List of radio stations in the Netherlands
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Internet & Mobile Phones

There are over 10.000 websites on the internet with an own stream allowing their listeners to listen the radio worldwide wherever internet or WI-FI is available. Since the day of today mobile phones and the internet allow you to listen to music that has been published world wide trough one simple iphone application for lets say example FMStation or RadioStation.

Public

Public radio in the Netherlands is provided jointly by a number of broadcasting organizations operating within the framework of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO).
News bulletins on all stations are provided by NOS.


FM, cable, satellite, DTT and DAB
  • Radio 1
    Radio 1 (Netherlands)
    Radio 1 is a radio station of the NPO, mainly broadcasting news and sport.In 2005, the following public service broadcasting companies produced weekly programmes for Radio 1: NOS, NPS, AVRO, KRO, NCRV, BNN, TROS, EO, RVU, VARA, VPRO, IKON, MAX, and WNL....

    : News, current affairs and sport
  • Radio 2
    Radio 2 (Netherlands)
    Radio 2 is a Dutch music radio station. In 2005 the following public broadcasters took part in Radio 2: AVRO, BNN, EO, KRO, NCRV, NPS, TROS, MAX en VARA....

    : Popular music , mostly from the 80s and 90s
  • 3FM
    3FM
    3FM is a Dutch radio station on the NPO which broadcasts popular music. It can be compared with BBC Radio 1.-History:3FM was created as Hilversum 3 by minister Maarten Vrolijk on 11 October 1965, to counterbalance the popular offshore station Radio Veronica...

    : Pop and rock music
  • Radio 4
    Radio 4 (Netherlands)
    Radio 4 is an NPO public-service radio network in the Netherlands. It chiefly broadcasts classical music.Radio 4 began transmissions on 28 December 1975 under the name Hilversum 4. Its first programme was produced by the Veronica broadcasting association...

    : Classical music



AM, cable, satellite, DTT and DAB
  • Radio 5
    Radio 5 (Netherlands)
    Radio 5 is a Dutch public-service network radio station operated by NPO. On weekdays between 06:00 and 19:00 it aims to broadcast an accessible mix of easy listening music, short interviews, and listener participation , together with brief news summaries and other public information items, to a...

    : Easy-listening music and entertainment (0600-1900 weekdays); factual and discussion programmes (weekday evenings); programming for immigrants, philosophy, religion, and readings (weekends).



Cable, satellite, DTT and DAB
  • Radio 6
    Radio 6 (Netherlands)
    Radio 6 is a digital radio station from Netherlands Public Broadcasting. On air since 4 September 2006, when it took over from the Concertzender , its musical format is mainly soul and jazz, together with such related genres as funk, rhythm and blues, and world music...

    : jazz and cultural programming
  • FunX
    FunX
    FunX is a Dutch public radio station which has been on air since 3 August 2002. The station is aimed at a young audience and mainly concentrates on such music styles as Urban, Latin, Reggae, Dancehall, Oriental, Turkpop, Farsipop, Banghra, Rai, French-African hip hop, Mandopop, and various...

    : Urban and world music, aimed at youth market. Available on FM in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, with some local programming variations.



DAB only
  • Radio 2 Top2000: music from Radio 2's
    Radio 2 (Netherlands)
    Radio 2 is a Dutch music radio station. In 2005 the following public broadcasters took part in Radio 2: AVRO, BNN, EO, KRO, NCRV, NPS, TROS, MAX en VARA....

     annual Top 2000 countdown
  • 24nieuws: looped broadcast of the latest NOS news bulletin



Cable only
  • Tweede kamerlijn: live relays from the Dutch House of Representatives



International
  • Radio Netherlands Worldwide: news and features for international audiences outside the Netherlands



Commercial

FM, cable, satellite and DTT
  • Radio 538
    Radio 538
    Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits...

    : hit music station on 102.1 - 102.7 FM
  • Sky Radio: non-stop soft pop music on 101.0 - 101.9 FM
  • Radio Veronica
    Radio Veronica
    Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to...

    : oldies station
  • Q-Music: feel good pop music on 100.4 and 100.7 FM
  • SLAM!FM
    SLAM!FM
    SLAM!FM is a radio station in the Netherlands, playing pop and dance music. They can be picked up on FM in a large part of the country.-History:The radio station started in the 1990s as New Dance Radio, a cable radio station...

    : dance and new music
  • 100%NL: music by Dutch bands and artists
  • BNR Nieuwsradio
    BNR Nieuwsradio
    BNR Newsradio is a private Dutch radio channel featuring all day news radio programming....

