538 (radio station)
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| City | Hilversum |
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| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
| Slogan | The Beat Of The Moment! |
| Frequency | between 102.0 and 102.9 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | 11 December 1992 |
| Format | Pop Rock Dance R&B |
| Former callsigns | Radio 538 (1992–2012) 538 (2012-2013) |
| Owner |
Talpa Radio Subsidiary of Talpa Network |
| Sister stations |
Sky Radio Radio 10 Radio Veronica |
| Webcast |
Radio 538 TV 538 538 Non-Stop Top40 Hitzone 538 Dance Radio 538 Ibiza Radio 538 Dance Department Global Dance Chart 538 Party 538 Verrückte Stunde Playlist |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 52°13′31″N 5°09′32″E / 52.225166°N 5.158818°E
Radio 538 (Dutch: Radio-vijf-drie-acht) is a Dutch commercial radio station active since 1992 and based in Hilversum. 538 refers to the wavelength that Radio Veronica was broadcast on in the seventies. This station was intended for the younger generation and is owned by Talpa Holding and Telegraaf Media Groep. It has a broad variety of genres including the Top 40, dance, R&B, pop, rock and recent hits. Traditionally, the station was only obtained through cable, however in 1998 the station upgraded to a different frequency package, allowing for different frequencies by region. Radio 538 started the hip-hop and contemporary R&B program Juize, which developed into the radio station Juize.FM on 18 July 2004. Later, in 2011, Radio 538 created a sister station called TV 538.
Radio 538 is founded in 1992 and is the successor of Sky Hitradio, a sister station of Sky Radio that broadcast from July to 11 December 1992 and an initiative of a group of former Radio Veronica employees, led by Lex Harding. Transmissions began on 11 December 1992 from a villa in Bussum. The name Radio 538 is a reference to the wavelength (538m:558 kHz) on which Radio Veronica was broadcast in the seventies. Presenters of the first hour were Rick van Velthuysen, Wessel van Diepen, Erik de Zwart, Michael Pilarczyk, Will Luikinga and Corné Klijn.
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