Pure (Belgian radio station)

Pure was a Belgian public radio station created in 2004, focused on music genres such as pop, rock, hip hop, contemporary R&B, and electronic. It is operated by the Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF). Pure is the French language equivalent of the Flemish Studio Brussel.

Pure
Broadcast areaBelgium
Wallonia
Programming
Language(s)French
Ownership
OwnerRTBF
History
First air date
1 April 2004; 20 years ago (2004-04-01)
Last air date
6 September 2020; 4 years ago (2020-09-06)
Former call signs
Pure FM (2004–2017)
Radio 21 (1981–2004)
Links
Websitepurefm.be

History

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On 1 April 2004, the public rock/pop radio station Radio 21 owned by the RTBF stops broadcasting to be replaced by two new radio stations, Classic 21 and Pure FM. In 2010, Pure FM changed its logo. In January 2017, the station dropped the "FM" suffix from its name.

From 7 September 2020, Pure FM merged with La Deux, RTBF's second channel, to form a new brand for young people called Tipik. Tipik is available on TV as a channel replacing La Deux, on radio replacing Pure FM, and online.

Reception

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Region Frequency
  Antwerp* 101.1 MHz
  Arlon 98.4 MHz
  Brussels (city) 88.8 MHz
  Charleroi 96.6 MHz
  Courtray* 90.6 MHz
  Ghent* 101.1 MHz
  Hainaut 90.6, 96.6 MHz
  Huy 91.4 MHz
Léglise 89.9 MHz
  Liège 92.5 MHz
  Lille* 90.6 MHz
  Luxembourg City* 98.4 MHz
  Maastricht* 94.1, 101.1 MHz
  Marche-en-Famenne 97.8 MHz
  Namur (city) 89.8 MHz
  Spa 94.1 MHz
  Tournai 90.6 MHz
  Verviers 87.9 MHz
  Waremme 87.8 MHz
  Walloon Brabant, Wavre 101.1 MHz

(*) The RTBF does not broadcast in this region or country, but can be heard there clearly.

Region Frequency
  Liège 1233 kHz
  Luxembourg 1305 kHz
Region Frequency
  Wallonia (incl. Brussels) RTBF Channel 12B (225,648 kHz)

See also

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