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Dutch public broadcasting system
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The Dutch public broadcasting system is a set of organizations that together take care of public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of a foundation called Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, which acts as its body. The Dutch Media Act 2008 regulates how air time is divided, in addition to the national broadcasters, there are also regional broadcasters and local broadcasters in the Netherlands. This arrangement has its origins in the system developed in the Netherlands early in the 20th century, the stated aim is to give a voice to each social group in the multicultural diversity that is Dutch society. The number of hours allocated to each broadcaster corresponds, roughly, since 2000, the system has been financed out of general taxation rather than from broadcast receiver licence fees. This is supplemented by an amount of on-air advertising, which has been allowed since 1967. Nearly all viewers in the Netherlands receive most of their TV via cable or satellite systems, regional public TV exists in parallel to the national system described below. Commercial television in the Netherlands began in 1989, with the Luxembourg-based RTL4, in 1992, the government of the Netherlands legalised commercial TV, and many new commercial channels have become established since then. Every year, the Dutch public broadcasting system is allocated funds from the Ministry of Education, Culture, in 2008 the allocation was 738 million Euro with revenues in 2009 from advertising totalling 196 million Euro. The cost to each Dutch citizen is approximately 116 Euro per year, which is less than the BBC in the United Kingdom. Since the very beginning in the early 1920s, public broadcasting in the Netherlands has been split into different broadcasting associations with their members composed of listeners and viewers and these associations were based on the different ideological sections of Dutch society, called Verzuiling. Catholics, Protestants and Socialists were the first groups to create their own institutions, including schools, hospitals, trades unions and political parties. When radio in the Netherlands started in the 1920s the existing groups quickly created their own broadcasting associations, producing programmes for the radio network. The first to start was the liberal AVRO, founded as radio broadcaster Hilversumsche Draadlooze Omroep by the NSF transmitter factory in Huizen on 8 July 1923, the first regular radio broadcasts started on 21 July 1923. Airtime was rented to the religious and political radio organisations—the Protestant NCRV, the Roman Catholic KRO, the Socialist VARA. Each audience group was faithful to its own broadcasting company, for example, it was considered unthinkable for a Protestant to listen to KRO programming. The programmes were funded by the associations members, KRO and NCRV started their own station in 1927 with a transmitter also located in Huizen and built by the NSF. In 1930 the government regulated equal airtime for all organisations on the two stations, and the broadcasting system was born
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Evangelische Omroep
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Evangelische Omroep is one of the twelve member-based broadcasting associations contributing to the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. It has as its mission to bring people into contact with Jesus Christ, EO is one of the few broadcasting associations in the pillarized Dutch broadcasting system to have remained totally faithful to its religious roots. For a long time one of its programmes made reference to God and to the Christian religion. It is not known how effective EO has been in winning people for Christianity, a well-known effect of its work, however, has been that Christians from across the highly fragmented church scene in the Netherlands have come closer to each other. EOs activities have greatly stimulated contacts and mutual respect among Dutch Evangelicals, documentaries are often edited to reflect EOs creationist ideology. The subject of creationism has sparked a number of EO-related controversies, in 2009 Arie Boomsma, an EO television presenter was suspended for three months after appearing partially undressed in a magazine called LHomo. Later that year, EO planned to broadcast a new show called Loopt een man over het water. Which it was intended Boomsma would present, in the show, non-Christian comedians were to be asked to create short sketches about Jesus of Nazareth. The planned show caused so much uproar among EO members that it was cancelled, soon afterwards Boomsma left EO and joined the Catholic broadcasting association KRO. As a result of these and other controversies, the number of subscribing EO members has declined
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Christian Reformed Churches
