MNM is a Belgian

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, launched in 2009, operated by the

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public broadcaster

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(VRT). The station broadcasts in

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and

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on FM and can be heard in

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and the

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on border areas.

History

On 5 January 2009,

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launched the new radio station. On 8 March 2010, the MNM logo had a small modification, the black letter ''M'' became blue, and modernized its studio and website. On 28 March 2011, MNM added new jingles, a new programme (Sing Your Song) and two new radio hosts (Bert Beauprez, Renée Vermeire), the same year, and the slogan has changed from ''Let's Have a Big Time'' to ''Music and More''. During the 2018 Marathonradio event in June that year, MNM introduced a redesigned logo without the star as well as new graphics and a range of bright and bold colours.

Regular presenters

At the time of final broadcast, sorted alphabetically *

Tom De Cock Tom De Cock (born 23 September 1983 in Schoten) is a Flemish radio DJ, television host and writer. At the age of 16 he published his first novel "De Openbaring" ("The Revelation"). Radio In 2008 he started as a radio DJ at the public radio st ...

(Saturday afternoons/evenings - ''

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'') *Evy Gruyaert (Weekday mid-mornings) *Anneleen Liégeois (Travel presenter, Co-presenter - ''David in de ochtend'') *Kris Luyten (Travel presenter, co-presenter - ''ADH Dave'') *Dave Peters (''ADH Dave'') *Marc Pinte (Stand-in for Elias Smekens and ''Sunday Match'') *Ann Reymen (Weekday lunchtimes) *Elias Smekens (Breakfast on Saturdays, Sunday mornings) *Ann Van Elsen (''Sunday Match'': 8pm - 11pm) *Sofie Van Moll (''Battle of the Stars'') *Thibaut Renard (''Stereo Special'') *Bert Beauprez (Weekend)

Programmes

Live presenter-led programmes are broadcast every day between 0600 and 2300. Between 2300 and 0600 (midnight and 0800 on Saturday night/Sunday morning), the station is automated and airs a mix of non-stop music and live, hourly news bulletins.

MNM Hits

''MNM Hits'' is a digital-only station, which consists of continuous pop music without presenter interruption, which was called ''Donna Hitbits'' before the MNM rebranding.

Logo and identities

File:MNM Logo 2009.png, MNM logo used from 5 January 2009 to 8 March 2010 File:Logo van de Vlaamse radiozender MNM.png, MNM logo used from 8 March 2010 to 26 August 2015 File:VRT MNM logo.png, MNM logo used from 26 August 2015 to 3 June 2018 File:Mnm logo.svg, MNM logo used since 3 June 2018

References

{{VRT Dutch-language radio stations in Belgium Radio stations established in 2009