Radio Veronica (Talpa Radio)

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Radio Veronica

Broadcast area	Netherlands
Programming
Format	Pop and Rock (Adult Contemporary) (widely 1970s-today)
Ownership
Owner	Mediahuis Nederland
Sister stations	100% NL SLAM! Sublime Sunlite
History
First air date	August 31, 2003
Former call signs	Radio 103, de Gouwe Ouwe Zender (2003)
Links
Webcast	Veronica Listen Live Watch Live Radio Non-Stop Music Top 1000 Allertijden Veronica 80's Hits Veronica 90's Hits Veronica 00's Top 500 Veronica Rock Radio Playlist
Website	Radio Veronica

Radio Veronica is a Dutch commercial radio station owned by Mediahuis since June 2023, before that it was a subsidiary of Talpa Network. The station runs a mixed playlist of pop and rock music from the 1970s until the 2000s, additional with current hits. The station can be compared with Absolute Radio and Radio X (United Kingdom) in the United Kingdom.

Radio Veronica in its present form was created on 31 August 2003 by a merger of the cable station Radio Veronica of the Vereniging Veronica and the golden oldie station Radio 103 of Sky Radio Ltd. In return, received the Vereniging Veronica 3.5% of the shares of the Sky Radio Ltd. in hands. In 2006, this interest was expanded to 10%, after the Telegraaf Media Groep NV and ING acquired the Sky Radio Group and those in Sienna Holding BV - operating under the name Sky Radio Group accommodated. In 2007, the Telegraaf Media Groep NV acquired 85% (now 22.85%) of the company owned and thus control over the company.

The brand "Radio Veronica" has a long heritage in the Netherlands going back to the offshore station (VRON) in the 1960s and early 1970s later becoming (as VOO) part of the Dutch public broadcasting system before once again becoming a private venture however the station/brand has undergone several changes of ownership since.

Radio Veronica is comparable to NPO Radio 2 by their similarity of decades (1970s - today). The only difference is that NPO Radio 2 does play more genres than rock music.

In April 2023 Talpa Network sold the station to Mediahuis, due to a legal change it was no longer allowed for a single party to hold more than three fm-frequencies.^[1]