3VOOR12 is a multimedia

Multimedia

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 platform of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting VPRO

VPRO

The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...

 for alternative pop.

3VOOR12 has 2 digital television channels (a clip-channel and a concert

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

-channel), different radio channels ranging from punk

Punk rock

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, Roots and Alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 to metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

), radioprograms on 3FM

3FM

3FM is a Dutch radio station on the NPO which broadcasts popular music. It can be compared with BBC Radio 1.-History:3FM was created as Hilversum 3 by minister Maarten Vrolijk on 11 October 1965, to counterbalance the popular offshore station Radio Veronica...

, a website

Website

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 and a weekly live event (Club 3VOOR12). Also 3VOOR12 is present at several festivals (Noorderslag

Noorderslag

Noorderslag is a one-day annual pop music festival that takes place in January in the cultural center of Oosterpoort in Groningen. Noorderslag is part of The European Music Conference and Showcase Festival Eurosonic Noorderslag. The festival takes place on the Saturday after Eurosonic.Over 50 Dutch...

, Lowlands

A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise

A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, also known as simply Lowlands, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. Lowlands has about 55,000 visitors, over 200 acts and more than ten stages every year which are named according to the NATO phonetic alphabet apart from the Grolsch...

, Motel Mozaïque

Motel Mozaïque

Motel Mozaïque is a music festival, held annually in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in April. Motel Mozaïque focuses on music, art, poetry, dance and crossoverforms...

, Pinkpop

Pinkpop

Pinkpop Festival, or Pinkpop for short, is an annual festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. It is held annually on the Pentecost weekend...

). 3VOOR12 has been awarded several times. Among the awards are the UPC Digital Award, the Pritchett-award, the BNN

BNN

BNN is a three letter abbreviation which can refer to*Banana News Network, A Pakistani comedy TV Show.*Bart's Neverending Network , a radio and television broadcasting organization in the Netherlands...

 Rookie-Award and the Gouden Pixel.

Similar in approach to the In a van sessions and the Take-Away Shows the platform presents live performances of many touring artists recorded in elevators and other small rooms in Holland under the umbrella name (Behind) closed doors. These videos are presented on their website as well as an official 3VOOR12 Youtube

YouTube

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 account.

Radio

On radio 3VOOR12 broadcasts almost every day between 22.00-01:00. The programs are, Club 3VOOR12 (Eric Corton, live muziek),Whitenoise (Dave Clarke, Techno), both on Dutch Radio station 3fm

External links

• http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/index.jsp Official site