AVROTROS

AVROTROS
Type	Public broadcaster
Country	Netherlands
Availability	Netherlands
Founded	7 September 2014; 10 years ago (originally 1923 and 1964)
Motto	De omroep voor ons (lit. 'The broadcaster for us')
Key people	Eric van Stade (chairman)
Official website	www.avrotros.nl
Replaced	AVRO; TROS

AVROTROS (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌaːvroːˈtrɔs]) is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster that is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. It was founded in 2014 as the result of a merger between the Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) and the Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS). The name AVROTROS has been used for jointly produced programmes since 1 January 2014. Since 7 September 2014, all existing AVRO and TROS programmes have also been broadcast under the name AVROTROS.^[1]

Building

Prior to 2014, the AVRO was housed in the AKN [nl] building in Hilversum from 2000, while the TROS operated from the former Christelijk Lyceum, also in Hilversum, from 1970.^[2] On 20 June 2012, it was announced that both broadcasters would move into the Wereldomroepgebouw after the merger.^[3] The move was completed after a renovation on 1 January 2014.

In 2014, AVROTROS started using the Vondelparkpaviljoen in Amsterdam, which had been renovated and renamed "Vondel CS".^[4]^[5] It was opened to the public on 13 May 2014. The building houses a number of radio and television studios, and offers space for events and activities organised for members.