Onderzoeksartikel

De Nederlandse commerciële radio en de strijd om de ether

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Abstract

The Battle for access to radio broadcasting distribution infrastructure, the FM-band in particular, remains a constant factor in the development of private radio in the Netherlands. Initially the off-shore pirate stations in the sixties and seventies as well as the ‘terrestrial community pirate stations’ of the eighties forced their way into the ether. From the early nineties on however, Dutch government started a policy for the allocation of broadcasting frequencies for private radio. The developing policy has been under constant attack of (parts of) the private radio sector. This paper provides an overview of this development, the reactions from the private radio sector and sketches out the resulting radio landscape and market up to the recent broken down plans for auctioning parts of the FM spectrum. Furthermore the paper presents a short analysis of the Dutch radio market for audiences and advertising which shows an advent of private stations at the expense of public radio.

How to Cite:

Rutten, P., Maltha, S. & Van Stralen, A., (1997) “De Nederlandse commerciële radio en de strijd om de ether”, Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 25(3), 175–201.