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Radio 538 (pronounce radio vijf-drie-acht) is a commercial radio station in The Netherlands aimed at young people. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands It has a broad format including Top 40, dance, R & B and recent hits. As of April 2004, it is the most popular radio station in The Netherlands with an average market share of about 12%. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

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History

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Radio 538 Competition

Radio 538 was founded in 1992 by a group of former employees of Radio Veronica, led by Lex Harding. Broadcasts started on December 11, 1992 from a villa in Bussum. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Bussum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The name Radio 538 is derived from the wavelength at which Veronica broadcasted in the seventies (538 meters). In Physics wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a propagating Wave of a given Frequency.

From the start in 1992 till 1995, Radio 538 only broadcast via cable. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 A request to broadcast in the ether was denied at that time. After a media campaign during which 320,000 signatures were collected, Radio 538 got its ether frequency in 1995, consisting of various regional frequencies. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 In 2003, Radio 538 was given a new nationwide frequency, 102 FM. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. However, Radio 538 had to pay € 57 million to gain the new frequencies, which it can operate until 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. Erik de Zwart ( Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16 June 1957) is a Dutch Radio - en televisionmaker, former At the end of 2002 Erik de Zwart left to go to competitor Noordzee FM. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jan-Willem Brüggenwirth became the new president. In December 2003 Radio 538 was sold to Advent International, Global Private Equity. Lex Harding kept 10% of the shares. In May 2005 Radio 538 was sold in its entirety to John de Mol's company Talpa. In June 2007 the Talpa holding was sold to RTL Nederland. RTL Nederland is a subsidiary of the RTL Group. The media company is located in Hilversum, although the licences of it tv-stations RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 and RTL 8 are

Spinoffs

In 1999 Radio 538 started the hip-hop and R&B program Juize, which developed into the radio station Juize. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with FM on 18th July 2004. Currently, the station has 16,000 listeners per day, making it one of the five most popular radio stations on internet. Since 1 July 2005, Juize FM is broadcast in most of the Netherlands by cable and has also started running shows with presenters.

DJ's (2006)

Former DJ's

Current Schedule

Taken from the Dutch Wikipedia Radio 538 page. Rick van Velthuysen ( Rotterdam, 15 september 1961) is a Dutch Radio Dj. Tiësto ( born Tijs Verwest ( on January 17 1969 is a Grammy -nominated Dutch trance DJ and Record producer. Anita Doth (born Anita Daniëlle Doth on 28 December 1971 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer best known for her participation in the Colin Banks (1932-2002 co-founder of Banks & Miles designers and typographers founded in London in 1958 with partner John Miles DJ Jean (born Jan Engelaar, 7 May 1968 in Veenendaal) is a Dutch Disc jockey most popular for his space countdown Erik de Zwart ( Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16 June 1957) is a Dutch Radio - en televisionmaker, former Fabienne is a French feminine given name and may refer to Fabienne Feraez (born 1976 Beninese sprinter Fabienne Keller (born 1959 Rudolf Alexander (Ruud de Wild (born April 24, 1969, Hilversum) is a Dutch Radio host Wessel van Diepen is a Dutch Radio host for Radio 538 (until October 2006 born November 12, 1966 in Delft. Wouter van der Goes (born 18 january 1973, Alkmaar) is a Dutch radio DJ. The Dutch Wikipedia (Nederlandse Wikipedia is the Dutch language edition of Wikipedia.

(As of 24 december 2007)

hour Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
00 Niek van der
Bruggen		 MiddenInDeNachtRick
Rick van Velthuysen		 Tiësto's Club Life (Repeat last week)
DJ Tiësto		 Dance
Department
In The Mix!
01
02 Powermix Reloaded
Dennis Verheugd
03 Erik Werner Stefan de Groot Joost Berk
04 Niek van der Bruggen
05
06 Evers Staat Op
Edwin Evers
07
08 Het Beste van Evers staat op
Edwin Evers		 D'r Uit!
Stefan de Groot
09
10 Greatest Hits
Jens Timmermans
11
12 Tim Klijn Jeroen Afternoon
Jeroen Nieuwenhuize
13
14 Dennis Ruyer Nederlandse Top 40
Jeroen Nieuwenhuize
15 Gordon On Air!
Gordon
Joost Berk		 Barry's sundate
 Barry Paf
16 Lindo Duvall
17
18 Niels & Froukje
Niels Hoogland
Froukje de Both		 Erik Werner
19 Barry Paf
20 Dance Department
Dennis Ruyer		 Juize
Niels Hoogland
21 Frank Dane Powermix
Dennis Verheugd
22 Tiësto's Club Life
DJ Tiësto
23

See also

External links

Rick van Velthuysen ( Rotterdam, 15 september 1961) is a Dutch Radio Dj. Tiësto's Club Life is Tiësto 's weekly radio show that is broadcast on one of the largest radio stations in The Netherlands, Radio 538. Tiësto ( born Tijs Verwest ( on January 17 1969 is a Grammy -nominated Dutch trance DJ and Record producer. The Dutch Top 40 ( Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly Music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40" because the Pirate radio channel Radio Tiësto's Club Life is Tiësto 's weekly radio show that is broadcast on one of the largest radio stations in The Netherlands, Radio 538. Tiësto ( born Tijs Verwest ( on January 17 1969 is a Grammy -nominated Dutch trance DJ and Record producer. National Public Public radio in the Netherlands is provided jointly by a number of broadcasting organizations operating within the framework of the Netherlands Public
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