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Dutch television Television in the Netherlands was officially Timeline of the introduction of television in countries, introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks, such as RTL Nederland, and a sys ...

related events from 1996.

Events

*3 March - Maxine &

Franklin Brown Franklin Kroonenberg (born 11 March 1961), known professionally as Franklin Brown, is a Dutch singer and voice actor. He is known for representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, together with Maxine, with the song "De eerste ...

are selected to represent Netherlands at the

1996 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May 1996 at the in Oslo, Norway. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (NRK) and presented by Norwegian journalis ...

with their song "

De eerste keer The Netherlands was represented by duo Maxine and Franklin Brown, with the song "De eerste keer", at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Oslo on 18 May. Before Eurovision Nationaal Songfestival 1996 Five acts participated i ...

". They are selected to be the thirty-eighth Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Cinevideo Studio in Almere. *Unknown - Edsilia Rombley wins the twelfth series of '' Soundmixshow'', performing as

Oleta Adams Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears's international chart-topping album ''The Seeds of Love'' (1989). Her ...

Debuts

*11 March - ''

Goudkust ''Goudkust'' () is a Dutch television series, which was broadcast by SBS 6. When SBS 6 was not happy about the results of the series, it sold the series to Veronica TV (SBS), FOX 8. When Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX in 2001 sold Veronica TV ( ...

'' (1996-2001)

Television shows

1950s

*'' NOS Journaal'' (1956–present)

1970s

*''

Sesamstraat ''Sesamstraat'' () is a Dutch television series in the Netherlands, and a spin-off of the U.S. children's program ''Sesame Street''. In its early days the show was broadcast in Flanders (Belgium) as well. It is the second longest-running foreign ...

'' (1976–present)

1980s

*'' Jeugdjournaal'' (1981–present) *'' Soundmixshow'' (1985-2002) *''

Het Klokhuis ''Het Klokhuis'' (Dutch for "The Applecore") is a daily documentary show for primary school children and young teenagers produced by ntr of the Netherlands. It first aired in 1988. It is broadcast every weekday at 18:25 on NPO 3 and lasts abou ...

'' (1988–present)

1990s

*'' Goede tijden, slechte tijden'' (1990–present)

Ending this year

Births

Deaths

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