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Alexander Frederik Paul "Frits" Thors (13 September 1909 – 19 April 2014) was a Dutch journalist and news anchor. Thors was best known as the newscaster of the NTS-Journaal from 1965 until 1972.
For his 100th birthday on 13 September 2009 the Dutch broadcasting network NOS visited him for a NOS news item at his home. In an interview with NOS-reporter Peer Ulijn Thors appeared extraordinarily clear of spirit. Thors was not very fond of publicity in his later years, but he did attend the presentation of a book honouring the Netherlands' most famous newscasters of the NTS-Journaal in October 2012; Thors was 104 at the time.Boekpresentatie van De Iconen van het Acht Uur Journaal
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Biography
Prior to the NTS-Journaal, he had already had a long career as a radio presenter for theAVRO
AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broad ...
. He made his microphone debut in 1928. During World War II he was one of the few broadcasting employees who did not want to work for the Nazi Germany Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...
broadcasting service in the Netherlands. In 1944 and 1945 he worked for Radio Herrijzend Nederland (Radio Recovering Netherlands) which broadcast from the already liberated south of the Netherlands. From 1946 on he worked as a freelance journalist for the Canadian broadcaster CBC (1946 to 1948 in Montreal) and the Dutch Wereldomroep.
For his 100th birthday on 13 September 2009 the Dutch broadcasting network NOS visited him for a NOS news item at his home. In an interview with NOS-reporter Peer Ulijn Thors appeared extraordinarily clear of spirit. Thors was not very fond of publicity in his later years, but he did attend the presentation of a book honouring the Netherlands' most famous newscasters of the NTS-Journaal in October 2012; Thors was 104 at the time./ref>
See also
*List of centenarians (authors, poets and journalists)
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