    : news

AM, cable, satellite and DTT
  • Radio 10 Gold: music from the 80s and 90s on 828 AM

AM
  • Radio Maria - religious station on 675 AM
  • GrootNieuwsRadio - religious station on 1008 AM
  • Big L 1395
    Big L 1395
    Big L is the name of a broadcasting company registered by the British licensing authority Ofcom from for a satellite radio service known as Big L. The license states that the station "… will provide an eclectic mix of rock and pop, both modern and classic. News and weather will be broadcast hourly...

     - English language oldies music station on 1395 AM

Cable, satellite and DTT
  • Arrow Classic Rock
    Arrow Classic Rock
    Arrow Classic Rock is a Dutch radio station, that despite its name plays pop & some rock music. Arrow Classic Rock broadcasts on FM and is also receivable via cable, all nationwide. The station began in 1996 and bought AM 828 from Veronica FM in 1998. In 2003 the frequencies of medium wave had been...

    : non-stop classic rock
  • Classic FM
    Classic FM (Netherlands)
    Classic FM is a classical music radio station in the Netherlands, which at one time broadcast on FM, but is now available nationally on cable and internationally on the Internet....

    : classical music

Cable and satellite
  • Arrow Jazz FM
    Arrow Jazz FM
    Arrow Jazz FM is a Dutch commercial radio station, that plays jazz music. It is the sister station of Arrow Classic Rock.-History:In February 2004 Arrow Jazz FM began test broadcasts, and started regular broadcasts in May...

    : non-stop jazz music
  • 538 Juize: Hip-hop and RnB
  • Kink FM
    Kink FM
    Kink FM described itself as the only commercial radio station in the Netherlands dedicated entirely to alternative music.In 1992 Dutch radio station RTL Radio started broadcasting. After this station failed to be a success, its format and name was first changed to RTL Rockradio, then to Happy RTL...

    : alternative music

Cable
  • Radio Decibel: Pop and dance (also on FM in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Alkmaar, Eindhoven and Utrecht)
  • KXradio : alternative music



Regional

REGIONAL COMMERCIAL NETWORKS
  • RADIONL: FM in Friesland, North Holland, Groningen, Drenthe, Utrecht, Flevoland, Gelderland, Overijssell, Limburg and cable
  • Amor FM: 89.8 The Hague, 102.3 Rotterdam
  • Arrow Classic Rock Noord: FM 98.7 Friesland, 98.5 Groningen, 89.2 Zwolle, Meppel and Noordoostpolder, 87.6 Twente and cable
  • Fresh FM
    Fresh FM (Netherlands)
    Fresh FM is a Dutch regional, commercial radio station currently transmitted through air in the regions: Greater Amsterdam, Utrecht, Haaglanden and Rhine/Haarlemmermeer. Also, it broadcasts for free via the Internet. Fresh FM's programming is primarily dance music and is very diverse within that...

    : FM 95.7 Greater Amsterdam, 103.4 Utrecht, 95.6 Haaglanden, 95.9 Rhine/Haarlemmermeer and cable
  • Holland FM: FM 97.7 West-Terschelling, 97.9 Tjerkgaast, 104.7 Leeuwarden
  • Radio Hollandio: FM 88.8 Loon op Zand, 89.3 Vlissingen, 92.4 Westdorpe, 93.9 Roosendaal, 90.1 and 94.1 Den Bosch, 90.3 and 95.5 Eindhoven, 90.5 Helmond, 93.1 Tilburg and cable
  • Hot Radio Plus: FM 98.0 Twente, 101.9 Achterhoek, 88.7 Stedendriehoek, 88.5 Arnhem/Nijmegen and cable
  • R@dio Continu: FM 92.4 Groningen, 92.4 Dedemsvaart and cable
  • Radio Decibel: FM 98.0 Amsterdam, 97.6 Rotterdam, 99.4 The Hague, 98.3 Alkmaar, 93.2 Eindhoven and 98.5 Utrecht
  • Simone FM: FM 91.3 Groningen, 92.9 West Groningen, 101.7 Drenthe and 93.4 FM Zwolle / Meppel and cable
  • Waterstad FM: FM 93.2 Friesland, 104.4, 96.9 Groningen, 89.9 Drenthe, 101.8 NO.Polder and cable
  • Ujala Radio: FM 90.1 Flevoland, 93.3 North Holland and cable




