Editing VPRO (section)

=== VPRO during WWII ===
On March 9, 1941, the V.P.R.O. and the other radio broadcasters were closed down by the [[Netherlands in World War II|German occupiers]] and replaced by the Rijksradio Omroep, which broadcast [[Nazism|national socialist propaganda]]. Before that, the V.P.R.O. was able to continue broadcasting its programs from 1940 to 1941. This was because the radio broadcasters, including the V.P.R.O., did what the German occupiers wanted from the start, to prevent their broadcaster from being closed down.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Het verraad van Hilversum: propaganda bij de omroepen in oorlogstijd |url=https://www.eo.nl/artikel/het-verraad-van-hilversum-propaganda-bij-de-omroepen-in-oorlogstijd |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.eo.nl |language=nl}}</ref> For example, the V.P.R.O. had to submit its programming to a censorship committee, which determined what would and would not be included in the broadcast, and the broadcaster also dismissed Jewish employees, in order to meet the wishes of the Germans. In addition, the V.P.R.O. broadcasting guide contained bad things about Jews. According to the V.P.R.O., it did this because of the liberalism that the broadcaster was pursuing. The broadcaster believed that everyone should have a say, including national socialists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Het verraad van Hilversum |url=https://npo.nl/start/serie/het-verraad-van-hilversum/seizoen-1/de-publieke-omroep-in-oorlogstijd/afspelen |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=NPO Start |language=nl}}</ref> Despite the obedience, the V.P.R.O. was dissolved in 1941. The Rijksradio Omroep took over part of the broadcaster's programming. In 1947, the V.P.R.O. was re-established after the government had made a failed attempt to form a national broadcaster.
[[File:Omroepembleem VPRO, Bestanddeelnr 926-2848.jpg|left|thumb|248x248px|Opening of a VPRO program in 1973.]]