{"id":37042,"date":"2019-04-30T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=37042"},"modified":"2019-04-30T16:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:00:48","slug":"2019-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-radio-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/2019-marks-the-100th-anniversary-of-radio-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Marks the 100th Anniversary of Radio in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former RNW headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands (photo coutesty: RNW)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who shares the following:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

You probably already know this, but 2019 is the 100 anniversary of radio in the Netherlands<\/p>\n

Jonathan Marks of the Media Networks programs has a nice article about some of the history of radio Netherlands:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View at Medium.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Click here to view.<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the Media Networks Vault where you can listen to many of the original Media Networks programs:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/jonathanmarks.libsyn.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For real Radio Netherland Fans, from the archives, there is an eight part audio series on the 50th anniversary:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Internet Archive is probably an easier place to down load the eight part series [we’ve also embedded each audio file below]:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Part 1:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%201.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 2:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%202.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 3:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%203.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 4:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%204.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 5:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%205.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 6:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%206.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 7:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%207.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Part 8:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/download\/pcjmedia_gmail_RNW8\/RNW%208.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to listen via the Internet Archive.<\/a><\/p>\n

Fascinating Listening.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks so much for sharing this, Bill! Indeed-these are some amazing resources to explore the rich history of radio in the Netherlands!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who shares the following: Hi Thomas, You probably already know this, but 2019 is the 100 anniversary of radio in the Netherlands Jonathan Marks of the Media Networks programs has a nice article about some of the history of radio Netherlands: View at Medium.com Click here to […]<\/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":[3,305,288,43],"tags":[6954,4660,4091,263],"class_list":["post-37042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-hemphill-wd9eqd","tag-netherlands","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-netherlands"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9Ds","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35880,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/radio-netherlands-jonathan-shares-photos-from-bvn-television-and-rnw-newsrooms\/","url_meta":{"origin":37042,"position":0},"title":"Radio Netherlands: Jonathan shares photos from BVN Television and RNW newsrooms","author":"Thomas","date":"February 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Jonathan Marks--former host of RNW's Media Network and curator of the Media Network Vintage Vault--who kindly shares a collection of photos he took in 2001 and 2002 at RNW's headquarters in Hilversum. 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The video includes a tour of the van, the setup used in the 70th anniversary broadcast\u00a0and an extended interview with Niels Zack, who restored the operations van: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IbT67BQKa0w Click here\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-4182017-120102-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-4182017-120102-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-4182017-120102-PM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-4182017-120102-PM.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10708,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/editor-in-chief-leaves-radio-netherlands\/","url_meta":{"origin":37042,"position":5},"title":"Editor in Chief leaves Radio Netherlands","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Jonathan Marks, who\u00a0shares this article from the populist Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf on Saturday. 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