Bel RTL is a commercial radio network broadcasting in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

(French-speaking

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). The station is owned by the Radio H

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, which is part of the

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

-based

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 an ...

. It is now owned by

DPG Media DPG Media Group is a Belgian media company also active in the Netherlands and Denmark. It is owned by the Van Thillo family and employs some 6,000 people. Divisions The DPG Media Group operates through three national subsidiaries: * DPG Med ...

and Groupe Rossel since 31 March 2022. Bel RTL is currently (as of 2021) the most widely listened-to commercial radio station in the

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. It is the station's aim to be as big in Belgium as its sister station RTL is in

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. Many of Bel RTL's presenters came to the station from the

RTL-TVI RTL-TVI is a private French-language Luxembourg based television station in Belgium owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by the RTL Group until 31 March 2022. Within the French-speaking area of Belgium, it is the mos ...

television channel.

Coverage

Bel RTL broadcasts throughout Wallonia and

on the following FM frequencies:

Programmes

References

External links

* French-language radio stations in Belgium Radio stations established in 1978 Radio stations established in 1991 1978 establishments in Belgium 1980s disestablishments in Belgium 1991 establishments in Belgium Mass media in Brussels Schaerbeek {{Europe-radio-station-stub