Radio Contact is a Belgian commercial music radio station created in 1980, broadcasting in French in the
French Community of Belgium.
The station is part of the Belgian Radio H holding, which belongs to
RTL Group
RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and ...
. RTL Belgium was acquired by
DPG Media and
Groupe Rossel on 31 March 2022, ended its 32 years ownership by RTL Group.
History
Radio Contact is created in 1980 by
Francis Lemaire
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, Pierre Houtmans, Freddy Neyts and Catherine Servaes, after replacing the local radio station of Brussels ''Radio Kosmos''.
The first broadcasts of Radio Contact were in Dutch and French, in 1981 the French-speaking Contact stayed on the frequency 101.3 MHz, and the Dutch-speaking Contact got the 104.0 MHz frequency in the Brussels area.
In November 1995, the German-speaking version,
Radio Contact (Eupen)
Radio Contact Ostbelgien Now is a German language version of the French speaking radio station Radio Contact broadcasting to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
History
Started in 1981 as a Radio Hermann in Raeren near a train station ...
was created for the
German Community of Belgium
The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...
.
Since 2006, Radio Contact is part of Radio H, a holding held by RTL Group, LEMAIRE ELECTRONICS and the Groupe Rossel. RTL bought all the shares of Radio H in December 2020.
Today, Radio Contact is one of the most popular radio stations in the French and German-speaking Community of Belgium.
On 31 March 2009, Radio Contact launched Radio Contact Vision in digital television.
Flanders
In 1986, the Flemish version was created ''Radio Contact Vlaanderen''.
After the arrival of
Q-Music and competing with
Radio Donna
MNM is a Belgian pop music radio station, launched in 2009, operated by the Flemish public broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT). The station broadcasts in Flanders and Brussels on FM and can be heard in France and the Netherlands on ...
the Flemish radio station lost many listeners.
On 12 December 2008, Radio Contact Vlaanderen announces to stop broadcasting and was eventually replaced in 2009 by
ClubFM.
See also
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Bel RTL
Bel RTL is a commercial radio network broadcasting in Brussels and Wallonia (French-speaking Belgium). The station is owned by the Radio H holding company, which is part of the Luxembourg-based RTL Group. It is now owned by DPG Media and Groupe ...
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RTL-TVI
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Club RTL
Club RTL is a Luxembourgish channel of French language based in Kirchberg, Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg and it was owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by RTL Group until 31 March 2022. The two principals countries of tr ...
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RTL Group
RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and ...
*
List of radio stations in Belgium
The following is a list of radio stations in Belgium.
Public broadcasters
Belgium has three public broadcasters, one for each national language.
* The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) for the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community ...
References
External links
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Radio stations established in 1980
French-language radio stations in Belgium
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