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= Charly 2000 = Charly 2000 (born as Wolfgang Pichler; † September 24, 2014 ) was a German radio pioneer, television technician, radio presenter, DJ and discotheque operator. He was best known for his mobile discotheques in the Southern German area of Baden.

Career
The success of Charly 2000 started in 1987 with one of the first private radio stations, called Euroradio Powerplay. Its transmitter was located in Alsace, France and broadcasted on the frequency 106.80 FM. Because radio and television were produced and transmitted entirely using analogue technology during the later years of that decade, the conception and operation of a professional radio station was a highly demanding task which required much experience and a lot of technical know-how. In 1989, despite careful planning and implementation, Euroradio Powerplay was closed by the French public authorities due to licensing problems.

Just one year later, Charly was back on the air at the German radio-station Radio Ladies First – now with a valid license – and soon after that at Radio Regenbogen with a regular live program, running on Friday nights for a whole decade. After the turn of the century, his collaboration with Radio Regenbogen ended and from 2010 Charly could once again be heard on Hitradio Ohr.

Charly 2000 permanently ran several local discotheques in parallel to his radio shows, e.g. the Fun Factory (started in 2009, in Achern) and the Codex-Club (started in 2010, also in Achern). However, Charly 2000 had already become very widely known with his mobile discotheques; in the 1970s he and his team were regularly touring through the festival-halls of the Baden and Upper Rhine regions with several trucks full of equipment. This presence continued until the turn of the century.

At the end of the 1990s, Charly hosted his own TV show on Baden TV. He was seen in front of the camera together with the Backstreet Boys as well as with many other internationally known artists. His name and his life's work are inextricably connected to the Southern German disco business and radio entertainment scene.

Mobile discotheque
The pioneering work of Charly 2000 within the mobile-discotheque business has significantly influenced the event and entertainment industry in the German Upper Rhine region. The efforts that were invested in those commercial ventures were enormous for that time. Subwoofers covering entire gym walls were quite common, as were the 168-kilowatt spotlights, operated with halogen spotlight technology.

Local discotheques
These discotheques were operated temporarily by Charly 2000:


 * Hurricane (Kehl)
 * Peacocks (Karlsruhe)
 * Charlys Fun Factory (Achern)
 * Amun (Bruchsal)
 * Malibu (Zell am Hammersbach)
 * Clownhouse (Speyer)

Others
Charly typically greeted his listeners with the German words "Hallo Nachtschwärmer!" ("Hello night-revelers!")