The Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON) was a Dutch public

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er which made radio and television broadcasts on behalf of seven church communities. IKON also offered other services such as Teletekst, the IKON newspaper, the IKON pastorate and Internet. In IKON's airtime, the

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collected money for projects in the

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. In May 2004, IKON adopted its final logo. IKON was finally closed down on 1 January 2016, thus transferring its programs to EO.

History

After the

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the ''IKOR'', (Interkerkelijk Overleg inzake Radioaangelegenheden) was founded. On 1 January 1976 IKOR and the ''Convent van Kerken'' founded the foundation IKON. IKON journalists were often active in dangerous warzones. On 17 March 1982 four IKON journalists were murdered in

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: Koos Koster (correspondent), Jan Kuiper (editor), Joop Willemse (cameraman) en Hans ter Laag (soundman). In the 1970s and '80s IKON was known as a

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broadcaster, focussing on subjects such as

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and

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. Since the end of the

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the appeal of leftist ideals declined as did the attendance of churches. IKON had to adapt to these changes.

Airtime for churches

IKON was one of the "2.42 broadcasters" (named after the Article 2.42 of the ''Mediawet'', the Dutch media law, which allowed faith-based broadcasters to get airtime on radio and TV without having to have any members). These broadcasters were extinct on 1 January 2016, due to cuts at the

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. IKON made programming for various church communities namely: * Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit * Evangelische Broedergemeente Nederland *

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* Molukse Evangelische Kerk * Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland * Protestantse Kerk in Nederland (PKN) * Remonstrantse Broederschap *

Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB The Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB (English: ''Liberal Community of Faith NBP'') is a Liberal Christianity, liberal Christian denomination in the Netherlands, a member of the Dutch Raad van Kerken (English: ''Council of Churches'') and the Int ...

Two other organisations who filled airtime for different church societies were RKK (now part of

KRO KRO, or (Catholic Radio Broadcasting), was a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcast the bulk of its television output on the NPO 1 channel. KRO was also responsi ...

NCRV NCRV (Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging) (English: Dutch Christian Radio Association) was a public radio and television broadcaster in the Netherlands, mostly transmitting on NPO 1 and NPO 2. On 1 January 2014, NCRV merged with KRO to for ...

) and Zendtijd voor Kerken (ZvK). IKON took care of part of the technical facilities of ZvK until the closure of both broadcasters.

References

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* Dutch public broadcasting organisations Netherlands Public Broadcasting Dutch-language television networks Christian television networks Television channels and stations established in 1976 Dutch companies established in 1976 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2016 Dutch companies disestablished in 2016 {{netherlands-tv-stub