Радио Нидерланды: Тарихы мен тоқтатылуы

Public international Dutch radio and television network
the former international broadcaster

Radio Netherlands (RNW; Radio Nederland Wereldomroep) was a public radio and television network based in Hilversum, producing and transmitting programmes for international audiences outside the Netherlands from 1947 to 2012. Its services in Dutch ended on 10 May 2012. English and Indonesian language services ceased on 29 June 2012 due to steep budget cuts imposed by the Dutch government and a concomitant change in focus. The last programme broadcast on shortwave was a daily half hour show in Spanish for Cuba named El Toque (The Touch) on 1 August 2014. It was replaced by RNW Media, a Dutch governmental organisation for free speech and social change around the world.

Broadcasts from the Netherlands were interrupted by the German invasion in May 1940. on the Dutch situation both in the Netherlands and the rest of the empire (Dutch East and West Indies). was made at the cathedral in Den Bosch. It was replaced in August 1987 by a recording of the carillon in Breda.

The English language shortwave broadcasts to North America were discontinued on 26 October 2008, due to a survey that claimed that more listeners listened to RNW podcasts than listened on shortwave radio. On 24 June 2011, the Dutch government announced a 70% cut to RNW's budget reducing it from 46 million euros to 14 million. On 11 May 2012 at 20:00 GMT (22:00 CEST), the Dutch service signed off at the end of a 24 hour radio marathon broadcast. This included several interviews with past staff members of the station, including the former Director General Lodewijk Bouwens. On 29 June 2012, Radio Netherlands ended broadcasting in English at 20:57 GMT (22:57 CEST) after a similar celebratory 24 hour broadcast. The final show was posted online by Jonathan Marks, the former Radio Netherlands Programme Director (1992–2003) and host of Media Network. Since 2013, RNW's funding had been under the responsibility of the Dutch Foreign Ministry rather than the Education and Culture Ministry.

The shortwave international broadcasts were heard worldwide via broadcast facilities in Bonaire (opened in 1969) and Madagascar (opened in 1972). and the installations were dismantled later that year. In 2013, the government of Madagascar and Malagasy Global Business S. A. signed an agreement to operate the Madagascar relay station in Talata Volonondry. Among its customers are NHK Radio Japan, BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Vatican Radio, Adventist World Radio and Free Press Unlimited. Radio Netherlands Worldwide used a shortwave station in Flevoland from 1985 to 2007. DX Juke Box was a media show that ran from 1961 with Harry van Gelder (1911–2003) and Jim Vastenhoud through to 7 May 1981, when the name and format was changed to Media Network. Jonathan Marks took over in August 1980 and re launched the show less than one year later by adding news/topical features. He produced over 1000 editions of the programme. It became a full time website/weblog in October 2000. The blog was discontinued in 2012 as a result of budget cuts. The Media Network archive containing around 300 of the broadcasts is available online. Happy Station Show was another long running popular radio show, originating on the network's predecessors in 1928 and continued until 1995. From 1976 until his death in 1998, Pete Myers was a prominent presenter and producer in the English section, including as a presenter of Happy Station for two years.