Studio Brussel is a Dutch-speaking

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, owned by the VRT. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience. The channel is an initiative of the

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and is financed principally by taxes.

History

Studio Brussel started on 1 April 1983 as a regional Brussels radio station of the then-BRT. It began as a regional radio station broadcasting only during rush hour. Gradually, broadcasting times were expanded and Studio Brussel could be heard throughout all of Flanders. The first two presenters were Paul De Wyngaert and Jan Hautekiet. The radio station plays mostly alternative and more heavy music, mostly rock, but also

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and

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. At the end of 2002, Studio Brussel got a new look. The logo with the "wild" characters was replaced by a red ellipse with the name Studio Brussel in it. On 24 April 2006, Wim Oosterlinck left Studio Brussel for Qmusic. Peter Van de Veire left Studio Brussel for the new radio station MNM in 2008. Since 2007, Jan Van Biesen is the net manager of Studio Brussel. He was preceded by Isabelle Baele (2005–2007), Mark Coenen (2002–2005), Jan Hautekiet (1998–2002) and Jan Schoukens (1983–1998). Studio Brussel has a market share of 9.8% in Flanders. It is also the most popular foreign radio station in the

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. On 4 February 2019, Studio Brussel introduced a new logo for the first time since 2002. It was designed by Base Design and the new "digital-first" inspired logo uses a custom font as well as an unlimited range of colours.

Timeless 100

Every year, there is a chart called the ''Tijdloze 100'' (timeless 100), with 100 timeless tracks. It consists of 100 'timeless tracks'. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 the Belgian band Gorki was at the first place with "Mia". In 2006 until 2012,

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was at number 1 with " Smells Like Teen Spirit". Thereafter,

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( Stairway to heaven), and

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(Black) took the top-position. In 2021

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overtook Black with The Chain.

Frequencies

FM

DAB

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Logos

File:Studio Brussel logo old.svg, 1998 to 2002 File:VRT Studio Brussel logo (2003-2019).svg, Used from 2003 to February 3, 2019 File:VRT StuBru logo.svg, Used since February 4, 2019 till November 11, 2023

References

External links

* {{VRT Dutch-language radio stations in Belgium Radio stations established in 1983 Modern rock radio stations