Radio 2 is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 music radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 station. In 2005 the following public broadcasters took part in Radio 2: AVRO, BNN, EO

Evangelische Omroep

Evangelische Omroep is one of the twelve member-based broadcasting associations contributing to the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. It has as its mission to bring people into contact with Jesus Christ and its statement of faith is a form of Evangelicalism...

, KRO

KRO

KRO, or Katholieke Radio Omroep , is a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcasts the bulk of its television output on the Nederland 1 channel. KRO is also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church...

, NCRV

NCRV

NCRV is a public radio and television broadcaster in the Netherlands, mostly transmitting on Nederland 1 and Nederland 2....

, NPS

Nederlandse Programma Stichting

NTR is a Dutch public-service broadcaster. It supplies television and radio programming of an educational and cultural nature to the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system....

, TROS

TROS

TROS is a Dutch television and radio organization part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting...

, MAX

Omroep MAX

Omroep MAX is a broadcast station in the Netherlands. The focus of MAX is on people with an age of 50 years and older. MAX is broadcasted on Nederland 1 and Nederland 2....

 en VARA.

Radio 2 mostly plays music from the 1970s and 1980s but more recent music and music from the 1960s can also be heard on radio 2.

Radio 2 is famous for the Radio 2 Top 2000

Top 2000

The Top 2000 is a radio program on the Dutch radio station Radio 2, and has been broadcast since 1999. It is broadcast annually at the end of the year. Until 2008 the program started 0:00 on Boxing Day , and continuing non-stop until 24:00 at New Year's Eve...

which attracts a large audience in the last few days of the year.