Radio 10 (Netherlands)
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| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
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| Slogan |
De grootste hits allertijden! (The Greatest Hits of All-time !) |
| Frequency |
FM 828 KHz (Rotterdam) |
| First air date | April 4, 1988 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Language(s) | Dutch |
| Former callsigns |
Radio 10 (1988-1990) Radio 10 Gold (1990-1999) Radio 10FM (1999-2003) Radio 10 Gold (2003-2013) |
| Owner | Radiocorp-Talpa |
| Website | radio10gold.nl |
Radio 10 (before : Radio 10 Gold) is a Dutch commercial radio station principally dedicated to Oldies from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and is the oldest commercial radio station of the Netherlands.
History
On 4 April 1988, the station started broadcasting under the same name Radio 10. Radio 10 was an initiative of former VARA DJ Jeroen Soer. Commercial radio in the Netherlands was still not allowed and Radio 10 passed the Amsterdam-made programs via satellite to Italy. Radio 10 was officially an Italian station of the company Rete Zero, with an FM frequency (105 FM) in Milan. This was allowed under the law, applying to satellite and cable broadcasts.
During the 90's Radio 10 Gold broadcast on 675 kHz medium wave from a high powered transmitter. It could be heard in many places in the UK and the rest of Europe, particularly at night. However it had to give up the frequency to Arrow Classic Rock, which only used that frequency for a short while. Radio 10 Gold then broadcast on 1395 kHz but not for long. They then used 1008 kHz, again only for a short while, before getting the frequency of 828 kHz. This was not as powerful as 675 or 1008 kHz.
On 5 January 2010 it was announced that Radio 10 Gold had been sold to RTL Nederland. The station had been owned, since 2003, by Talpa Radio. John de Mol is also a shareholder of RTL Nederland. RTL also drew up future plans for Radio 10 Gold to use one of the vacant FM frequencies of Arrow Classic Rock but the Dutch authorities did not allow Radio 10 Gold to do this and gave the station permission to broadcast on AM 828 kHz instead. This replaced sister stations Radio 538 and SLAM!FM who now broadcasts on new frequencies. From 1 January 2012, John de Mol was obliged to say goodbye to the RTL Group. This was in connection with the termination of the collaboration between John de Mol and RTL due to the acquisition of SBS in 2011.
Radio 10, the return on FM
On 2 August 2013, Radio 10 Gold returned on the FM band nationally as Radio 10 after a deal between the Talpa and Radiocorp was made. The station has stayed with the Oldies format and the same jingles (without the Gold in the jingles), Radio 10 Gold (538 Group) temporarily continued its own programming and broadcasting on 828 kHz till 22 September 2013.[1]
Frequency
- 828 kHz, broadcasting from Heinenoord near Rotterdam on AM, and could be heard in the South-West of the Netherlands and the North-West of Belgium.
External links
References
- ↑ Lindström, Johan. "Radiocorp Launches Radio 10 on FM". Radio Intelligence. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
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