Veronica has had a very long and very turbulent history. Starting off as the off-shore radio station VRON (Vrije Radio Omroep Nederland) in november of 1960, its name is quickly changed into radio Veronica, until it is closed down by the Dutch government in 1971. They lost the battle, but not the war. In 1973, radio Veronica reappeared as an official public broadcaster using the name VOO (Veronica Omroep Organisatie) until 1995 when they decide to leave the public broadcasting system and to become a commercial station in the HMG group, owned by CLT, under their original name "Veronica". Disagreements between Veronica and CLT meant an end to this agreement in 1999, when the Veronica channel was rebranded as "Yorin". Veronica is now starting experiments with SBS, Fox and MTV but none of these prove to be satisfactory. After a few years of a shallow existing with very poor results, Veronica decides to become a full partner of SBS/Sky Radio, returning on-screen in full force on september 20 2003.
Veronica Start-Up1982 Announcer Marijke Benkhard in 1982
1982-1991 clips are from the period when Veronica was officially known as VOO, part of the public broadcasting system. This ident displays the text "nederland 2 on wednesday"
Veronica Closedown - Nederland 21987 And this is the same announcer, a few years later. Here is she closing the night.
Veronica Ident1995
Leontien Ruyter (she became famous as assistant at the "Wheel of Fortune" on RTL4 in 1990)
Veronica Ident2006
Here is a billboard the place where it happens...
Veronica is broadcasting together with Jetix on one channel: Jetix from 6AM till 6PM, and Veronica from 6PM till 6AM.
On January 1st 2010 Jetix changed its name to Disney XD
Veronica Ident2008
A new ident, without the usual boys and girls: 4 veronica-presenters took it over in this ident.
