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PCJJ

PCJJ, later known as PCJ, was a pioneering Dutch shortwave radio station operated by Philips Laboratories in Eindhoven and later associated with the Philips Omroep Holland-Indië transmitter facilities at Huizen. It began experimental overseas broadcasting on 11 March 1927 and became one of the earliest dedicated international shortwave broadcasting stations. PCJJ was created at a time when Philips was entering the consumer radio market and seeking to demonstrate that shortwave broadcasting could connect the Netherlands with the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch West Indies and other overseas audiences. Its programmes helped establish Dutch international broadcasting before the Second World War and formed part of the prehistory of Radio Netherlands Worldwide, which was founded in 1947. PCJ was also the original home of Eddy Startz's Happy Station, a multilingual light-entertainment programme that began in 1928 and became one of the best-known programmes in international shortwave broadcasting.

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PCJJ, later known as PCJ, was a pioneering Dutch shortwave radio station operated by Philips Laboratories in Eindhoven and later associated with the Philips Omroep Holland-Indië transmitter facilities at Huizen. It began experimental overseas broadcasting on 11 March 1927 and became one of the earliest dedicated international shortwave broadcasting stations. PCJJ was created at a time when Philips was entering the consumer radio market and seeking to demonstrate that shortwave broadcasting could connect the Netherlands with the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch West Indies and other overseas audiences. Its programmes helped establish Dutch international broadcasting before the Second World War and formed part of the prehistory of Radio Netherlands Worldwide, which was founded in 1947. PCJ was also the original home of Eddy Startz's Happy Station, a multilingual light-entertainment programme that began in 1928 and became one of the best-known programmes in international shortwave broadcasting.

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  1. date of foundation: 1947 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365921935

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