Caz!
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| City | The Hague |
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| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
| Frequency | Only on Dutch cables. Available worldwide through internet |
| First air date | April 18, 2006 |
| Format | Pop music |
| Former callsigns | Caz! |
| Owner | Pako Media BV |
| Sister stations |
Arrow Classic Rock |
| Webcast | Webstream |
| Website | Arrow.nl/caz |
Arrow Caz is a national Dutch commercial radio station. The station is owned by Arrow and only aired even over the Internet.
Arrow Caz was on April 18, 2006 (under the name Caz!) start on the former frequencies Yorin FM. Several months SBS Broadcasting took over the station before that of RTL Nederland. Caz! has been through several name changes emerged from HitRadio Veronica.
In early 2006, SBS Broadcasting the loss-making Yorin FM from RTL Nederland. SBS retained a large part of the staff and decided to change both the format and the name of the station. Former BNN director Gerard Timmer was recruited to launch the new radio station and train. In late March the new name was announced: Caz!. The name was chosen because it was felt that the station had to have a person's name with personality and character. Caz! is not an acronym and stands for nothing. On Tuesday, April 18, 2006 was at 06.00 Caz! officially started.
Although SBS at the start of Caz! indicated that the company for several years wanted to invest in the drive and stamina would have been after a few months reduced the marketing budget and could not be more investments made. This proved difficult to Caz! grow in the highly competitive world of radio. For director Gerard Timmer was in April 2007, one year after the start, a reason to leave.
On 21 June 2007 it was announced that Caz! July 1 is acquired by Arrow. Reason for SBS to sell the station, according to Gerard Timmer acquisition of SBS Broadcasting by the German ProSiebenSat.1 Media, with the loss-making Caz! the value of SBS Broadcasting bustle. The acquisition of SBS Broadcasting by ProSiebenSat.1 Media was announced on June 27, 2007. From Sunday, July 1, 2007 to March 11, 2009, Arrow Classic Rock on the former FM frequencies Caz! broadcast, making the station off the air is gone. Caz! is continued through the cable, satellite (Astra 1) and internet.
On September 7, 2007 it was announced that Caz! continues with five DJs: Albert-Jan Sluis, Maurice Verschuuren, Rinse Blanksma, Martin Pieters (Welcome-to-your-weekendmix) DJ Jean (Madhouse @ Midnight) and Joshua Walter (Blended). Because Verschuuren and Blanksma went to work at Arrow Classic Rock, DJ Jean to SLAM!FM left, Martin Peters and Albert-Jan Sluis the only remaining DJs CAZ! Late March / early April 2009 it was announced that Martin Pieters and Albert-Jan Sluis leave at CAZ!. They both went to work at Radio Decibel, so there are now no more DJs are actively CAZ!
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