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The Christian Reformed Churches in The Netherlands is a Protestant church in the Netherlands. The original name of the church was Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands, the church was formed in 1869 by the merger of two churches, the Reformed Churches under the Cross and the Separated Christian Congregations, both separated from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834. Most of the CGKN merged into the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in 1892, a part remained independent. At the first Synod eight congregations were represented, a Theological Seminary was opened in The Hague and later was moved to Apeldoorn in 1919. Since then the churches grew steadily till 1985, when membership was 75,000, the church withdrew from the Reformed Ecumenical Council in 1989, and joined the International Conference of Reformed Churches in 1995. Several congregations for example in Rotterdam and in Zwartsluis dissolved or merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands like in Doesburg, in 2012 many Christian Reformed missions were constituted as full-fledged congregations. January 2013 the denomination had 33 more members than in the previous years, apostles Creed Athanasian Creed Canons of Dort Heidelberg Catechism Belgic Confession In January 2012 the church has 74,286 members in 181 churches. In recent years membership was steady, in the next year in early 2013 membership grew by more than 30. The Christian Reformed Churches in the Netherlands seek cooperation with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and it supports missions in Thailand, and Sulawesi, Indonesia, the Toraja Mamasa Church was founded by missionaries of the Christian Reformed denomination. Official website Brief description of CGKN in English
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Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)
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The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands are an orthodox Reformed, Protestant federation of churches. Prof. Dr. Klaas Schilder played an important role in the Liberation, there are currently 270 affiliated local congregations with a total of about 120,000 members in 2016. After the Liberation the church maintained that they were the continuation of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. An older name for the Reformed Churches was Article 31 Churches in reference to one of the articles in the Church Order at the centre of the dispute between the two groups. The Reformed Churches have a structure which combines congregational and presbyterian polity, local congregations are ruled by a church council or consistory, made up of the pastor and the elders. The church council rules and organises the congregation, most meetings of the church council are open to the members, except when matters of church discipline are discussed. All congregations also have a number of deacons who assist the council with more practical matters. Elders and deacons are elected for limited terms, nationwide the Reformed Churches are organised as follows. A group of congregations are organised in a classis. There are currently 31 classes in the denomination, decisions by the local church council can be appealed to classis. A number of classes are grouped together in a regional synod, the highest body is the national or general synod, which convenes every three years. The Reformed Churches are an orthodox Calvinist Protestant denomination and they subscribe to the infallibity of the Bible, to the Nicene Creed, the Apostles Creed, the Athanasian Creed and the Three Forms of Unity. As Calvinists, the Reformed Churches practise infant baptism for the children of believers, children are taught the tenets of the faith and encouraged to publicly profess their faith, by which they become professing members of the church. Children who have not professed their faith are excluded from participation in the Lords Supper, the Reformed Churches are conservative in doctrine and practice. They do not allow women to hold offices, but in the 1990s they did approve women voting in church elections. They reject so-called Higher Criticism of the Bible, liturgically, they favour the use of the Genevan Psalter in their worship services, although in the last decade a number of classical hymns has also been approved for use in the worship service. In recent years evangelical influences have become stronger, a minority of the members and ministers are questioning some traditional doctrines, and are asking for a different approach on issues like the ordination of women, homosexual relationships, etc. A large middle group, however, wants to hold on to classical Calvinism, the Reformed Churches came out of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
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Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization)
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The foundation Nederlandse Publieke Omroep is a Dutch public broadcasting organization that administers the public broadcasting service in the Netherlands. According to Article 2.2 the Dutch Media Act of 2008, at the head of the organization there are two bodies, The Board of Directors that administers the whole public television and radio broadcasting system and the Supervisory Board. Prior to the 2002 reorganization, the Dutch public broadcasting system was managed by public broadcasting organization. In 2013, NPO became the winner of the Prix Europa award for the Best TV Fiction Script by a Newcomer, Dutch public broadcasting system Media act and media policy — Government. nl Broadcasters — Government. nl Official website
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PowNed
