Wakker Nederland

Wakker Nederland

Type	Public broadcaster
Country	Netherlands
Availability	Netherlands
Founded	16 February 2009
Official website	omroepwnl.nl

Wakker Nederland (abbr. WNL, English: "Awakened Netherlands") is a Dutch public broadcaster on the NPO.^[1]

It was founded on 16 February 2009 as a right-wing conservative counterweight to the perceived leftist bias of Dutch public television. WNL and PowNed have their origins in the newspaper De Telegraaf.

WNL takes care of the morning television programming and began airing their morning show Ochtendspits (English: "Morning Rush Hour") on Nederland 1 on 6 September 2010. They also had an evening news show on Nederland 2 called Uitgesproken WNL (English: "Outspoken WNL") on Wednesday evenings.

WNL also make radio programmes.

References

↑ "Two new broadcasters added to public sector". The Holland Times. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

External links

(Dutch) Official website

Dutch public broadcasting system

Broadcasters	Governing organization NPO Membership associations AVROTROS BNN-VARA EO KRO-NCRV MAX PowNed VPRO WNL State broadcasters NOS NTR Special broadcasters BOS HUMAN IKON JO OHM RKK ZvK Other broadcasters Omrop Fryslân PP Socutera STER

Television	NPO 1 NPO 2 NPO 3 Digital NPO 101 NPO Best NPO Cultura NPO Nieuws NPO Politiek NPO Sport NPO Zapp Xtra International BVN

Radio	NPO Radio 1 NPO Radio 2 NPO 3FM NPO Radio 4 NPO Radio 5 NPO Soul & Jazz FunX International RNW

Former broadcasters	AVRO Concertzender LLiNK Moslim Omroep NIO NMO NOT NPS RVU TROS VOO

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