Ian Van Niekerk

Ian George Van Niekerk (born August 15, 1961) is an American musician, singer, broadcaster and television presenter. He is best known for being a presenter for ETVKK in El Kadsre.

Personal life
Ian was born in. Ian's father, originally from the, had been a soldier in the and had moved to the  to be closer to his grandmother. During his childhood, Ian had attended elementary and middle school at in Wichita Falls. He later attended, where he graduated as a valedictorian in 1980, having been labeled as "Most Likely to Be Big in Japan" in the school yearbook.

Ian enrolled in the, earning BFAs in music and musical theater when he graduated in 1986.

Career
While attending the University of Missouri, Ian hosted a local talk show on the university-owned NBC affiliate. He later worked at ABC owned-and-operated station WTEN in as a production assistant, later hosting the station's local version of PM Magazine in it's final years.

On March 31, 1993, he announced he was leaving WTEN because he was moving to El Kadsre in order to work as a host for what was then called El TV Kadsre for Kids on El TV Kadsre 1. Many people in Albany accused Ian of lying because the next day was April Fools' Day.