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PowNed is a Dutch broadcaster, which transmits radio and television programmes on the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. The broadcaster is affiliated with and was started up with the help of the popular GeenStijl shock blog, the director of PowNed is Dominique Weesie and their star reporter is Rutger Castricum. Other reporters include Jojanneke van den Berge, Jan Roos and Daan Nieber, several other people involved with PowNed programmes are DJs Rob Stenders and Bert van Lent, sports presenters Henk Spaan and Hugo Borst, Bas Paternotte and Brenno de Winter. The name is a backronym for Publieke Omroep Weldenkend Nederland En Dergelijke, PowNed claims to serve the network generation and argues heavily against baby boomers whom it sees as clinging on to power
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VPRO
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The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current, however, in the 1950s and 1960s it became more liberal than Protestant, and while the acronym VPRO was kept, its meaning was dropped. It was the first to show a woman on Dutch television, Phil Bloom in 1967. The VPRO is known for producing and broadcasting quality programmes, documentaries and films, VPRO often collaborates with other broadcasting organisations such as WDR, the BBC, and Arte. Like all Dutch public broadcasters, the VPRO does not have its own dedicated channel, noorderlicht Radio Bergeijk Backlight Metropolis TV - the program sees correspondents from around the world reporting on life and culture in different cultures. In 2010 the program was honoured with a Tegel Award and it is credited with popularizing hiphop in the Netherlands and was made available on DVD in 2012. Alternative rock band Nirvana played a famous VPRO session in 1991 that was released on various bootlegs, 3VOOR12 VPRO home page YouTube, Dutch / English 3voor12
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WNL (broadcaster)
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Wakker Nederland is a Dutch public broadcaster on the NPO. It was founded on 16 February 2009 as a right-wing conservative counterweight to the perceived leftist bias of Dutch public television, WNL and PowNed have their origins in the newspaper De Telegraaf. WNL takes care of the television programming and began airing their morning show Ochtendspits on Nederland 1 on 6 September 2010. They also had a news show on Nederland 2 called Uitgesproken WNL on Wednesday evenings
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Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
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The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, English, Dutch Broadcast Foundation, is one of the broadcasting organizations making up the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. It has a statutory obligation to make news and sports programmes for the three Dutch public television channels and the Dutch public radio services. The NOS also acts as technical co-ordinator for the Dutch public broadcasting system as a whole, the NOS does have correspondents in multiple countries, including a permanent studio in Washington DC. Programmes produced by the NOS include its daily television and radio bulletins, parliamentary reports are shown from a special studio in The Hague. It also supplies news programmes aimed at children, teens and young adults and sports fans, programmes are made available via television, radio and online. The NOS also broadcast text pages and a website, which are often used by the public. The Netherlands Radio Union was established in 1947, the associations were responsible for their own output, but studios, orchestras and outside broadcast facilities were managed by the NRU. Weekly radio plays were also the domain of the NRU and would run until 1986, the NRU became the Dutch founding member of the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. Meanwhile the Netherlands Television Service was created in 1951, two years after public television returned to the airwaves, the NTS served as a similar organization to the NRU, in that broadcast and transmission facilities were supplied to member associations for making programmes. It wasnt until 1956 that the NTS itself produced its first programme and this was followed by a sports round-up, Sport in Beeld in 1959, and in 1967 of Langs de Lijn, a joint production of several broadcasting associations. A new Media Act was passed into law in 1967, merging the Netherlands Radio Union, the new organization, the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting was created on 29 May 1969. The NOS, as was its predecessors, was tasked with co-ordinating the whole public broadcasting system, as well as providing news and it also inherited the technical and production facilities needed to make and broadcast radio and television programmes. All broadcasting members of the NRU and the NTS were made members of the NOS, on 2 May 1977, a strike by sound engineers affected television news broadcasts. Upset viewers called on all broadcasters to resolve the situation, on 1 April 1980 the NOS launched its teletext service, in the framework of supplying news and information. It first experimented with teletext in 1977, on the 25th anniversary, the NOS aired its first televised youth news bulletin, called the Jeugdjournaal. The Media Act of 1988 meant several changes to NOS and the broadcasting system, the Netherlands Broadcast Production Company consisted of those facilities, mainly based in Media Park in Hilversum. The Media Act also required broadcasting association members take up positions on the NOS Board of Directors, a new government commission oversaw content and financial matters, as well as admitting potential new broadcasting associations. In 1995, saw another Media Act enacted which saw the broadcasting duties of the NOS greatly reduced, the NPS took on the programming tasks of the NOS concerning culture, art, children, education and ethnic-minorities, whilst the NOS concentrated on news, sport and live events
