National Institute of Radio Broadcasting

The National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (French: Institut national de radiodiffusion, INR; Dutch: Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-Omroep, NIR) was the national public service broadcasting company in Belgium between 1930 and 1960.^[1]

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National Institute of Radio Broadcasting

Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	Belgium
Availability	National
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Owner	Government of Belgium
Launch date	18 June 1930; 95 years ago (1930-06-18)
Dissolved	18 May 1960; 65 years ago (1960-05-18)
Replaced by	Belgisch Radio en Televisie, Nederlandse Uitzendingen (BRT) and Radiodiffusion-Télévision Belge, Emissions françaises (RTB)

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Inspired by the precedent of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the INR-NIR provided radio broadcasting in French and Dutch and was intended to respond to the rise of private radio broadcasters over the previous decade.^[1] Although funded almost exclusively with government funds from radio licenses, the organisation did not have a broadcasting monopoly.^[1] It was housed in the Flagey Building, also known as the Radio House (Maison de Radio), a purpose-built building in the "paquebot" style of Art Deco, in Brussels.^[2]^[3]

Although ceasing broadcasts at the time of the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940, the INR-NIR was subsequently restored in the postwar years. It later expanded its remit to include television broadcasts which commenced in 1953. It was managed under the auspices of the Ministry for Post, Telegraph, and Telephone until 1959 and subsequently the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was split along linguistic lines in 1960 with the creation of the Belgisch Radio en Televisie, Nederlandse Uitzendingen (BRT) and Radiodiffusion-Télévision Belge, Emissions françaises (RTB).^[1]

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