{"id":18670,"date":"2016-05-04T06:59:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18670"},"modified":"2016-05-04T07:00:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:00:21","slug":"netherlands-clears-way-for-licensed-low-power-mediumwaveam-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/netherlands-clears-way-for-licensed-low-power-mediumwaveam-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands clears way for licensed low power mediumwave\/AM stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> readers might recall that the Netherlands was considering opening licensed mediumwave broadcasting to low-power stations<\/a>–it appears the path is now clear. Yesterday, Minister Kamp gave the green light to\u00a0low-power stations (those with a power output from 1 to 100\u00a0watts) who can now apply for a broadcasting license.<\/p>\n

Stig Hartvig Nielsen posted the following on the WRTH Facebook page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Today Dutch minister Kamp has made it public that the Medium Wave band now will be open for low power stations operating with a power of max. 100 Watt. Full story here (in Dutch): http:\/\/radio.nl\/\u2026\/groen-licht-voor-laagvermogen-uitzendinge\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

One of the first stations to go on the air under the new legislation may be the long time pirate \u2013 Atlantis Radio 1521 \u2013 in Friesland. They got a license (?) from Commissariaat voor de Media in March 2016, and they recently purchased a new 75 W AM transmitter (300 W PEP). The format is golden oldies \u2013 and the station can be heard online here:http:\/\/www.atlantisradio.eu\/radio\/<\/a> – and more details can be found here:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RadioAtlantis1521KHz\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how this decision plays out and how many stations will apply for a license.\u00a0I’ll certainly listen\u00a0for new stations on the U Twente Web SDR<\/a>\u00a0as they pop up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post readers might recall that the Netherlands was considering opening licensed mediumwave broadcasting to low-power stations–it appears the path is now clear. Yesterday, Minister Kamp gave the green light to\u00a0low-power stations (those with a power output from 1 to 100\u00a0watts) who can now apply for a broadcasting license. Stig Hartvig Nielsen posted the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,433,3],"tags":[4097,4099,4660,4659],"class_list":["post-18670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am","tag-mediumwave","tag-netherlands","tag-nl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4R8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16808,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/netherlands-proposal-to-open-mediumwave-band-to-low-power-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":18670,"position":0},"title":"Netherlands: proposal to open mediumwave band to low-power stations","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Mike Terry via Medium Wave Circle FB Group) Ydun's Medium Wave Info By Marcel Rommerts 12 January 2016 After switching off a number of high power transmitters in 2015, at the end of December the Dutch government has launched a public consultation on \u2018opening up\u2019 the medium waveband for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36294,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/scott-stumbles-upon-radio-veronica-at-the-ndsm-wharf\/","url_meta":{"origin":18670,"position":1},"title":"Scott stumbles upon Radio Veronica at the NDSM Wharf","author":"Thomas","date":"March 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Scott Gamble, who writes: [I was in Amsterdam recently] and was in a meeting over at the NDSM Wharf, and I happened to stumble upon Radio Veronica next to the office where I was meeting. 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