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Omroep NTR
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NTR was created in 2010, following the merger of the Nederlandse Programma Stichting and two educational broadcasters, Televisie Academie and the Radio Volksuniversiteit. For details of these organizations, see further below. NTR, however, as an independently established statutory body, is not a membership-based organization, RVU, the Radio Volksuniversiteit, was the longest-lived educational broadcasting organization in the Netherlands. Established in 1930 by the Bond van Nederlandse Volksuniversiteiten, it was at first granted airtime by the AVRO, a licence to operate independently was obtained on 14 June 1931 and RVU became a public broadcaster in its own right in 1932. In 1983 RVU made its first appearance on television, broadcasting a number of programmes on the Nederland 2 public channel. Its mission was to present informative and educational programmes that would encourage listebers and viewers active participation in society, an initiative to air educational programming on public television led to the creation of the Television Academy in 1963. Meanwhile Nederlandse Onderwijs Televisie began operations on the 27 June 1962 and its purpose was to supply primary and secondary teachers with educational programming for use in classes. The programmes were made in co-operation with Teleac, RVU and the NOS but had no broadcasting licence of its own and that changed in 1988, when the new Media Act established NOT as an independent broadcaster. School programmes made by the NOS were thus transferred to the new organization, as were their employees and it reverted to its original name Teleac in September 2009, using three brands for its output, Teleac, SchoolTV and PeuterTV. A further joint venture was expanded upon with both RVU and Teleac forming Educom in 2005, the Act also reinforced the brand identity of the public channels over the associations. The split was confirmed with the launch of the Nederlandse Programma Stichting on 1 January 1995, in mid-2005, Jan Peter Balkenendes second cabinet presented plans to renovate the broadcasting system, including abolition of the NPS by 2007. The proposal was met with resistance from many viewers and listeners, given the dedicated. The idea was that other broadcasters would take over the type of programming that the NPS had previously provided, there was little confidence among viewers, however, that this would actually happen. It was speculated at the time that the motive for the proposed abolition was that the governing parties saw the foundations output as being too left-wing. The plans were in the end following the elections of November 2006. On the 1 September 2010, the NPS, Teleac and RVU merged to form a single entity, the NTR name is composed of the first letter of the three formerly separate organizations. The idea behind the merger is one of money being more efficiently distributed amongst fewer broadcasting organizations, the new organization has no members, as per the Dutch public system norm as it is a statuory public service broadcaster and a legal entity inherited from its predecessors. Its programming focus is now concentrated on news analysis, education, culture, childrens education, nTRs on-screen branding consists of their acronym in lower case followed by a colon punctuation mark
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NPO 1
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NPO1 is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently next to sister channels NPO2. A wide range of broadcasting organisations of the Publieke Omroep deliver programs, a wide variety of programs is broadcast on the channel, usually for larger audiences. In 2014, it was the most viewed channel in the Netherlands, in the Netherlands the first television experiments took place in the 1930s. Dutch technology company Philips played an important role in these experiments, in 1951 public radio broadcasters AVRO, KRO, VARA and NCRV established the NTS, Nederlandse Televisie Stichting. The very first public broadcast began from studio Irene in Bussum on 2 October 1951 at 8,15 pm and it was transmitted from Lopik, soon followed by Hilversum as well. On 5 January 1956 the NTS broadcast their first news programme, in the 1950s television attracted only a low number of viewers. The high prices of television sets were the reason why. From October 1960 NTS began broadcasting daily from 8,00 pm till 10,20 pm, two years later the broadcasting hours were extended from 26 to 30 hours a week. On 1 October 1964, a public television channel began broadcasting, Nederland 2. In 1967 Colour television broadcasts were introduced by using the PAL-system, also in that same year advertisement between programmes was introduced. In 1969 the Dutch government adopted the so-called open-system for the broadcasting system. Though, a new organisation must have 100,000 members or more to be allowed in. On 29 May 1969, the NTS and the Dutch Radio Union merged into the NOS serving as an organisation for the public broadcasting organisations. Its main focus is on news and sports broadcasts and also provides technical. In anticipation of the launch of new commercial channels broadcast by satellite, luxembourg-based RTL-Véronique began broadcasting in October 1989. Until 2006 each public broadcasting organisation had been associated with just one channel, being either Nederland 1, in season 2006/2007 the three channels got re-arranged. The NOS is no longer the coordinating organisation and this function is taken over by the newly formed NPO
