Focus 103

Focus 103 was a radio station that broadcast between 1981 and 1987 in the Dutch province of North Holland.



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[hide] *Genesis 1  ==Genesis[ Edit] == ===1981-1984[ Edit] === The station was set up in October 1981 in Heiloo by the brothers Cees Wallace (Bram Brouwer) and Frank Wallace (Teddy O'Neill) together with Arnoud van Delden (Charlemagne), especially from dissatisfaction with the then weekend programming on Hilversum 3, which they experienced as dull. The public service broadcaster had the monopoly on pop music and therefore were many listeners interested in alternative stations (pirate channels).
 * 1.1 1981-1984
 * 1.2 1985-1987
 * 1.3 the end of Focus 103
 * 2 transmitter and studio locations
 * 3 employees
 * 3.1 General
 * 3.2 news service
 * 3.3 Disc jockeys
 * 3.4 Cees Wallace
 * 3.5 Tjeerd van Rijn
 * 4 Quality FM
 * 5 external links

The founders of Radio Focus model flying as a hobby and had this had to stop after complaints from the municipality. The technical knowledge gained at the model fly they used in creating Focus 103. The first channel had a power of 1 watt. In the beginning was broadcast exclusively on Sunday morning from 9 to 12 hours, in spite of this, there was early popularity, which showed off the number of phone calls in the verzoekplaten program. The Focus team grew and the broadcasting hours on the weekend were also expanded. The owners had the ambition to reach a professional level is hence the other pirates near to distinguish. By this popularity marked the RCD and the police the transmitter, however, to be able to finance the seizures started. Focus from 1984 with the broadcasting of commercials. The growth momentum came in 1984 when Tjeerd van Rijn Tjeerd van Rijn, founder of Radio Broadcasting Heiloo, connection were looking for at Focus. His arrival was followed by the first professional Top Format Jingle package and expansion of transmission time up to 24 hours a day on weekends. ===1985-1987[ Edit] === In the first years it was broadcast but only on weekends from september 1985 is Focus for 24 hours a day, seven days a week programming. The name changed from "Radio Focus" to "Focus 103", based on the broadcast frequency of 103 MHz. a new jingle package followed soon. Top Format (s size) made the jingles for the station.

Focus 103 sent advertising and worked with a horizontal programming, a music format and its own news bulletin and professional DJ 's, many of which had been active for example in Amsterdam also stations such asRadio Unique. Important was also the unique studio and transmitter location well outside the village, where the ability of ca. 250 watt radio mast with the high guaranteed a significant range without risk of disturbances at local residents. The police left the station in this period long alone. The popularity in North Holland grew since the beginning of the 24-hour broadcasts soon. For interested advertisers there was a waiting list. Famous artists came into the studio over (at Sharp, George Baker Selection, printing etc.) Focus had its own chart, the Wind force 20. At the beginning of 1986 sent Focus 103 live elfstedentocht and the Alkmaar family fair.According to market research early 1986 the station had an estimated 350 thousand listeners.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  this could not continue for an unlimited illegal station and the first major police raid came in april 1986 which the livestudio, transmitter and antenna mast with large display of power were seized. This incident brought out the front page of the national press (Algemeen Dagblad). After some time back, but by the Focus was 103 increased activity of law enforcement bodies there were many interruptions and the continuity of the broadcasts could hardly be maintained. ===The end of Focus 103<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The station was on 15 July 1987 for 27th and last time were threatened in writing, having also picked up advertisers with a criminal trial and a forensic investigation to alleged owner Tjeerd van Rijn had come on stream.Under these conditions was continue no longer possible. Of Rhine and some employees have gone even further in Belgium under the name Focus Fantastique. ==Transmitter and studio locations<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Focus is mainly active from and around Heiloo, North Holland. The transmitter was a long time in a residential area, the Ragu, later also to the Zevenhuizerlaan with the Rookamer to the parish priest of Muijenweg studios, and in the Mariënstein district. The 24-hour broadcasting started in a mobile home outside the village was along the North Holland Canal . Professional transmitters were used (so called Harry's) and Jet channels. In the last year 1987, the mast to the Vennewater stood between Heiloo and Egmond, when irradiated from a studio in Alkmaar. ==Employees<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===General<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===News Service<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Disc jockeys<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Cees Wallace<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Cees Wallace is the founder of Radio Focus. Wallace was financier of the drive and to reduce costs, it was decided to bring in advertisers. To do this legally, he founded an advertising agency that operated entirely within the law. The advertisers advertising could "legally" in the accounting record and thereby could Focus also renowned regional companies to its customers, and the turnover was it took to finance the seizures.Forced by his study stopped Wallace in July 1986 with Focus 103 and was only run by the Rhine than from station. ===Tjeerd van Rijn<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Tjeerd van Rijn was among other things dj at Focus 103 and knew to persuade several DJs to come present at Focus. He remained at the station until the end, but finally decided to pull the plug from the drive. After he has some other radio projects Focus trying to set up, but is eventually became active in the hotel and catering industry (Haarlem). In the early 1990s he is killed in a car accident on the road between Egmond and between Alkmaar. ==Quality FM<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Around 1987 was Tjeerd van Rijn with some employees also started Quality FM, a non-stop softpop-radio station. This transmitter sent out in Alkmaar, Amsterdam and in Nijmegen and it was intended to place anywhere nationwide channels with the same non stop music bands. Focus, however, remained the priority channel 103 and after a seizure one had to eventually start using Quality-FM-transmitter. Furthermore, one had plans in cooperation with Delta Radio from Nijmegen from the broadcasting ship the MV Nannel broadcasts to take care of. However, this is never realized.
 * Peter Pulsar (engineering and non-stop)
 * French Mak (engineering)
 * Ronald Victor (non-stop)
 * Edwin Zandbergen (engineering and Commerce)
 * Lex (engineering)
 * Robert Baba
 * Marlies Wallace
 * many others
 * Teddy O'Neill (1981-1986)
 * Charlemagne (1981-1985)
 * Gert Lawn (1981-1984)
 * Frank van Putten (1982-1983)
 * Ronald Huizinga (1982-1986)
 * Marcel Rijs (1982-1984)
 * Stephan van Schagen (1982-1983)
 * Perry von Braun (1981-1984)
 * Alphons de Cock (1983-1985)
 * Jan de Boer (1984-1987)
 * Bram Brouwer (Cees Wallace 1981-1986)
 * Remco van Buuren (Remco Smit 1983-1987)
 * Willem van Zanten (1984-1986)
 * Dani elle Davis (1985)
 * Bob Edwards (1984-1986)
 * Max de Graaf (Max Vrielink) (1985-1986)
 * Jan Hamilton (1984-1987)
 * Eric Hamilton (1981-1987)
 * Rob van Houten (1984-1987)
 * Jackson & Jackson Show (Gaston Starreveld) (1985-1987)
 * Frits Koning (Frits Mulder) (1985-1987)
 * Elly van Amstel (1985-1987)
 * Frank van der Meer (Raymond Balsink) (1985)
 * Rene Verstraten (1985-1987)
 * Frans van der Meer (1985-1987)
 * Rob van der Wal (1985-1986: night program)
 * Daniel Salazar (Jos van Heerden) (1985-1987) program leader from 1986
 * Ron Salazar (1985-1986)
 * Peter v.d. Valk (1984-1985)
 * Arjan van Velsen (1983-1986)
 * Ton Vermeer (1985-1986: night program)
 * Ad Roberts (1986: guest DJ)
 * Jos Maathof (1986: guest DJ)
 * Piet van Veen (Tjeerd van Rijn)