One of the longest-serving commercial radio stations in the Netherlands, Radio 10 Gold, has a new owner - media conglomerate RTL Nederland.

RTL's CEO, Bert Habets, explained that Radio 10 Gold, with its oldies format, complements its other stations which cater for different listener groups. The station has broadcast without interruption since 1988 and is currently heard only on cable and satellite.

Dutch media mogul John de Mol, whose company Talpa have owned Radio 10 Gold since 2003, says he is happy about the sale because RTL will give the station the attention it deserves. Mr De Mol also said that as he is also a shareholder in RTL Nederland, he doesn’t have to say goodbye to the station.

Nothing has been said so far about whether RTL intends to try getting the station back on terrestrial transmitters. In the 1990s the Dutch station enjoyed wide popularity in neighbouring countries owing to its broadcasts via a powerful mediumwave transmitter. (RNW)

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