Dramatic listening figures force NPO Radio 1 to change course - Nieuwlechts.nl

The flag is not hanging happily in Hilversum. NPO Radio 1, the most important news and current affairs channel in the Netherlands for years, is rapidly losing ground. Listening figures are plummeting, especially in the afternoon and evening - with barely 14,000 Dutch people as a low point. This leads to drastic measures, reports De Telegraaf. The NPO is changing the programming. No more free content per broadcaster, but more urgency and news. “W…