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NPO 2
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NPO2 is a Dutch television channel, sister channel of NPO1 and NPO3. It was established on 1 October 1964 at 20,00, NPO2 tends to broadcast arts, culture, politics, news, current affairs and religious programmes. NPO2 simulcasts NPO1 news with sign language, in September 1967, colour broadcasts were introduced on NPO2. Until the launch of NPO3 in 1988, NPO2 was the mainstay of the broadcasters AVRO, TROS, VOO/Veronica and VPRO, in 1995 VOO/Veronica split from the Netherlands Public Broadcasting to become a commercial channel. On 4 July 2009, all three channels began simulcasting in 1080i high-definition, on 12 March 2013, the NPO announced that Nederland 1,2 and 3 will be renamed as NPO1,2 and 3. The reason for change is to make the channels and its programmes more recognizable. The rebranding completed on 19 August 2014, television networks in the Netherlands NPO2 website
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NPO 3
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It is oriented towards children, youth and innovative television. NPO3 was established as Nederland 3 on 4 April 1988, the original plan was for the third Dutch public television channel to be a joint venture with the Flemish public broadcaster VRT, which would specialize in Belgian Dutch programming. Arising from the ashes of the plan, Nederland 3 became the home channel of the broadcasters VPRO, VARA, RVU. The channel focused on news, debate, culture and innovative television, before the evening peak the channels programming, organized by NPO under the label Z@ppelin, was aimed at children. In September 2006, the programming of NPOs television channels was changed slightly, today NPO3 still focuses on children during the daytime. In the evening it aims to reach an audience with innovative, educational television. All Dutch public broadcasting organizations have air-time on NPO1, NPO2, on 4 July 2009 all three channels began simulcasting in 1080i high-definition. On 12 March 2013, the NPO announced that Nederland 1,2 and 3 will be renamed as NPO1,2 and 3, the reason for this change is to make the channels and its programmes more recognizable. The rebranding completed on 19 August 2014, between 06,00 and 19,30 NPO Zapp and NPO Zappelin broadcast television oriented at children, this includes educational television, like SchoolTV from broadcaster NTR. After 19,30 the programming for youth and young adults starts, the programming is filled with films, drama and comedy, and successful programmes such as Top of the Pops, College Tour, De Lamas, Spuiten en Slikken and Raymann is Laat. It also broadcasts European Football such as the UEFA Champions League live until season 2015/2016 when it was moved to SBS6, television networks in the Netherlands NPO3 website
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BVN
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BVN, is a satellite and cable television channel providing Dutch and Flemish public-service television to viewers around the world. It is a joint venture by the broadcasting company of the Netherlands, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, and that of the Flemish part of Belgium. BVN has grown to become an international channel with worldwide coverage. The channel started in 1996 as Zomer-TV, an aimed at making Dutch-language programming available to Dutch. Radio Nederland Wereldomroep was involved as a partner, but left in 2012. There are three main methods, Satellite - A range of satellites carry BVN, often as a free-to-air channel. User need to be within the footprint of a satellite that carries the channel, BVN broadcasts daily news bulletins from VRT and NOS. The 1pm and 7pm editions of VRTs Het Journaal are transmitted on a time delay at 1300 and 1905 CET from Sunday to Friday. The 1900 bulletin is broadcast from 1915 on Saturdays, the main 2000 bulletin from NOS Journaal is broadcast at 2030 CET and features a specially produced international weather forecast. A short bulletin is also carried at 1600 CET on weekdays, current affairs output on weekdays consists of the magazine programme EénVandaag at 1830 CET, Nieuwsuur and Terzake at around midnight CET. EénVandaag is produced by independent pillar broadcasters while Nieuwsuur is co-produced by NOS, on Sundays, BVN carries a delayed broadcast of VRTs current affairs magazine De Zevende Dag at 1330 CET followed by the political talk show Buitenhof at 1530. Topical debate and entertainment programmes also feature in the schedule including De wereld draait door at 1940 CET, both programmes are off-air during the summer. NOS produces 15 minutes sports news bulletins called Sportjournaal on weekdays along with Studio Sport, the sports magazine show Holland Sport is broadcast periodically on Saturday afternoons. During the football season, Eredivisie highlights are broadcast in NOSs Studio Sport on Saturday nights & Sunday evenings, VRTs sports coverage is featured daily within short sports bulletins on Het Journaal at 1300 and 1900. On Sundays throughout the year, the 1910 Het Journaal bulletin is shortened to 20 minutes to allow for a half-hour round-up entitled Sportweekend to follow at 1930, during the football season, the 1300 bulletin on Sunday features an extended goals round-up from the Jupiler League. BVNs daily schedule features entertainment, documentaries and features output, programming includes documentary series Memories, the quiz show Blokken, variety show Mooi weer De Leeuw and the long running sitcom F. C. De Kampioenen as well as various music specials. The station broadcasts the VRT serial Thuis and BNNs serial ONM on weekdays throughout the year, BVN also broadcasts a number of popular drama series and serials including Kinderen van Dewindt, Flikken and Witse. During the summer, BVN transmits movies from the Netherlands and Flanders on Saturday nights, official website BVN at LyngSat Address BVN reception
