TOPradio
TOPradio is a Belgian radio station that plays dance and dancepop music, the slogan of the station is We Love Music, many internationally known DJs have a program on this station.
The station broadcasts around different frequencys in Flanders at FM or DAB (in Flemish Brabant]]) and is located in Ghent.
History
In mid 1981 four students from Ghent decided to launch a innovative radio concept. The new radio station had to focus on one age group from 15 to 35 years and Flemish music was also forbidden. In February 1982 Ghent station went off under the name 'Radio One' '. Later, in 1987, a name change was implemented. Since then, the station sent out under the name of Radio SIS .
When given the frequency recognition round of 1990 Radio IS awarded a full frequency licence to broadcast every day from 102.8 MHz. The radio station identified by the further expansion a success in the region of Ghent. In 1994 signed a transmitter in Bruges and a transmitter from Kortrijk itself with Radio SIS From that moment under a new nickname Dansradio Vlaanderen aired in the three cities with a common programming.
In 1996 the name was changed to TOPradio. In the following years, the number of frequencies. Two years later in 1998, a partnership was entered into with the VMMa, the current Medialaan. The holding company of television channel VTM and then Channel Two took over the production and distribution of the TOPradio programs. For example, the radio programs of TOPradio (including Land van Hoogland with Peter Hoogland) were broadcast live on TV at Channel Two, but in May 2003 it came to a split with the VMMa.[1] VMMa had plans to rebrand TOPradio into JIMfm a new station with the same name of the tv-channel JIM , a radio station with a wider music format. However, this station has been never launched. TOPradio got a restart with programs for Flanders from the studios in Ghent. Through a network of lines, the signal is distributed to the various temporary locations, in 2015 the station broadcasted also in DAB+.
Dance programming
- A State of Trance - with trance-dj Armin Van Buuren
- Clublife by Tiësto - with Tiësto
- Defected - with Sam Divine
- Global - with Carl Cox
- Global Dance Chart - with the dutch presenter Wessel van Diepen
- Mixsession - different DJs
- Retro Arena Radioshow - with DJ Vinn
- Spinnin' Sessions - a program of the Spinnin' Records label
- The Martin Garrix Radio Show - with Martin Garrix
- The Oh! Live - live Club in Ostend with Hardstyle