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Alternative Pop & Rock · Since 1999

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Alternative pop & rock at its best. Familiar artists next to unexpected discoveries — carefully selected, never endlessly repeated.

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  • 02 Everything Everything Final Form 09:54
  • 03 The Rubens Hoops 09:52
  • 04 Spinvis kom terug 09:48
  • 05 Coach Party Over 09:45
  • 06 Ulrika Spacek Square Root of None 09:41
  • 07 ZZzzzzzz 09:41
  • 08 John Squire Just Another Rainbow 09:37
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Not all great music gets the airtime it deserves.

More than 27 years ago, founder Herman Zeilstra started the station with a straightforward idea: play music because it's worth hearing, not because it's climbing the charts. That idea hasn't changed.

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