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NPO Radio 2
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NPO Radio 2 is a public-service radio station in the Netherlands, broadcasting chiefly classic hits. It is part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, NPO, the origins of the station go back to Hilversum 1, launched in 1947. The name change to Radio 2 took place in 1985, in 2014, the name was changed to NPO Radio 2. The primary target audience comprises listeners aged between 40 and 54, much of the music played comes from the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s, though the schedule also incorporates evergreen numbers from the 1960s
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NPO 3FM
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NPO 3FM is a Dutch pop/rock radio station controlled by public broadcaster NPO. Its format is a combination of contemporary hit radio, alternative and it can be compared with BBC Radio 1. In the early days of the station, this led to a bag of programs barely linked to each other. As an example, Christian broadcaster EO used to broadcast Christian-themed programs, up until the early 1990s, NPO 3FM did not have a horizontal radio format, with each public broadcaster filling one day a week. The dawn of commercial competition and changing ideas about modern radio forced Radio 3 to overhaul its format drastically in 1992. First, three broadcasters decided to join forces and introduced Het Station, with a format for three days, with programs hosted by DJs from these three broadcasters. About a year later, Radio 3 went horizontal completely, with public broadcaster losing its own designated day but getting a fixed. TROS divides its programming between Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, in August 2014, the name of the stations was changed to NPO 3FM, incorporating the public broadcaster, NPO name and logo. Starting in 1971, Hilversum 3 hosted its own hit parade, the name and compiling methods of the Hilversum 3 chart changed several times. In the early 1970s it was known as either Hilversum 3 Top 30, in 1974 the name was changed into Nationale Hitparade, first a Top 30, later a Top 50 and a Top 100. In January 1993, the Nationale Hitparade was scrapped and replaced by an all new chart and it is still broadcast every Saturday. Unusually, Hilversum 3 used to have more than one pop chart between 1974 and 1992. While its official Nationale Hitparade chart - supported by most public broadcasters - was hosted by the NOS, Radio Veronica, once it received its status in 1976. Also, TROS introduced its own chart, TROS Top 50. For many years, you could listen to three separate charts on Hilversum 3, the TROS Top 50 on Thursdays, Top 40 on Fridays and Nationale Hitparade on Sundays. All this changed in early 1993, when the Nationale Hitparade was discontinued, the Top 40 moved to Radio 538 and NPO 3FM started its new chart, the Mega Top 50. In 2004, the station begun a charity project by the name of Serious Request in which three DJs play requested songs for money for six days and nights in a glass house and they collect this money for projects of the Red Cross. The DJs dont eat during these days, Serious Request starts every year the week before Christmas
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NPO Radio 4
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NPO Radio 4 is a public-service radio channel in the Netherlands, broadcasting chiefly classical music. It is part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, NPO, the channel began broadcasting on 28 December 1975 under the name Hilversum 4, changed to Radio 4 on 1 December 1985. Its first programme was produced by the Veronica broadcasting association, the following broadcasting associations and organisations currently provide programming on NPO Radio 4, AVRO, EO, KRO, MAX, NCRV, NTR, RKK, TROS, VARA, VPRO. Initially, the channel broadcast only during the evenings but it now operates around the clock, providing surround sound transmissions via the internet, on 19 August 2014 the stations name and logo were amended to include mention of its parent broadcasting organization, NPO. List of radio stations in the Netherlands Radio4. nl
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NPO Radio 5
