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This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1962.

Events

27 February - De Spelbrekers are selected to represent Netherlands at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Katinka". They are selected to be the seventh Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Concordia Theatre in Bussum.

De Spelbrekers were a Dutch singing duo, known for their participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following Jean-Claude Pascal's win at the 1961 contest in Cannes, France with the song "Nous les amoureux". This was the first time Luxembourg hosted the event. The contest was held at the Villa Louvigny on Sunday 18 March 1962 and was hosted by Mireille Delannoy.

"Katinka" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962, performed in Dutch by De Spelbrekers.

Debuts

Television shows

1950s

NOS Journaal (1956–present)
Pipo de Clown (1958-1980)

NOS Journaal is the umbrella name for the news broadcasts of the Dutch public broadcaster NOS on radio and television. The division of the NOS responsible for gathering and broadcasting the news is known as NOS Nieuws, and is based at the Media Park in Hilversum; the NOS also has fully equipped radio and television studios in The Hague, from which political programmes are often produced.

Pipo de Clown is a character created by writer and artist Wim Meuldijk, which became famous as the lead character of a popular early Dutch television series also written by Meuldijk, and which was subsequently popularized in movies and on records. The best-known of Pipo-actors was Amsterdam actor Cor Witschge, who played the part in the television series from 1958 to 1968 and from 1974 to 1980. The regular Pipo cast often performed in theaters and for company occasions. Pipo returned to the mainstream in the 2003 movie Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder, and in the 2009-2010 theater season with the musical Pipo en de Gestolen Stem.

Ending this year

Births

26 March - Paul de Leeuw, singer, comedian & actor
22 July - Cornald Maas, TV presenter
29 October - Myrna Goossen, TV & radio presenter

Paul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.

Cornald Maas is a Dutch television presenter who has been known for presenting talk shows in the Netherlands. He is the brother of Frans Maas.

Myrna Goossen is a Dutch celebrity and a television presenter, who has been associated with AVRO since 1985.

Deaths

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