NPO Soul & Jazz is a

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station from

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(NPO). It launched as Radio 6 on 4 September 2006, when it took over from the

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(now operating independently), its musical format is mainly

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and

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, together with such related genres as

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, and

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. At night it also broadcasts a number of cultural and informative programmes produced by the following broadcasting associations:

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, NTR and

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. NPO Soul & Jazz is distributed via DAB, cable, and also online. On 1 January 2016 NPO closed down NPO Radio 6, replacing it with NPO Soul & Jazz. NPO Soul & Jazz broadcast non stop music till 19 hrs. Between 19 and 23 hrs there are presented programmes on NPO Soul & Jazz.

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File:NPO Radio 6 logo 2014.svg, NPO Radio 6 logo used until from 2014 to 2016 File:NPO Soul & Jazz logo.svg, NPO Soul & Jazz first era logo used until from 2016 to 2017 File:NPO Radio 2 Soul & Jazz logo.svg, NPO Radio 2 Soul & Jazz logo used until from 2017 to 2023

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NPO Soul & Jazz website
Radio stations in the Netherlands Radio stations established in 2006 {{Netherlands-media-stub

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