z" Zazula to sign Ace to a solo deal.

In 1994, Trunk devoted himself to radio full time and was hired by a radio station called Pure Rock Q104.3 in New York. He wanted to do a metal show but was not permitted to do so because there were rumors that the station was going to be sold. These rumors proved true and the station was sold a year into Trunk's career there. During the last shift of the station, Trunk abandoned the playlist and played requests. Phone lines were jammed and the last show was a great success, but many thought that it would be the end as Pure Rock Q104.3 became Classic Q104.3. Quite the opposite was true, the new management were so impressed that they allowed Eddie to stay. He spent two years there and became incredibly popular.

Around 1997, WNEW FM was looking to become a more "heavy" station and move away from their classic rock playlist. Trunk was one of the first hired because of his experience and willingness to be a team player. He immediately wanted to do a metal show like the one he had with WDHA and eventually Saturday Night Rocks was born. Then WNEW made a drastic change into talk radio and Eddie's show was one of the few retained. Eddie Trunk was able to program his own show after the format flipped and was the only music show on an all talk radio station that featured the Opie and Anthony and Ron and Fez shows. WNEW made a format flip in the early morning hours of January 27, 2003 to a soft-rock station, firing all on-air talent.

References

External links

Official website

Official Myspace website

Eddie on Twitter

Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:American radio personalities Category:American television personalities Category:People from Morris County, New Jersey