Radio Oranje

A Voice from Across the Water

Interview with Loe de Jong about Radio Oranje in 1981 in the programme Media Network by Jonathan Marks of Radio Netherlands Worldwide.

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Radio Oranje (

Radio Oranje made its first broadcast on 28 July 1940, consisting of a rendition of the nationalist song Merck toch hoe sterck, followed by a speech by Queen Wilhelmina. In total, Wilhelmina spoke on Radio Oranje 34 times during the course of the war. The name, Radio Oranje, was a tribute to the Dutch monarchy's House of Orange-Nassau.

Presenters

• Jan de Hartog
• Loe de Jong
• Herman de Man
• A. den Doolaard
• Jetty Paerl

See also

• Radio Vrij Nederland [nl] - (Radio Free Netherlands) Radio Oranje's short-lived predecessor which broadcast from Paris in 1940.
• Radio Herrijzend Nederland [nl] - The service which eventually replaced Radio Oranje, operating from temporary studios in the liberated southern portion of the country in 1944/45.
• Radio Belgique - the Belgian equivalent programme
• Radio Londres - the Free French version

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radio Oranje.

• Dra. M. G. Schenk and J. B. Th. Spaan, De Koningin Sprak. Proclamaties en radio-toespraken van H.M. Koningin Wilhelmina 1940-1945, 1945 (
  ISBN 9061353971
  )
• H. J. van den Broek, Hier Radio Oranje
• O. Sinke, Verzet vanuit de Verte. De Behoedzame Koers van Radio Oranje, 2009.