Harmke Pijpers (

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, July 17, 1946) is a

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and

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of different

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- and

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programs. She is currently presenter at

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. In 2010 she received the ''RadioBitches Oeuvre Award''.

Career Start

Harmke Pijpers began her broadcasting career as "secretary with ambition" at the

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but she became known for the

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radio program '' The Building''. By combining programs

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she came to visit the Radio 1 News. In 2000 she moved to the

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where she both on radio and television presented the art program ''

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''.

Work for commercial broadcasters

In late 2005 she was a presenter on the new television channel

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where in addition to

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she presented the news and show program '' NSE''. This job she took first in alternation with Inge Ipenburg but later with Evert Santegoeds. When the format was changed from ''NSE'' to ''NSE NEWS'' and it was more focused on news and less on sports and entertainment, her role as presenter was no longer needed. She had a stint as a reporter for News at NSE, but after the program was abandoned from the television channel of De Mol she did not come back on television. Since September 2007 Pijpers has presented ''De Frontlinie'' on

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