page_title: Veronica (media)
section_title: Veronica's Years as Public Broadcaster (1976-1995)
hierarchical_section_title: Veronica (media) / Television / Veronica's Years as Public Broadcaster (1976-1995)
caption_attribution_description: English: Nationaal Archief Beschrijving: Minister Brinkman opent nieuwbouw Veronica in Hilversum; minister Brinkman slaat op "kop van jut" Datum: 31 augustus 1987 Bestanddeelnummer NL-HaNA_Anefo_934-0640 Vervaardiger: Croes, Rob / Anefo URL: http://beeldbank.nationaalarchief.nl/na:col1:dat329597 Voor meer informatie over het Nationaal Archief: http://www.nationaalarchief.nl Voor meer foto's uit deze en andere collecties, bezoek onze Beeldbank:, http://www.beeldbank.nationaalarchief.nl U kunt ons helpen onze kennis van de fotocollecties te verrijken door tags en commentaren toe te voegen. Herkent u mensen of locaties of heeft u een bijzonder verhaal te vertellen bij één van de foto's, laat dan een reactie achter (als u ingelogd bent bij Flickr) of stuur een mailtje naar: flickrthecommons@nationaalarchief.nl
context_page_description: Veronica is a brand name of successive Dutch commercial radio and television stations. It began its life as an offshore radio station, Radio Veronica, on 17 May 1960. The name comes from its first name VRON. "Free" was a reference to the laws at the time that didn't allow commercial radio broadcasters to operate from a location within the territory of the Netherlands.
  Though Veronica's appeal and power have dissipated, most of the Dutch commercial radio and television landscape has been formed by Veronica and its spin-offs.
context_section_description: The Association resulted from a pirate radio station, Radio Veronica, which broadcast from a ship on international waters off the coast of the Netherlands between 1959 and 1974. The wave appearing in the logo hearkens back to that time. The name Veronica is a derivation of the abbreviation VRON (Vrije Radio Omroep Nederland / Free Radio Broadcasting station Netherlands).
  After the pirate-activities became legally impossible (31 August 1974), Veronica transformed itself into the Veronica Broadcasting Association (Veronica Omroep Organisatie, short VOO), enabling it to gain a legal radio and television license within the Public broadcasting system. It finally got a licence on 28 December 1975. The first television broadcast of Veronica was on 21 April 1976. Within a decade it became one of the largest public broadcasters and the trademark was tested as being more popular than Coca-Cola.
caption: Elco Brinkman operating a high striker to celebrate the opening of Veronica's headquarters in Hilversum, August 1987
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