Radio 1 (Belgium)

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Radio 1
VRT Radio 1 logo.svg
Broadcast area Belgium
Frequency 91.7–99.9 MHz
Programming
Language(s) Dutch
Format News, talk, sport
Ownership
Owner VRT
Links
Website www.radio1.be

Radio 1 is a Belgian radio channel operated by the Flemish public broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT).

Contents

The channel focuses on news (with bulletins every half hour), together with discussion and debate on public policy and social issues. Radio 1 also carries live coverage of sporting events, branded "Sporza Radio".

Radio 1's musical content is a mix of contemporary and classic pop and rock music (focusing on Flemish productions), with specialist music programming in the evening schedules.

Logos and identities

Guest programmes

Radio 1 regularly allocates a limited amount of airtime for the transmission of so-called "guest programmes": that is to say, programmes produced by associations and organizations representing faith and other socio-philosophical communities recognized by the Flemish Government as having the right to make such broadcasts. [1] At the present time (February 2014) these are:

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