DRENTHE


PUBLIC
  • Radio Drenthe: FM 90.8, 99.3 and cable, DTT and satellite

LOCAL
  • RTV Borger-Odoorn: FM 107.5 Borger and cable
  • RTV Emmen: FM 107.6 Emmen and cable
  • Radio Hoogeveen: FM 106.8 Hoogeveen and cable
  • Radio Loco: FM 105.4 Coevorden, 106.3 Oosterhesselen and cable
  • RTV Assen: FM 107.8 Assen and cable
  • RTV Meppel: FM 93.0 Meppel and cable
  • Streekradio: FM 104.8 Zuidwolde and cable
  • Tynaarlo Lokaal: FM 105.9 Paterswolde, 107.4 Zuidlaren and cable




FLEVOLAND


PUBLIC
  • Radio Flevoland: FM 89.8 and cable


LOCAL
  • Radio Lelystad: FM 90.3 Lelystad and cable
  • StadsRadio Almere: FM 107.8 Almere and cable
  • Radio Noordoostpolder: FM 105.2 Emmeloord and cable
  • Urk FM: FM 107.0 Urk and cable




FRIESLAND

PUBLIC
  • Omrop Fryslân
    Omrop Fryslân
    Omrop Fryslân is a special broadcaster on the NPO which serves the Frisian community. Because West Frisian is an official language of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the NPO is also responsible for broadcasts in the West Frisian language....

    : FM 92.2 and cable, DTT and satellite



REGIONAL
  • Holland FM: FM 97.9 Tjerkgaast, 104.7 Leeuwarden, 97.7 West Terschelling



LOCAL
  • Mix 724: FM 103.9 Hoorn, 107.4 Medemblik
  • Omroep IJsselmond: FM 106.4 Kampen and cable
  • Omroep Odrie: FM 106.9 Appelscha and cable
  • Radio Waddenzee: AM 1602 Harlingen (0700-1900)
  • Radio Seagull: AM 1602 Harlingen (1900-0700) - English language classic rock service



GELDERLAND

PUBLIC
  • Radio Gelderland

LOCAL
  • Keizerstad FM: FM 95.5 Arnheim, 94.2 Nijmegen and cable



  • Achterhoek FM: FM 104.9 Vorden, 106.7, 107.9 Lochem and cable
  • Berkelland FM: FM 105.3 Eibergen, 106.0 Borculo and cable
  • RTV Betuwe Radio: FM 105.1 Beusichem, 106.2 Deil and cable
  • BFM: FM 106.1 Zutphen and cable
  • Dijkland FM: FM 106.6 Zaltbommel


GRONINGEN

PUBLIC
  • Radio Noord: FM 97.5 Groningen



LOCAL
  • OOG Radio: FM 106.6 Groningen and cable
  • Omreop Menterwolde: FM 107.6 Menterwolde and cable
  • Radio Compagnie: FM 105.2 Hoogezand and cable
  • Radio Westerkwartier: FM 105.3 Marum
  • RTV S: FM 105.3 Stadskanaal and cable
  • Radio Parkstad: FM 106.9 Veendam and cable
  • Radio Westerwolde: FM 106.5 Ter Apel, 106.6 Bellingwolde, 107.0 Vlagtwedde, 107.3 Pekela and cable
  • Dollard Radio: FM 105.8 Winschoten and cable



LIMBURG

PUBLIC
  • L1 Radio: FM 95.3 Hulsberg, 100.3 Roermond and cable



NORTH BRABANT

PUBLIC
  • Omroep Brabant



LOCAL
  • Boschtion FM: FM 95.2 s'-Hertogenbosch and cable
  • Radio 8FM: FM 89.2 Breda, 103.6 Tilburg, 97.4 Den Bosch, 89.3 Eindhoven, 95.2 Weert and cable
  • Radio Mexico: FM 106.1 's-Hertogenbosch
  • Royaal FM: FM 93.6 Eindhoven

NORTH HOLLAND

PUBLIC
  • Radio Noord-Holland: FM 88.9 Amsterdam, 88.7 Hilversum, 93.9 Alkmaar and cable



LOCAL
  • SALTO Stads FM: FM 106.8 Amsterdam and cable
  • SALTO Wereld FM: FM 99.4 Amsterdam and cable
  • SALTO Caribbean FM: FM 107.9 Amsterdam and cable
  • SALTO Razo: FM 105.2 Amsterdam and cable


  • MEER Radio: FM 105.5, 106.6 Haarlemmermeer and cable


  • Schagen FM
    Schagen fm
    Schagen FM is the local public broadcasting company for Schagen, Zijpe, Niedorp and Harenkarspel.- External links :** *** ** * *...

