Overview
- Former staff gathered Saturday at Groningen’s Prinsenhof, the broadcaster’s original home, for the first official reunion since the northern omroepen split.
- A joint anniversary program, ‘Samen 80,’ will air live Monday from 13:00 to 18:00 from the Prinsenhof, presented by Karel Oosterhuis, Diana de Groot and Wim Boer.
- The broadcast will revisit notable moments and voices from the region, with former presenter Katja Swabedissen returning to read news updates.
- RTV Noord traces its first official RON broadcast to January 19, 1946, launched by students Jan Posthumus and Gijs Stappershoef in the immediate postwar period.
- Recent operations included a move to Meerwold and a subsequent computer attack that disrupted systems, while the outlet reports over 140 million website visits last year and broad content-sharing with the NOS.