{{Infobox presenter | image = Linde Merckpoel-1547534681.jpg | image_size = | caption = | name = Linde Merckpoel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Hamme, Belgium<ref>{{cite web |title=Lokeraars op het podium van de Feesten |url=https://www.tvoost.be/nieuws/lokeraars-op-het-podium-van-de-feesten-16431 |website=www.tvoost.be |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130151737/https://www.tvoost.be/nieuws/lokeraars-op-het-podium-van-de-feesten-16431 |url-status=live }}</ref> | show = ''De zomer van'' | station = Radio 1 | network = VRT | timeslot = 9:00 - 12:00 a.m. Monday-Friday<ref>{{cite web |title=Naast sport ook nieuwe en vertrouwde zomerse programma's op Radio 1 |url=https://radio1.be/naast-sport-ook-nieuwe-en-vertrouwde-zomerse-programmas-op-radio-1 |publisher=Radio 1 |access-date=30 November 2021 |date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817190442/https://radio1.be/naast-sport-ook-nieuwe-en-vertrouwde-zomerse-programmas-op-radio-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> | country = {{BEL}} | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | years_active = | other_names = | website = |}}
'''Linde Merckpoel''' (born 17 October 1984) is a Belgian vlogger and radio presenter. She was a vlogger for the Flemish public television channel Eén and a radio presenter for the Flemish radio station Studio Brussel where she was a figurehead for years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vets |first1=Tom |title=Linde Merckpoel keert (even) terug naar haar oude liefde: "Nee, ik heb de radio het afgelopen jaar niet keihard gemist" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210704_96772231 |publisher=Het Nieuwsblad |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705072340/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20210704_96772231 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Biography== She was born in Hamme and grew up in Eksaare (Lokeren).<ref>{{cite web |title=Face to face: Linde Merckpoel (Interview with Linde Merckpoel ) |url=https://thethirdabbey.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/face-to-face-linde-merckpoel/ |publisher=The Third Abbey |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130151736/https://thethirdabbey.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/face-to-face-linde-merckpoel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her career at VRT radio started in July 2007 at the VRT news service as a newsreader at Studio Brussel and Radio Donna. From September 2008 she became active at Studio Brussel as a radio presenter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grosemans |first1=André |title='Ik moet ergens mijn geweld kwijt kunnen' |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/ut20dtq2 |publisher=De Standaard |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134151/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/ut20dtq2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In the fall of 2013 she had her own late evening program on Studio Brussel: ''Linde Late Night'', airing between 10 pm and midnight. In December she was one of the three presenters of Music for Life 2013 (''Music For Life 2013''). From 6 January 2014 she presented the evening program ''Linde Live'' with Joris Lenaerts as her sidekick.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ik ben nu pas klaar voor het grote werk", De Morgen, |url=https://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/984/cultuur-media/article/detail/1767420/2014/01/03/Linde-Merckpoel-Ik-ben-nu-pas-klaar-voor-het-grote-werk.dhtml |publisher=De Morgen |access-date=30 November 2021 |date=3 January 2014 |archive-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103182216/http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/984/cultuur-media/article/detail/1767420/2014/01/03/Linde-Merckpoel-Ik-ben-nu-pas-klaar-voor-het-grote-werk.dhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
During the 2015-2016 radio season, she presented the ''At Your Service'' program on Studio Brussel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Verstraete |first1=Alexander |title=Linde Merckpoel staat "At your service" op Studio Brussel |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2015/08/24/linde_merckpoel_staatatyourserviceopstudiobrussel-1-2422607/ |publisher=Sporza |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130151741/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2015/08/24/linde_merckpoel_staatatyourserviceopstudiobrussel-1-2422607/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
From the 2016-2017 radio season, she presented ''Linde Staat Op'' every working day morning from 6 to 9 am. She was assisted in the first two seasons by sidekick Bram Willems, and from September 2018 by Jonas Decleer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Linde Merckpoel zegt radio vaarwel en wordt vervangen door Michèle Cuvelier |url=https://www.demorgen.be/tv-cultuur/linde-merckpoel-zegt-radio-vaarwel-en-wordt-vervangen-door-michele-cuvelier~b53ccf8b/ |publisher=De Morgen |access-date=30 November 2021 |date=23 January 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130151737/https://myprivacy.dpgmedia.be/consent?siteKey=6OfBU0sZ5RFXpOOK&callbackUrl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.demorgen.be%2fprivacy-wall%2faccept%3fredirectUri%3d%252ftv-cultuur%252flinde-merckpoel-zegt-radio-vaarwel-en-wordt-vervangen-door-michele-cuvelier%257eb53ccf8b%252f |url-status=live }}</ref>
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