The VPRO (originally an acronym for Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep, or "Liberal Protestant Radio Broadcasting Company") was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant "pillar", it represented the Liberal Protestant current. However, in the 1950s and 1960s it became more "liberal" than protestant, and while the acronym VPRO was kept, its meaning was dropped. It was the first ...
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The VPRO (originally an acronym for Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep, or "Liberal Protestant Radio Broadcasting Company") was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant "pillar", it represented the Liberal Protestant current. However, in the 1950s and 1960s it became more "liberal" than protestant, and while the acronym VPRO was kept, its meaning was dropped. It was the first to show a nude woman on Dutch television, Phil Bloom in 1967 . It is still considered the most "culturally radical" group on Dutch television.
VPRO often collaborates with other broadcasting organisations such as the WDR, the BBC, and Arte.
Like all Dutch public broadcasters the VPRO does not have its own dedicated channel.
In a way, the VPRO stood at the cradle of the success of the Dire Straits. Their first album, 'Dire Straits' (Phonogram, 1978) received only luke-warm responses in Britain after its release. The main hit single of the album...
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