PCJJ
Type | nationalised, assets transferred to Radio Netherlands Worldwide ) |
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PCJJ (later known as PCJ) was a pioneering
History
The station officially went on the air on 11 March 1927, broadcasting on 9.93 MHz in a transmission to the Dutch East Indies with the words, "Hello Dutch East Indies, this is PCJJ, the shortwave transmitter of Philips Laboratories in Eindhoven."[3] PCJJ was soon broadcasting in English, Spanish, German and Dutch to a worldwide audience. The station was founded as part of Philips' international marketing campaign to encourage the sale of radio receivers.[4]
On 30 May and 1 June 1927,
PCJJ was likely the first shortwave radio station in the world to provide distinct programming rather than a simulcast of domestic stations.
The multilingual
In July 1927, Philips established PHOHI (Philips Omroep Holland-Indië or Philips Holland-India Broadcasting Station). The new venture originally shared PCJJ's transmitter until December 1928 when PCJJ's sister transmitter PHI was completed for PHOHI programming. PHI broadcast in Dutch to the
PHI ceased broadcasting in 1930 due to the government's new regulations regarding Dutch language broadcasting, although PCJ continued to air. PHI was able to resume broadcasting in 1934 and would broadcast Dutch as well as English programming to the Eastern Hemisphere which PCJ broadcast to the Western Hemisphere.[6]
In 1937, the transmitters were relocated to
Broadcasts from the Netherlands were interrupted by the German invasion in May 1940. PCJ broadcast the events of the invasion for four days until Eddy Startz was arrested. The staff of PCJ tried to destroy the Huizen transmitters, but they were repaired by the Germans used for black propaganda to India under the name ”The Voice of Free India”.[7] Transmissions from the occupied facility were also heard as far away as Australia using the call sign DXL15.[10]
PCJ resumed broadcasting in October 1945, as a result of the liberation of the Netherlands. The two shortwave stations were nationalised and became Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the Dutch International Service on 15 April 1947 though PCJ programs such as Happy Station continued on the new station and the PCJ call letters were kept by Radio Netherlands for several years.[11]
The Taiwan-based PCJ Radio International, which produced a revived Happy Station show from 2009 to 2020, took its name from the original PCJ.
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ISBN 9780786474110.
- ^ Broadcasting in the Malay world: radio, television, and video in Brunei By Drew O. McDaniel
- ^ ISBN 9780191955426. Retrieved 25 December 2023.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Philips Museum Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Radio Netherlands: ‘Happy Station’ history transcript
- ^ a b "50 Years Shortwave In Holland : klankbeeld 1977-04-15 / 1977-03-30" Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, RNW
- ^ ISBN 9780786474110.
- ^ "Wavescan 455".
- ^ "Wavescan 352".
- ^ Radio Nederland Wereldomroep International Program Service Summer Schedule, 1948 Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Broadcasting on the short waves, 1945 to today By Jerome S. Berg
- 50 Years of Shortwave in Holland Radio Netherlands
External links
- Radio Without Borders history of PCJ and PHOI