In the Netherlands, the Sky Radio Group is next to the main station Sky Radio also owner of Radio Veronica, HitRadio and Classic FM and was also briefly seller of advertising time on Kink FM. The now defunct Kink FM was part of the Vereniging Veronica.
From October 1 till December 27, 2006 the Sky Radio Group provided to the cable signal of the former Dutch pop station RTL FM, the last time under the name RTL FM, Sky Radio presents The Christmas Station. The cable network RTL FM BV was then taken over and BV was renamed Hitradio BV. In late 2006 TMF Radio started on this channel, until November 2008 a joint venture of Sky Radio with MTV Networks BV. Since October 1, 2008 this station is fully owned by Sky Radio Group. On April 3, 2009 the name of TMF Radio was changed to TMF HitRadio. On November 1, 2009 the name of the radio station changed again, this time in HitRadio. HitRadio brings non-stop hit music.
On Sunday 21 August 2005, The Sunday Express reported that the News Corporation, Sky Radio Group (including Veronica and Classic FM) was put for sale for an amount of €295 million. The British division of Sky Radio Ltd. suffered in the year 2005 a loss of about £5.6 million. The reporting time was not officially confirmed by News itself. In February 2006, a consortium of De Telegraaf Media Groep NV and Vereniging Veronica with ING all shares. In mid-2007 the Telegraaf Media Groep took part of ING on which the publisher 85% of the company got hold of.
In addition to online listening choice of three radio stations Sky Radio Group offers some radio channels which can only be listened to via the Internet:
In 2011, Sky Radio Group began developing MyRadio, an online platform for personalized radio. MyRadio offers about 25 stations based on various genres, from Urban to Indie and Pop to Opera. The stations are compiled and maintained by music directors, experts in each genre from the Dutch radio world.
The user chooses a station, then MyRadio compiles a playlist according to radio traditions. The listener can like tracks, dislike or skip ('not right now'). MyRadio fits on the basis of those signals of the playlist on the taste of the user by among other artist and track selection, mood and energy to send to the station. Each station is so completely personalized. Additionally, a user can create their own stations by combining two to eight base stations with freely adjustable proportions. Even these personal stations while listening always automatically adapted to the behavior of the listener.
In November 2012 MyRadio is publicly launched. In the first half of 2013, all internet stations of the Sky Radio Group one by one placed with MyRadio so those stations can also be personalized. The only exception is the Veronica Top 1000 Allertijden station, which has a fixed playlist (the latest edition of the Top 1000 Allertijden played in the order listed) and are therefore not suitable for personalization.
Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station established in Hilversum, Netherlands, in 1992. It is the second-most listened to radio station in the Netherlands. The name “Radio 538” refers to the wavelength on which Radio Veronica broadcast in the 1970s. The station is owned by Talpa Network.
Classicnl is a classical music radio station in the Netherlands, which at one time broadcast on FM, but is now available nationally on DAB+, cable and internationally on the Internet. The station is owned by the Bakker Oosterbeek Beheer BV which acquired the station from Telegraaf Media Groep which owned the radio station from 2006 until November 2017. The radio station was known as Classic FM from 1994 until October 1st, 2019. Between 1994 and 1997, the format was almost identical to the Classic FM (UK) station, including the jingles, but it featured Dutch presentation. It currently transmits classical music 24 hours a day with no presenters.
SLAM! is a Dutch commercial national radio station that plays current-based rhythmic and dance hits. SLAM! has a strong commitment in breaking new dance music. The playlist and presentation serves as a combination of 538 and 3FM. The station is broadcasting in the Netherlands and can be received via FM in the Randstad, Internet (worldwide) and cable. The broadcasting building and studios of SLAM! are located in Naarden, North Holland. In 2012, it was announced that SLAM! has the largest market share among the country's young people (16.8%). It is a sister station of 100% NL, Radio Veronica and Sublime.
RTL 7 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched as Veronica on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is RTL Nederland's "men's channel" with action films, reality television about crime and professions, football, motorsport and talk shows about sports. During daytime business and financial news channel RTL Z was broadcasting on RTL 7 until RTL Nederland revamped RTL Z into a 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.
Veronica is a Dutch free-to-cable commercial television channel currently a part of Talpa TV. The channel was launched as TV10 Gold on 1 May 1995, then became TV10, Fox, Fox 8 and V8, before becoming Veronica on 20 September 2003. The channel is dedicated to young adults and the male audience.
HitRadio Veronica was a Dutch commercial radio station that was created when the public broadcaster Veronica Omroep Organisatie left the public system in August 1995, creating the Holland Media Groep with CLT (RTL).
Kink FM was a commercial radio channel in the Netherlands dedicated entirely to alternative music.
Mediahuis is a European multinational newspaper and magazine publishing, distribution, printing, television, radio and online media company founded in 2014 with assets in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Germany. Mediahuis publishes daily newspaper titles in Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland as well as regional titles, and is involved in broadcasting a number of Dutch and French language TV and radio stations.
RTL Nederland is a Dutch media network, a subsidiary of RTL Group. The media company is located in Hilversum, although the licences of its TV stations are issued in Luxembourg.
Mass media in the Netherlands – television, radio, newspapers, magazines – are characterised by a tradition of politico-denominational segregation ("pillarisation") on the one hand and an increasing degree of commercialism on the other.
Sky Radio is a Dutch commercial radio station playing non-stop Adult Contemporary pop music, owned by Talpa Holding. The target audience is men and women between 25 and 54 years of age. It is programmed according to the AC format. It is DJ-free and the music is interrupted only to broadcast news, weather, advertisements and traffic reports.
Radio 10 is a Dutch commercial radio station that mostly focuses on songs from the 1970s to 2000s, with a moderate amount of mid-1960s' and 2010s' hits. It is one of the oldest, still remaining, commercial radio stations of the Netherlands.
Talpa Network is a Dutch media conglomerate created by John de Mol Jr. in 2017.
Veronica is a brand name of successive Dutch commercial and public radio and television broadcasters. It began its life as an offshore radio station, Radio Veronica, on 17 May 1960. The name comes from its first name VRON – Vrije Radio Omroep Nederland. "Free" was a reference to the laws at the time that did not allow commercial radio broadcasters to operate from a location within the (land) territory of the Netherlands.
Talpa TV is a Dutch commercial broadcasting company owned by John de Mol's Talpa Network.
Radio Veronica is a Dutch commercial radio station owned by Mediahuis since June 2023, before that it was a subsidiary of Talpa Network. The station runs a mixed playlist of pop and rock music from the 1970s until the 2000s, additional with current hits. The station can be compared with Absolute Radio and Radio X in the United Kingdom.
Arrow Caz is a national Dutch commercial radio station. The station is owned by Pako Media BV and only aired even over the Internet.
HitRadio Veronica is a Dutch radio station that broadcasts over the internet. On December 27, 2006 at 12:00pm TMF Radio was officially launched. TMF Radio until October 1, 2008 had a partnership between Sky Radio Group and MTV Networks Benelux (TMF) and transmitted mostly hits from the cable frequency of Hitradio BV, which was acquired permanently in the spring of 2007 by Sky Radio Group and MTV Networks BV. MTV Networks has split on October 1, 2008 from TMF Radio and since then Sky Radio Group is the sole owner of the station, which now bears the name HitRadio Veronica. On January 3, 2011 the station ceased to listen to the broadcasts via cable and since the station is only through Internet.
Talpa Radio(formerly: 538 Group and Sky Radio Group) is a radio company of Talpa Network, in which various radio and television activities are housed.
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