JIM is a Flemish

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 television channel that is aimed at people aged between 15 and 24. It's actually an abbreviation for "Jong, Interactief en Meer" (English: Young, Interactive and More). During its first years, the channel mainly broadcast music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s. They have since started mixing this with programs such as Brainiac

Brainiac: Science Abuse

Brainiac: Science Abuse is a British entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions...

 and Snoop Dogg's Father Hood

Snoop Dogg's Father Hood

Snoop Dogg's Father Hood was an American television reality show starring rapper Snoop Dogg and his family. His family includes wife Shante, daughter Cori whom he calls "Choc", son Cordell whom he calls "Rook", and his oldest son Corde whom he calls "Spank". It premiered December 9, 2007 on E! and...

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Radio station

Originally, the VMMa

Vlaamse Media Maatschappij

Vlaamse Media Maatschappij is a Belgian company, and parent company of the first Flemish commercial television station: vtm. VMMa was founded in 1987 as Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij by nine publishers each with a 11.1% share. Since 1998, De Persgroep and the Roularta Media Group each have a 50%...

was planning on launching a youth radio station called JIMfm as a complement to JIMtv. These plans where later dropped.