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NPO Radio 5 is a Dutch public-service network radio station operated by NPO. On weekday evenings the network carries specialized factual and discussion programmes concerned with the life of the spirit, education, opinion, at weekends the emphasis is on philosophy and religion, poetry and readings, as well as special programming for first-generation immigrants. Overnights the network broadcasts non-stop music Monday to Friday, also non-stop music at weekend from 1900hrs Friday to 2359 Sunday as Max Nostalgia. From January 2014 Radio 5 Nostalgia started broadcasting on a Saturday and Sunday from 6am to 6pm Dutch time, Radio 5 nostalgia is heard on FM or via internet feeds. NPO Radio 5 was launched in 1983 under the name of Hilversum 5. In 1985 the network changed its name to Radio 5, This was altered yet again on 1 April 2001, more recently, on 4 September 2006, the name was changed back to Radio 5. Because of the increase of its listeners, it is considered to make the easy-listening programming, from September 2011, Radio 5 Nostalgia became available 24-hours a day, known as Max Nostalgia, but only at certain times on 747. Not from 1900hrs Friday to 2359hrs Sunday, Radio 5 on 747 broadcasts separate programs on that frequency, mainly specialized programs. Radio 5 Nostalgia in the Netherlands now broadcasts 24 hours a day 7 days a week, from 1900 Dutch time to Midnight Monday to Friday it broadcasts non-stop music as Max Nostalgia, and at weekends from 1900 Friday through Saturday and Sunday. Since 1 January 2014 Radio 5 Nostalgia broadcasts from 0000hrs to 1800 Dutch time Mondays to Fridays, on 747 Medium Wave, Radio 5 broadcasts music from Midnight to 0600 from Monday to Friday, when the mix of music and talk programs resumes. In August 2014, the name of the station was changed to NPO Radio 5, incorporating the public broadcaster, NPO name and logo. At Midnight CET NPO Radio 5 closed down on Medium Wave On 15 September 2014 it was reported that NPO would be closing its MW transmitters on 1 September 2015, effecting savings of 1. As a stopgap Radio 5s 747 kHz AM frequency had temporarily been assigned to Radio 1 to make a news, current affairs, however, by December 2012 the mast had been rebuilt and restored to full operation. List of radio stations in the Netherlands Radio 5 Radio 5 Avond & Weekend
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FunX
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FunX is a Dutch public radio station which has been on air since 3 August 2002. The station runs mainly urban music, the station aims to give street opinions airtime and follows the latest trends. There are four local city editions of FunX, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, the local broadcasts consist of a joint framework program, some hours are split into different editions. These city editions air on FM broadcast band near the mentioned cities, a national version is also available via DVB-T, DAB+, cable, satellite and the Internet but not via FM. Via the Internet are also to listen to special editions, each with its own style, FunX Arab, FunX Dance, FunX Hip Hop, FunX Latin, FunX Reggae. Stichting FunX is the entity on FunX since 2012. This manages the activities on behalf of the Dutch Public Broadcasting which the station is financing since 2012 after the national government, FunX BV is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Stichting G4 Radio that takes care of the local activities and local advertising sales. This foundation is a partnership of local broadcasters of the four cities, SALTO Omroep Amsterdam, Stichting Open Rotterdam, RTV Utrecht. The terrestrial licenses of the editions of FunX in the name of these four local public broadcasters. After Colorful Radio was labeled an illegal sideline in 2005 by the Commissioner for the media, in total FunX receives around 3.8 million in grants and government funds. The Board of Directors of the NOS carries, as of 1 January 2009, because of the more rural and appeal at the station wanted to The Hague to end its funding from the station. Ultimately, the City Council decided, under pressure from FunX BV, on 17 June 2011 it was announced that the government subsidy of FunX would expire after 2012. This is half of the stations budget, the station was saved by entering into a partnership with the Dutch Public Broadcasting. List of radio stations in the Netherlands Official website
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide was a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands. Radio Netherlands Worldwide has also distributed content via web and e-mail technology from as early as 1992 and its services in Dutch ended on 10 May 2012. English and Indonesian languages ceased on 29 June 2012 due to budgets cuts imposed by the Dutch government. The last programme broadcast on shortwave was a daily show in Spanish for Cuba named El Toque. Following a series of experiments on various wavelengths in 1925, reports of reception from a low-power shortwave transmitter were received from Jakarta on March 11,1927. Dutch Queen Wilhelmina made what is believed to be the worlds first royal broadcast on 1 June 1927, addressing compatriots in the East, regular international broadcast transmissions started shortly afterwards from the Philips shortwave transmitter in Eindhoven. They used the callsign PHOHI for broadcasts in the Dutch language to the Dutch East Indies - now Indonesia) and PCJJ for broadcasts in English, the Philips company in Eindhoven saw a market for its radios in the Dutch colonies. Their Research Labs got support from companies who were trading goods between The Netherlands and Batavia, the PHOHI was officially founded on 18 June 1927. In 1928, test transmissions commenced from a site in Huizen and it was chosen because of the high water table on the land near the Zuyderzee lake. This meant there was a good conductivity for an efficient earth, around 1929, the Philips call sign was simplified to PCJ. By the end of 1936, the power had been raised by connecting a stage with two water-cooled type TA 20/250 valves and this provided a power output of 60 kW