FM radio was the main source when it came to discovering music; I preferred 'Veronica' at the Dutch public youth station 'Radio 3'. You can find many old radio favorites in the pic/sound sections below. Veronica, TROS and Avro were all broadcasting companies presenting shows at Radio 3. Our Dutch public broadcasting system is quite complicated.   ✱   I also wanted to try youth stations like Power FM and Radio 538, but I couldn't pick them up.

⟶  Pic 1: An advertisement featuring the Veronica djs.  |  Pic 2: The Radio 3 schedule. Complicated, as I said earlier.  |  Pic 3: An article about Radio 3, published in the Dutch music magazine 'Oor'.  |  Pic 4: The Radio 3 team, published in the Dutch teen magazine 'Tina'. Pic 5: Some Power FM related stuff, for those being able to listen to it at the time.  |  Pic 6: Some early Radio 538 related stuff (same comment).

⟶  Sound 1: A Radio 3 commercial, broadcast in spring 1993.  |  Sound 2: The Dutch Top 40, by Veronica at Radio 3 in early 1992.  |  Sound 3: The show 'Rinkeldekinkel, by Veronica at Radio 3 (1992/1993). Host: Jeroen van Inkel.  |  Sound 4: Rave Radio, by Veronica at Radio 3 (March 1993).  |  Sound 5: Dance Trax, a dance/house show by 'TROS' at Radio 3 (1992).  |  Sound 6: For Those Who Like To Groove, a dance/house show by 'Avro' at Radio 3 (September 1992).  |  Sound 7: Several fragments of the after-school show 'The Magic Friends', broadcast on Radio 3 (1992/1993).  |  Sound 8: More fragments of the same show (May 1993), broadcast on Radio 3 and fairly recently found. Ray and Anita were guests there. Unfortunately, the sound quality is poor.

I was home taping a lot, I borrowed many compilation CDs from the local library (also home taped), and from time to time I bought a CD or a CD maxi single. But they were often on the expensive side for me.   ✱   You can find some names of prominent compilation CD series in the pic section below.

⟶  Pic 1: House Party compilation.  |  Pic 2: (Early) Mega Dance compilation.  |  Pic 3: Move The House compilation.  |  Pic 4: Now Dance compilation.  |  Pic 5: Techno Trance compilation  |  Pic 6: Turn Up The Bass compilation.  |  Pic 7: A 'The Greatest Hits' compilation.  |  Pic 8: A much played compilation not belonging to one of the big series, picked up on a whim some months after the release (it was cheap).  |  Pic 9: The way many of those compilations (particularly the ones released by the Dutch record company Arcade) were displayed.  |  Sound: Some commercials for compilation CDs, dating from 1993 and fairly recently found. The file also includes a 'Radio 3 Megahit' jingle. Unfortunately, the sound quality is poor.

Teen magazines like Hitkrant often wrote about music. I read them a lot. And every week I went to the record store to pick up the newest Top 40/Mega Top 50 chart sheet. This was the pre-internet era.

⟶  Pic 1: A Hitkrant cover, starring 2 Unlimited.  |  Pic 2: A Top 40 chart sheet.  |  Pic 3: Parts of various Mega Top 50 chart sheets.

I was a huge 2 Unlimited fan; only two singles were needed for that. Their single No limit was a youth classic, and both the 'Get ready' and 'No limits' albums were played to death.   ✱   For a huge amount of old pics, check the Insta account 'BGfanunlimited'.

⟶  Video: A compilation featuring several videos (live, semi-live and more), for those looking for fashion inspiration for an MTV era party. Hats, earrings, wigs, eyeliner, etcetera.  |  Pic 1: Some very early pics.  |  Pic 2: An advertisement for the single 'No limit'.

I was very focused on recent releases, although some pre mid-1991 songs were also played; mostly danceable and released from around 1987 onwards.

These are some examples of delayed late-80s-to-mid-1991 joy. I remember playing them a lot back then, probably after hearing them on Radio 3 and slightly older compilations, like the first 13/14 TUTB CDs.


Some old disco classics (like Boney M - Ma Baker and Foxy - Get off) and danceable Madonna hits were also appreciated.