Katholieke Radio Omroep
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This article is about KRO, the Dutch broadcaster. For the Marvel Comics character, see Kro (comics).
KRO, or Katholieke Radio Omroep (Catholic Radio Broadcasting), was a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925.
Quick Facts Company type, Founded ...
Company type | Public broadcaster |
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Founded | 1925 |
Defunct | 31 December 2018 |
Fate | Merged on 1 January 2014 with NCRV, to form KRO-NCRV |
Headquarters | Netherlands |
Owner | NPO |
Website | www |
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Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcast the bulk of its television output on the NPO 1 channel. KRO was also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church in the Netherlands in the airtime allocated to Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap. KRO published the magazines Studio KRO Magazine and Mikro gids.
On 1 January 2014, it merged with Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (NCRV) to form KRO-NCRV.