at a frequency of 15220 kHz and immediately became the strongest short-wave transmitter in Europe. In 1937, this transmitter was moved from Eindhoven to the PHOHI Transmitter Park in Huizen, in November 2006, a 1/5th size model of this antenna was officially inaugurated on a roundabout a few hundred metres from the original site. Rotatable curtain array antennas were not in use until the 1960s. Broadcasts from the Netherlands were interrupted by the German invasion in May 1940, there were three transmitters in operation at that time. On the afternoon of May 14, the Dutch military commander gave orders that the transmitters should be destroyed, after several attempts, which included calling in the help of the Hilversum firebrigade, two of the three transmitters were completely destroyed. The third was only damaged and later used by the Germans for pro-Nazi broadcasts. There were also relays of concerts from Dutch broadcasters operating under German control. The Dutch government in exile was granted air-time on BBC transmitters in 1941, the programme Radio Oranje was a daily commentary on the Dutch situation both in the Netherlands and the rest of the empire
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Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep
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AVRO was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broadcaster in the Netherlands, in 2014 AVRO merged with fellow broadcaster TROS to form AVROTROS. On 8 July 1923, Hilversumsche Draadlooze Omroep was launched by the Nederlandsche Seintoestellen Fabriek under supervision of Willem Vogt, on 21 July 1923, it provided the very first regular radio broadcast in the Netherlands. In 1927 it changed its name into Algemeene Nederlandsche Radio Omroep, on 28 December 1927, the two merged broadcasters continued as Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep. de Mol. Chantal Janzen Cornald Maas Gerard Ekdom Jan Steeman Pia Dijkstra Sipke Jan Bousema
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BNN (Dutch broadcaster)
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BNN or Barts Neverending Network is a Dutch public broadcasting association supported by the Netherlands Public Broadcasting. BNN was founded in 1997 by Bart de Graaff, Gerard Timmer & Frank Timmer and it produces entertainment and informative television programs, radio programs, and feature films. Some of BNNs programming has dealt with subject matter, including most famously. The name was changed to Barts Neverending Network after Bart de Graaffs death at age 35 from kidney failure caused by a rejection of a kidney transplant he received in 1999. While Dutch media in general is known to be liberal in coverage of sexuality and drugs, even BNNs programming has been considered controversial. The show aired on 1 June, at the end of the show it was revealed to be a hoax, attempting to draw attention to the low number of organ donors in the country
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Katholieke Radio Omroep
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KRO, or Katholieke Radio Omroep, is a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its outlook, KRO broadcasts the bulk of its television output on the NPO1 channel. KRO is also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church in the Netherlands in the allocated to RKK. KRO publishes the magazines Studio KRO Magazine and Mikro gids, on television, KROs behind-the-news show is Netwerk, which it produces in cooperation with EO and NCRV. A popular show which KRO began in 2005 is Boer zoekt vrouw, many Dutch farmers remain single because they find it hard to find a woman who is willing to put up with the long hours, hard work, and lack of holidays which farming life requires. This show, which aims to remedy that situation, was KROs highest-rated television programme in 2008, another KRO speciality is the broadcasting of detective series in the strand KRO Detectives, which mainly focuses on British and Scandinavian productions. KRO also has its own childrens strands, KRO Kindertijd and Tien Plus, KRO Kindertijd also has some programmes available live across the Netherlands via Omroep NLs digital service, Zappelin / Zapp 24. Some of this output can also be viewed outside the Netherlands via Kindertijds Video Juke Box service
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Nederlandse Programma Stichting
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NPS was a Dutch government-funded radio and TV broadcasting foundation. The NPS, however, does not have any members and it was created in 1994, following a split-up of the responsibilities of the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. The NPS took over the NOSs culture, information, minorities, on September 1,2010, the NPS merged with Teleac and RVU up NTR. In the summer of 2005, Jan Peter Balkenendes second cabinet presented plans to renovate the broadcasting system, the proposal was met with fierce resistance from many viewers and listeners, given the dedicated and fairly sizeable audience for the NPSs output. The idea was that other broadcasters would take over the type of programming that the NPS had previously provided, there was little confidence among viewers, however, that this would actually happen. It was speculated at the time that the motive for the proposed abolition was that the governing parties saw the foundations output as being too left-wing. The plans were in the end following the elections of November 2006
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