PCJJ

PCJJ
TypeInternational broadcaster
Country
Netherlands
AvailabilityInternational
OwnerPhilips Laboratories
Key people
Edward Startz
Launch date
11 March 1927
Dissolved15 April 1947 (nationalised, assets transferred to Radio Netherlands Worldwide)

PCJJ (later known as PCJ) was a pioneering shortwave radio station in the Netherlands operated by Philips Radio on behalf of Philips Laboratories, a division of Philips Electronics. It was the first shortwave radio station in Europe,[1] and the first dedicated shortwave radio station in the world - previous stations had simulcast AM/medium wave broadcasts.[2]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2013-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Berg, Jerome S. (2013-08-27). The Early Shortwave Stations: A Broadcasting History Through 1945. McFarland. ISBN 9780786474110.