Ketnet TV Station
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Ketnet is a public children's television channel in Flanders
, owned and operated by the VRT
, Flanders' public broadcaster. The station aims to provide an alternative to violent commercial children's programming broadcast on some commercial channels. Amongst kids in Flanders and even in The Netherlands, Ketnet is the most popular kids channel owing partly to its mix of quality locally-produced programming and imported productions.
Ketnet broadcasts on the second public channel from 7am until 8pm when VRT's highbrow
station Canvas takes over transmission (every weekday or often around noon in the weekend), but is subject to break-ins by sports coverage.
, Ketnet employs in-vision continuity announcers. In the case of Ketnet, the announcers also present various programmes for the station and are known as Ketnetwrappers.
Ketnet's staff announcers are:
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
, owned and operated by the VRT
Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep
The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....
, Flanders' public broadcaster. The station aims to provide an alternative to violent commercial children's programming broadcast on some commercial channels. Amongst kids in Flanders and even in The Netherlands, Ketnet is the most popular kids channel owing partly to its mix of quality locally-produced programming and imported productions.
Ketnet broadcasts on the second public channel from 7am until 8pm when VRT's highbrow
Highbrow
Used colloquially as a noun or adjective, highbrow is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture. The word draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology, and was originally simply a physical descriptor...
station Canvas takes over transmission (every weekday or often around noon in the weekend), but is subject to break-ins by sports coverage.
Presenters
As with VRT's main television station éénEEN
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, Ketnet employs in-vision continuity announcers. In the case of Ketnet, the announcers also present various programmes for the station and are known as Ketnetwrappers.
Ketnet's staff announcers are:
- Peter Pype
- Melvin Klooster
- Kristien Maes
- Niels Destadsbader
- Véronique Leysen
- Charlotte Leysen
Former presenters/announcers
- Kobe Van Herwegen
- Karolien Debecker
- Sofie Van Moll
- Heidi Lenaerts
- Britt Van Marsenille
- Jelle Cleymans
- Tom Gernaey
- Aron Wade
- Erika Van Tielen
- Veerle Deblauwe
- Staf Coppens
- An Jordens
- Ilse Van Hoecke
- Mark Tijsmans
- Pieter Steeno
- Katrien Van Deuren
- Steven Van Herreweghe
- Ianka Fleerackers
- Sven Ornelis
- Peter Van de Veire
- Gitte Van Hoyweghen
- Henk Vermeulen
- Friedl' Lesage
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