Overview
- The award was announced Sunday in a special De Perstribune broadcast on NPO Radio 1.
- Jurors from across Dutch radio, chaired by Ron Vergouwen, praised the announcement’s meaningful tone and said it signaled the end of an era.
- Spits said he was proud and moved by the recognition and affirmed he will keep listening because he loves radio.
- His September decision concluded a 52-year career, and his final edition of De Taalstaat aired on Saturday.
- The Top 10 featured Tim Op het Broek’s call-in moment in second and an interview between Peter de Bie and Coen Verbraak in third, in the award’s seventh edition.