Arrow Classic Rock
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| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
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| Slogan | De muziek van je leven (The music of your life) |
| Frequency | Only on Dutch cables. Available worldwide through internet |
| First air date | 1996 |
| Format | Rock music |
| Owner | Ad Ossendrijver |
| Sister stations |
Arrow Caz! |
| Webcast | Webstream |
| Website | Arrow.nl/rock |
Arrow Classic Rock is a Dutch radio station, that plays classic rock and some modern rock. Arrow Classic Rock broadcasts on FM and is also receivable via cable, all nationwide. Owned by Ad Ossendrijver and Willem van Kooten, the station started broadcasts via all Dutch cablenetworks in 1996 and bought AM 828 from Veronica FM in 1998. In 2003 the frequencies of medium wave had been redistributed and the station moved to AM 675. In May 2007 Crosspoints BV, the company witch produced Arrow Classic Rock and Arrow Jazz FM bought Caz! to use their FM frequencies. On 31 January 2008 they ceased their AM transmissions, transmitting an announcement in English advising their move to FM and to use the web stream.
Once a year the station organizes Arrow Rock Festival, one of the largest rock festivals in the Netherlands with dozens of big-name bands playing every year. Aerosmith performed at Arrow Rock Festival 2007 along with Scorpions and Europe. In 2008, Kiss headlined the festival.
Arrow also contributes to the newly founded Pinkpop Classic rock festival, to be held August 2007 featuring the performance of Status Quo, among others.
In October Arrow has Rocktober which is in the spirit of Rock, that includes:
- The sympho-25 (the 25 best sympho-rock songs)
- The blues top 50
- The album top 100 of the 70's 80's and 90's
- The best guitar player, singer, bass player and drummer
- The Arrow rock 500
- British Invasion
- Rock in Waterland
FM closure
In February 2009, Crosspoints BV was ordered by the Radiocommunications Agency to cease Arrow Classic Rock broadcasting on the FM frequencies across the Netherlands by March 11 after a dispute about licence fees. Because of the financial crisis Crosspoints BV was not longer able to pay millions for licence fees to the Dutch government for the distribution of a special interest music station.[1] After FM-distribution stopped, Arrow Classic Rock was still broadcasting via all Dutch cable networks, online and on AM 828 kHz 24 hours a day. On 5 May 2009 Crosspoints switched off also the AM-transmitter because only a limited number of listeners could be reached.[2]
New Company
Crosspoints BV closed the company in April 2009 and sold all assets of Arrow Classic Rock to a company owned by Ad Ossendrijver which continued the production and distribution of Arrow Classic Rock. Arrow Classic Rock was again a non-presented music station.
See also
References
- ↑ Sennitt, Andy (2009-02-18). "Dutch commercial radio feeling the crunch". Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
- ↑ "Middengolf (MG/AM)". Radio en TV zenders in Nederland. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
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