1970 in Dutch television

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This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1970.

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Hearts of Soul girl group

Hearts of Soul was formed by three Dutch Indonesian sisters from Harderwijk: Bianca, Stella and Patricia Maessen (1952–1996). They later moved to Veghel, also in the Netherlands.

Eurovision Song Contest 1970 song contest

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands and was held at the RAI Congrescentrum on Saturday 21 March 1970. The show was hosted by Willy Dobbe.

"Waterman" ("Aquarius") was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed in Dutch by Hearts of Soul, a trio consisting of the Dutch sisters Patricia, Bianca and Stella Maessen.

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<i>NOS Journaal</i> dutch News program

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.

<i>Pipo de Clown</i> television series

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.

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Helga van Leur is a Dutch meteorologist, best known for presenting the weather predictions during the news broadcast at RTL 4.

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The Netherlands was represented by six-member group Teach-In, with the song '"Ding-A-Dong", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Stockholm on 22 March. Teach-In were chosen as the Dutch representatives at the national final on 26 February, and went on to win the 1975 contest for the Netherlands.

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This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1976.

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