KRO, or (Catholic Radio Broadcasting), was a Dutch

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organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly

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in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcast the bulk of its television output on the

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channel. KRO was also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the

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in the airtime allocated to . KRO published the magazines ''Studio KRO Magazine'' and ''Mikro gids''. On 1 January 2014, it merged with (NCRV) to form

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' (English: "Nameless Orchestra") was the KRO's official orchestra during the

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society. Their 1952 song "" is a Dutch evergreen, which sold 25,000 copies.

Programmes

Television

On television, KRO's "behind-the-news" show is Netwerk, which it produces in cooperation with and

NCRV NCRV (Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging) (English: Dutch Christian Radio Association) was a public radio and television broadcaster in the Netherlands, mostly transmitting on NPO 1 and NPO 2. On 1 January 2014, NCRV merged with KRO to fo ...

. A popular show which KRO began in 2005 is ' (''

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''), presented by Yvon Jaspers. Many Dutch farmers remain single because they find it hard to find a woman who is willing to put up with the long hours, hard work, and lack of holidays which farming life requires. This show, which aims to remedy that situation, was KRO's highest-rated television programme in 2008, achieving an average weekly viewership of 4.5 million. Another KRO speciality is the broadcasting of detective series in the strand ''KRO Detectives'', which mainly focuses on British and Scandinavian productions.

Youth output

KRO also has its own children's strands, ''KRO '' ("KRO children's time") and ' ("Ten plus"), which it transmits during its scheduled slots on Nederland 1. ''KRO '' also has some programmes available live across the Netherlands via Omroep NL's digital service, Zappelin / Zapp 24. Some of this output can also be viewed outside the Netherlands via ''s "Video Juke Box" service.KRO Kindertijd
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External links

Official website
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Programmes

Television

Youth output

See also

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