Radio Netherlands As

Netherlands as a Radio was a radio station that broadcast from 1944 to 1946 from Eindhoven under the responsibility of Section XI of the military authority.

Eindhoven was released on 18 september 1944. In secret was at Philips all built at a radio station. This was the first programme aired on 3 October . Announcer was the journalist H.J. van den Broek, head of Radio Oranje.

Known employees of Netherlands Frits Thorswere Rising, Karel Nort, Kees Middelhoff, Netty Rosenfeld, Ahmed Kadry, Fred Kahl, Tonny S-S, Joop Landré and Max Dendermonde. During the time they tried to the liberation of the whole country the people in occupied territory, and to counterbalance the German propaganda. Nort had the honour of the listeners the news of the German surrender.

After the liberation as a Netherlands has still broadcast until January 1946. The broadcasts were then again by the old broadcasting associations from Hilversum, this to disappointment by Van den Broek, a few ministers and a number of staff from various broadcasters, who were in favour of one national broadcaster. After Van den Broek in 1947 the first Director of Radio Netherlands worldwide. This replaced the already existing before the war shortwave programs of PHOHI and PCJ.