Radio 538
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Radio 538 is a commercial radio station in The Netherlands. As of April 2004, it is the most popular (average market share - 11,7%) radio station in The Netherlands. Radio 538 was founded in 1992 by a group of former employees of Radio Veronica, led by Lex Harding. Broadcast initiated on December 11 1992 from a villa in Bussum. The name Radio 538 is derived from the wavelength at which Veronica broadcasted in the seventies (538 meters).
From the start in 1992 till 1995, Radio 538 only broadcasted on cable. A request to broadcast in the ether was denied at that time, because Radio 538 was considered as a threat to public radio, especially 3 FM (http://www.omroep.nl/3fm). After a media campaign, in which 320.000 signatures were collected, Radio 538 got its ether frequency in 1995. In 2003, Radio 538 got a new, nationwide frequency network. However, radio 538 had to pay EUR 57 million to gain the new frequencies, which it can operate till 2011.
In 1995 Lex Harding started the tv station TMF (The Music Factory) after which Erik de Zwart became the new president of Radio 538. At the end of 2002 Erik de Zwart left to competitor Noordzee FM. Jan-Willem Brüggenwirth became the new president.
In 2004, the hip-hop program Juize got its own radio station, Juize FM.
DJ's (2004)
- Barry Paf
- Dennis Ruyer
- Dennis Verheugd
- DJ Jean
- Edwin Evers
- Froukje de Both
- Jens Timmermans
- Jeroen Nieuwenhuize
- Jurjen Gofers
- Lindo Duvall
- Martijn Kolkman
- Menno de Boer
- Niels Hoogland
- Rick van Velthuysen
- Ruud de Wild
- Tim Klijn
- Wessel van Diepen
Former DJ's
- Anita Doth
- Arlo van Sluis
- Bart van Leeuwen
- Erik de Zwart
- Fabienne
- Frank Dane
- Gordon
- Jeroen van Inkel
- Kees Schilperoort
- Michael Pilarczyk
- Michèl Weber
- Timo Kamst
- Will Luikinga
- Wouter van der Goes
- Koen van Tijn
- Mirella Simoncini (Green Report)
External link
- [Official site (http://www.radio538.nl/)]nl:Radio 538