Hilversum 2

Hilversum 2 (other Hilversum II) was a Dutch public radio station that existed between 1947 and 1985. Even before the Second World War there were broadcasts place on the 722 kHz/416 m-transmitter in Lopik[2], provided by the joint broadcasting associations.

In introducing Hilversum 4 in 1975 should cede Hilversum 2 transmission time on the FM band. Hilversum 2 than to listen to it on the medium wave from 7 to 24 hours and on the FM from 17 to 24 hours. In addition, on the medium wave transmitters and Hilversum Hilversum 1 2 of frequency. The reason for this is that from measurements have shown that the frequency 746 kHz, the frequency is better than 402 m 1007 kHz, 298 m[3]. The best frequency to reservations for Hilversum 2, so comes Hilversum 1 so on the other.

On the night of 22 on 23 november 1978 shifting on the medium wave frequencies with the primary 1 kHz. This means that from now on is to receive 2 Hilversum on 747 kHz, 402 m. The listener will the tuning button on his device need to review a small millimeter[4] .

On 1 april 1979, a so-called transmitter coloring entered. Hilversum 2 was the transmitter with mostly spoken word. Also in 1972 there was already talked about the character of each transmitter: Hilversum 2, the transmitter for the cultural elite program called[5] .

On 1 december 1985 a new schedule for the Dutch radio was introduced. Also do the stations away from the historic name ' Hilversum ' and they were renamed ' Radio '.Radio 1 was the news and current affairs channel, Radio 2 , Radio 3 music channel the light the pop channel, Radio 4 and Radio 5 classical music transmitter the transmitter for minorities and spoken word.

Radio 1 is the new name of Hilversum 2. Radio 2 became the successor of Hilversum 1.