PCJJ
Broadcast area | International |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 30.2 m or 9.9 MHz (early test broadcasts) |
| Branding | PCJ |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Dutch, English, Spanish, German and other languages |
| Format | International broadcasting; shortwave radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Philips Laboratories |
| PHI / PHOHI | |
| History | |
First air date | 11 March 1927 |
Last air date | May 1940 (pre-war PCJ/PHI operations interrupted) 15 April 1947 (succeeded by Radio Nederland Wereldomroep) |
Former call signs | PCJJ |
Call sign meaning | Later promoted by Eddy Startz as "Peace, Cheer and Joy" |
PCJJ, later known as PCJ, was a pioneering Dutch shortwave radio station operated by Philips Laboratories in Eindhoven and later associated with the Philips Omroep Holland-Indië transmitter facilities at Huizen. It began experimental overseas broadcasting on 11 March 1927 and became one of the earliest dedicated international shortwave broadcasting stations.
PCJJ was created at a time when Philips was entering the consumer radio market and seeking to demonstrate that shortwave broadcasting could connect the Netherlands with the Dutch East Indies, the Dutch West Indies and other overseas audiences. Its programmes helped establish Dutch international broadcasting before the Second World War and formed part of the prehistory of Radio Netherlands Worldwide, which was founded in 1947.
PCJ was also the original home of Eddy Startz's Happy Station, a multilingual light-entertainment programme that began in 1928 and became one of the best-known programmes in international shortwave broadcasting.