Q-music (Netherlands)

Qmusic

City	Amsterdam
Broadcast area	Netherlands
Slogan	"You make us Q" (2015-present) "Q is good for you" (2005-2015) "Maximum Hit Music" (2009-2015) "Love the summer" (summer 2012-2015)
Frequency	FM: 96.1 MHz (Roermond) 97.6 MHz (Maastricht) 97.7 MHz (Heerlen) 98.1 MHz (Sittard) 98.6 MHz (Weert) 100.4 MHz (Achterhoek, Noord-Nederland, Zeeland) 100.5 MHz (Northwest NL) 100.7 MHz (Twente surroundings, Central and South Netherlands, Achterhoek (East), Zeeland) DVB-T: Bouquet 2 (coded only listen to with a subscription to Digitenne) DAB+: Channel 11C (220.352 MHz)
First air date	August 31, 2005
Format	Pop music
Owner	De Persgroep
Sister stations	Qmusic Limburg
Webcast	Watch Live Radio Playlist
Website	www.qmusic.nl

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Qmusic (previously written as Q-music) is a Dutch commercial radio station which has been broadcasting since August 31, 2005. The station is owned by the Belgian media company De Persgroep.

On July 1, 2005 De Persgroep took on the cable and terrestrial frequencies of Noordzee FM from Talpa Radio for a symbolic sum of one euro. John de Mol, owner of Talpa, had the unconditional frequency package (i.e. without restrictions) which Noordzee aired to do quickly from the hand, to take over to market leader Radio 538, which broadcasts on a frequency unqualified package. In the Netherlands it was not allowed to have multiple unconditional frequency packages in possession.

After two months with a stripped down version of Noordzee FM have gone by, the new owners began on August 31, 2005, around 20:30, a few hours earlier than had been announced, one in Flanders already quite successful radio format, under the name Q-music. These so-called feel-good formula with many recent hits, short presentations, a remarkable morning show and many actions, also caught on in the Netherlands. The market share has significant rises. In the months of September and October, Qmusic had a market share of 3.8% (2005), 6.3% (2006), 7.6% (2007), 6.7% (2008), 6.6% (2009), 7.5% (2010), 6.3% (2011), 7.5% (2012), 9.7% (2013), 9.7% (2014) and 9,9% (2015). In October and November 2014 was the first time the second most listened radio station in Netherlands. In 2008 and 2015, Qmusic won the Marconi Award for best radio station. The Flemish Qmusic is not covered by De Persgroep, but by subsidiary Medialaan.

Qmusic used the first years of the Noordzee FM studio on the 's Gravelandseweg in Hilversum, but moved in the end of September 2009, to the former bubble-gum factory Maple Leaf on the industrial Overamstel in Amsterdam. The studio stands atop one of the buildings where an extra floor has been placed.

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