538 (radio station)

( Pronounce hook size: vijf - drie - eight) 538 is a private radio station in the Netherlands. He is the most listened to radio station in the Netherlands, peaking in August / September 2010 an audience of 10.8 %.

History

The send operation started on 11 December 1992 from a villa in Bussum. In 1994, the station applied - along with Sky Radio - in vain for a terrestrial frequency, which is why we carried out a signature campaign and 320,000 signatures for the dissemination collected via antenna. By 1995, Radio 538 broadcast exclusively on the cable network. In 1995, Radio 538, the required FM frequency, and since 2003 it sends nationwide on the frequency 102 FM.

From 23 May 2005, the station was owned by Talpa Media by John de Mol In June 2007, the TV group RTL took over Radio 538 In return, John de Mol took over Talpa with 26.3 percent in RTL Netherlands. These shares were sold by Talpa Media again in 2011, and got in exchange for it in January 2012 the sender.

The name Radio 538 is derived from the former wavelength of Radio Veronica, which in the 1970s sent from the sea (538 meters on the medium wave, about 557 kHz).

News Radio 538 sends from the media center of the municipality Hilversum, a suburb of Amsterdam.

Since September 2012, radio calls only 538 538

Program

Radio 538 is a so-called "Contemporary hit radio program " primarily for younger listeners. It is a 24 - hour program offered, consisting of dance, house, techno, R & B, as well as current hits supplemented with information and entertainment from DJs.

International fame reached the transmitter with the TV show " Dance Department ", a club format in which the most famous DJs in the world play exclusive mixes. Among other things, Sven Väth, Tom Novy, Tiësto, David Guetta and many more. At the same time the program is offered on the internet as a podcast to download. Will be moderated by Dennis Ruyer Dance Department.

In addition, the Dutch hit parade " Nederlandse Top 40 " is presented every Friday afternoon and played on Radio 538.

In addition, each week with the " Alarmschijf " (alarm panel) is nominated a new song, which is trusted to be a hit. This title will be played strengthened during the week following the principle of Heavy Rotation and announced a short jingle sound every time. The same principle also applies in "Dance Smash" to, in which a song is selected from the Dance genre.

Reception

Radio 538 is sent since the Zero Base 2003 on a nationwide FM chain almost the entire territory of the Netherlands. With one exception, the program will be broadcast exclusively on frequencies between 101.9 MHz and 102.7 MHz. In addition, the channels in the Netherlands is to be received in the cable network, as well as throughout Europe via the Astra satellite via DVB -S and the world as a live stream on the Internet. More, however, paid receipt possibilities arise for mobile customers of KPN and Vodafone through dissemination via UMTS, as well as the broadcast via DVB -T.

Due to the lack of VHF frequencies in the Limburg, the program is also broadcast on the medium wave 891 kHz from the transmitter Hulsberg with 20 kilowatts output power and is therefore also be received in large parts of North Rhine -Westphalia as well as at night, even in large parts of Germany.

Sister programs

Since 1999, operates 538 radio hip- hop and R & B Internet Juize station, which was converted into Juize FM on 18 July 2004. Since 1 July 2005, be received in most Dutch cable networks. 2008, the station was renamed 538 Juize.

Logos

Variant of the current station logos