    : FM 107.7 Schagen and cable
  • Wild FM: FM 93.6 Amsterdam, 96.3 Alkmaar, 97.3 Haarlemmermeer, 97.4 Purmerend



OVERIJSSEL

PUBLIC
  • Radio Oost: FM 99.4 North West Overijssel, 97.9 Deventer, 95.6 Zuid Salland, 89.4 Twente and cable, DTT and satellite





SOUTH HOLLAND

PUBLIC
  • Radio West
  • Radio Rijnmond



LOCAL
  • Sleutelstad FM: FM 93.7 Leyden and cable



UTRECHT

PUBLIC
  • Radio M Utrecht



LOCAL
  • Bingo FM: FM 107.7 Utrecht, 107.9 Amersfoort and cable



ZEELAND

PUBLIC
  • Omroep Zeeland



Web Radio

Many public and commercial radio stations broadcast a number of themed, online sister stations. Most stations broadcast non-stop music with NOS
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting , English: Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation, is one of the broadcasters in the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system...

 or ANP
Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau
The Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau is the largest news agency in the Netherlands. ANP was founded on December 11, 1934 by the association of Dutch newspapers NDP...

 news bulletins on the hour.



PUBLIC


Radio 2
Radio 2 (Netherlands)
Radio 2 is a Dutch music radio station. In 2005 the following public broadcasters took part in Radio 2: AVRO, BNN, EO, KRO, NCRV, NPS, TROS, MAX en VARA....



Radio 2 Top 2000

Radio 2 In Concert

Radio 2 Liedkunst

Sterren.nl




3FM
3FM
3FM is a Dutch radio station on the NPO which broadcasts popular music. It can be compared with BBC Radio 1.-History:3FM was created as Hilversum 3 by minister Maarten Vrolijk on 11 October 1965, to counterbalance the popular offshore station Radio Veronica...



3FM Alternative

3FM Live

3FM Serious Talent

3FM Mega Top 50

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Radio 4
Radio 4 (Netherlands)
Radio 4 is an NPO public-service radio network in the Netherlands. It chiefly broadcasts classical music.Radio 4 began transmissions on 28 December 1975 under the name Hilversum 4. Its first programme was produced by the Veronica broadcasting association...



AVRO Back to the Old School

AVRO Baroque around the Clock

AVRO Easy Listening

AVRO Klassiek Film

AVRO Het beste van het beste

AVRO Radio Festival Classique

AVRO Steenen Tijdperk Fifties

AVRO Steenen Tijdperk Sixties

AVRO Ziel en Zaligheid

AVRO Operette
IKON Musica Religiosa

IKON Orgelradio

Radio 4 Eigentjids

Radio 4 Jong Klassiek




Radio 5
Radio 5 (Netherlands)
Radio 5 is a Dutch public-service network radio station operated by NPO. On weekdays between 06:00 and 19:00 it aims to broadcast an accessible mix of easy listening music, short interviews, and listener participation , together with brief news summaries and other public information items, to a...



Radio 5 Nostalgia




Radio 6
Radio 6 (Netherlands)
Radio 6 is a digital radio station from Netherlands Public Broadcasting. On air since 4 September 2006, when it took over from the Concertzender , its musical format is mainly soul and jazz, together with such related genres as funk, rhythm and blues, and world music...



Radio 6 Jazz

Radio 6 Jazz Jong

Radio 6 Grooves

Radio 6 Blues

Radio 6 World

Radio 6 Outer Limits

Radio 6 Metropole Orkest




FunX
FunX
FunX is a Dutch public radio station which has been on air since 3 August 2002. The station is aimed at a young audience and mainly concentrates on such music styles as Urban, Latin, Reggae, Dancehall, Oriental, Turkpop, Farsipop, Banghra, Rai, French-African hip hop, Mandopop, and various...



FunX Slow Jamz

FunX Reggae

FunX Hip-Hop

FunX Latin

FunX Arab

FunX Dance

FunX Fusion




Concertzender

Classical Music

Early Music

Jazz

World Music

Interface

Dutch Music Media

Contemporary Music

Ambient

Gregorian Chant

Orient Express

Hard Bop

Pop

Young Professionals

Folk It!






COMMERCIAL

Radio 538
Radio 538
Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits...



538 Dancedepartment

538 Hitzone

538 Juize

538 Non Stop 40

538 Party Radio

53L8



Sky Radio
SKY Radio
Sky Radio is a Russian-language radio station in Estonia. Launched in 1995, Sky Radio is the oldest radio station owned by Sky Media Group. Its sister station in Estonian language is Sky Plus....



Sky Radio Love Songs

Sky Radio NL

Sky Radio Dance Classics (Jan-Jun)

Sky Radio Summer Hits (Jun-Oct)

Sky Radio The Christmas Station (Oct-Dec)



Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to...



