Studio Brussel (StuBru) is a
radio stationRadio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, broadcast through the air as radio waves from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast common programming, either in syndication or simulcast or both...
in
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
, owned by the
VRTThe abbreviation VRT may be a reference to:* Vehicle Registration Tax* Verkehrsverbund Region Trier , Trier regional transport* Vestibular rehabilitation therapy* Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, the Flemish public broadcasting organization...
. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience.
Studio Brussel started on 1 April 1983. It began as a regional radio station broadcasting only during
rush hourA rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest...
. Gradually, broadcasting times were expanded and Studio Brussel could be heard throughout all of Flanders.
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Studio Brussel (StuBru) is a
radio stationRadio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, broadcast through the air as radio waves from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast common programming, either in syndication or simulcast or both...
in
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
, owned by the
VRTThe abbreviation VRT may be a reference to:* Vehicle Registration Tax* Verkehrsverbund Region Trier , Trier regional transport* Vestibular rehabilitation therapy* Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, the Flemish public broadcasting organization...
. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience.
Studio Brussel started on 1 April 1983. It began as a regional radio station broadcasting only during
rush hourA rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest...
. Gradually, broadcasting times were expanded and Studio Brussel could be heard throughout all of Flanders. The station played more alternative music and more heavy music (i.e. rock, hiphop, house and techno), which wasn't broadcast by commercial radio stations. Every year, there is a chart called the
Tijdloze 100 (timeless 100), with 100 timeless tracks. At the end of 2002, Studio Brussel got a new look, including a new logo in the shape of a red ellipse.
Every spring, Studio Brussel organises
StuBru.Uit in the Vooruit in Ghent, where different Flemish artists come to play their sets. On 25 May 2005 the world
Crowd surfingCrowd surfing describes the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person during a concert, transferring the person from one part of the venue to another...
record was beaten with 14 minutes and 37 seconds by
Peter Van de VeirePeter Van de Veire is a well known radio personality in Flanders.-Early life:Van de Veire grew up in the town of Waterschoot...
in
GhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
.