Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Public international Dutch radio and television network / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Radio Netherlands (RNW; Dutch: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep) was a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands from 1947 to 2012.
Type | International public broadcaster |
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Country | |
Availability | International |
Launch date | 15 April 1947 |
Dissolved | 31 December 2012 |
Official website | Radio Netherlands Archives |
Replaced | PCJ/PHI (Philips Radio) |
Replaced by | RNW Media |
Its services in Dutch ended on 10 May 2012. English and Indonesian language services ceased on 29 June 2012 due to steep budget cuts imposed by the Dutch government and a concomitant change in focus.[1] The last programme broadcast on shortwave was a daily half-hour show in Spanish for Cuba named El Toque (The Touch) on 1 August 2014.[2] It was replaced by RNW Media, a Dutch governmental organisation for free speech and social change around the world.[3]