Veronica Hitradio

Veronica Rock Radio

Veronica Top 1000 Allertijden



Radio 10 Gold

Radio 10 Gold Disco

Radio 10 Gold Top 4000

Radio 10 Gold 60s and 70s

Radio 10 Gold 80s

Radio 10 Gold 90s



Arrow
Arrow Classic Rock
Arrow Classic Rock is a Dutch radio station, that despite its name plays pop & some rock music. Arrow Classic Rock broadcasts on FM and is also receivable via cable, all nationwide. The station began in 1996 and bought AM 828 from Veronica FM in 1998. In 2003 the frequencies of medium wave had been...



Arrow Caz



Pinguin Radio



KX Radio

KX World

KX Classikx

KX Red Hot




Former:

Kink FM
Kink FM
Kink FM described itself as the only commercial radio station in the Netherlands dedicated entirely to alternative music.In 1992 Dutch radio station RTL Radio started broadcasting. After this station failed to be a success, its format and name was first changed to RTL Rockradio, then to Happy RTL...

* Station closed 1 October 2011 *

Kink Aardschok

Kink ClassX

Premium Radio

Two subscription cable radio services are available in the Netherlands, Music Choice
Music Choice Extra
Music Choice International is a European-based multilingual digital music pay television service owned by Stingray Digital.Music Choice was launched in 1993 and is available in 16 countries across Europe and Africa. Music Choice consists of several multilingual commercial-free audio-only linear...

 and XLnt Radio.

XLnt Radio

XLnt Radio offers 52 non-stop music channels:



XLnt Kiddo FM

XLnt Hip Hop

XLnt R&B

XLnt Trance

XLnt Dance

XLnt Hits

XLnt Party

XLnt Lounge

XLnt Chill Out

XLnt Today's Pop

XLnt Nederpop

XLnt Arabian Nights

XLnt Turk

XLnt Alternative Rock

XLnt Hard Rock

XLnt Rock

XLnt New Age

XLnt Easy Listening

XLnt Classic Rock

XLnt Piratenhits

XLnt Salsa

XLnt Dance Classics

XLnt Comedy

XLnt Country

XLnt Love Songs

XLnt Motown

XLnt Reggae

XLnt Italia

XLnt France

XLnt Espana

XLnt Blues

XLnt Oldies

XLnt Nederpop Gold

XLnt Schlager

XLnt Rock N Roll

XLnt Classical

XLnt Jazz

XLnt Classic Jazz

XLnt NL Luisterlied

XLnt Nostalgie

XLnt Kleuterliedjes

XLnt Skihut

XLnt JackFM

XLnt Film

XLnt Relipop

XLnt Christmas

XLnt Musical

XLnt Opera

XLnt Operette

XLnt Crooners

XLnt Fanfare

XLnt Etalagekanaal





Music Choice

Music Choice offers a range of non-stop music channels on the Ziggo
Ziggo
Ziggo is the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing cable television , broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers....

 and UPC
UPC Netherlands
UPC Netherlands is the second largest cable operator in the Netherlands, providing cable television , broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers.-History:...

cable networks:



60s

70s

80er - Germany

80s

90er - Germany

90s

2000s

All Day Party

Arabic

The Alternative - Germany

The Alternative - UK

Bass, Breaks & Beats

Blues

Bollywood Hits

Carnival - Germany

Chansons

Chillout

Classic R'n'B & Soul

Classic Rock

Classical Calm

Classical Greats

Classical India

Classical Orchestral

Cocktail Lounge

Cool Jazz

Country

Dancefloor Fillers

Drive

East African Gospel

Freedom

Freedom - Sweden

Groove (Disco & Funk)

Harder Than Hell

Hindi Gold

Hip Hop

Indie Classics

Jazz Classics

Kids

Kids - Germany

New Age

Punjabi

Reggae

Revival (60s & 70s)

Revival (60s & 70s)- Germany

Rewind (80s & 90s)

Rewind (80s & 90s) - Germany

Rewind (80s & 90s)- Sweden

Rock Anthems

Rock Anthems - Germany

Rock'n'Roll

South Africa Gospel

South Africa Modern

South Africa Traditional

Schlager

Schlager - Sweden

Silk (Love Songs)

Sounds of South India

Swiss Hits

Total Hits - Belgium (a.k.a. Belpop)

Total Hits - France

Total Hits - Germany

Total Hits - Germany

Total Hits - Italy

Total Hits - East Africa

Total Hits - Netherlands

Total Hits - Nordic

Total Hits - Spain

Total Hits - Sweden

Total Hits - UK

Türk Müzigi

Urban

Urban - Germany

Volksmusik

World Carnival

Xmas / New Years

Xmas / New Years Germany



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