Pure was a

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public radio station created in 2004, focused on music genres such as pop,

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, hip hop,

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, and

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. It is operated by the

Radio télévision belge de la communauté française The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Commu ...

(RTBF). Pure is the French language equivalent of the Flemish

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History

On 1 April 2004, the public rock/pop radio station

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owned by the

RTBF The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Commu ...

stops broadcasting to be replaced by two new radio stations,

Classic 21 Classic 21 is a Belgian public FM radio station, part of the RTBF broadcasting organisation. The station, based in Mons, was the only Classic rock radio in Belgium until 2008 when they switched to adult-contemporary and pop. The station plays pre ...

and Pure FM. In 2010, Pure FM changed its logo. In January 2017, the station dropped the "FM" suffix from its name. From 7 September 2020, Pure FM merged with

La Deux Tipik is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by the French-language public-service broadcasting organization RTBF. History From RTbis to Télé 2 On March 26, 1977, RTB launched a second television channel called RTBis, whi ...

, RTBF's second channel, to form a new brand for young people called Tipik. Tipik is available on TV as a channel replacing La Deux, on radio replacing Pure FM, and online.

History

Reception

FM

AM

DAB

See also