Katholieke Radio Omroep
The Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) was a public service broadcasting organization (Dutch: Publieke Omroepvereniging ) in the Netherlands , which existed from 1925 to 2018. He was one of the member associations of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) and addressed the Catholic audience. Then he merged with the Protestant Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (NCRV) to form KRO-NCRV .
Origin and meaning
The KRO was founded on April 23, 1925 by the Dominican Father Lambert Hendricus Perquin as Bond van R.-K. Radio Vereenigingen ("Federation of Roman Catholic Radio Associations") was founded and was named KRO in June 1926. After the broadcasting time resolution (Zendtijdbesluit) of May 15, 1930, KRO shared the program slots on the Huizen broadcaster on an equal footing with the evangelical-reformed Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (NCRV)
In addition to the NCRV, the socialist VARA , the liberal AVRO and the free-spirited Protestant VPRO , KRO was one of the five member associations of the Nederlandse Radio Unie (NRU) from 1947 , from 1951 also the Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS) and from 1969 the merged Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). Unlike the German ARD , public broadcasting in the Netherlands was traditionally not structured according to regions, but according to denominations or world views, which was related to the phenomenon of verzuiling ("piling up") in society.
Individuals can become members of their preferred broadcaster. The number of members influences how strongly the respective association is represented within the NPO. In 2014 the KRO had 443,862 members. Until it was dissolved, it was one of the major member associations with "A status". The stations did not operate their own transmitters, but were given program slots on the joint radio and television channels of the NOS.
Programs
As a Catholic broadcaster, KRO broadcast services of the Roman Catholic Church, among other things. The KRO often cooperated with the Omroep RKK (abbreviation for Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap ), the KRO also delivered all programs for this 2.42 channel .
KRO also produced entertainment programs, for example:
- Boer zoekt vrouw , the Dutch adaptation of Bauer sucht Frau
- the 1,2,3 show , which ran from 1983 to 1986. The first season was moderated by Rudi Carrell , who later brought the show to Germany under the name Die verflixte 7
- Ook dat nog! , an adaptation of the British show That's Life , the German adaptation How please ?! based on the Dutch offshoot
- the sound mix show , which was produced by the KRO from 1985 to 1989 and produced some well-known artists such as Gerald Joling and Helmut Lotti . In 1990 the program switched to RTL 4 . This show could also be seen in Germany.
- the sitcom Toen Was Geluk Heel gewoon , it ran from 1994 to 2009 and was based on the US sitcom The Honeymooners .
The show De Grootste Nederlander , broadcast in 2004, caused a sensation , in which Pim Fortuyn was chosen as the winner, although William of Orange received the most votes. It was a technical glitch, but the result was retained.
resolution
On January 1, 2014, the KRO merged with RKK and the NCRV to form the new association KRO-NCRV, in a transition phase the programs still appeared independently. KRO and NCRV cooperated earlier, from the end of the eighties both broadcasters broadcast their television programs mainly on NPO 1 , until a program reform came into force in 2006, whereby their programs were distributed across all channels. After the end of the transition period, KRO was finally dissolved on December 31, 2018.
