BRU-KON

BRU-KON (branded as BBN Koningstad) is the local BBN affilate for Koningstad. It is one of two owned by the network themselves, the other is BRU-GRJ, of Grijzestad.

History
BRU-KON was founded by Rene Anderson in 1976 with the call sign of BRU-1X45. It mostly aired home video's made by Anderson himself. In 1978 Anderson decided to expand the programming range and decided to make a network out of the station. On m May 5, 1978 application for bigger tranmission was requested. 4 months later, the BR&T heard about this, and asked to the Secretary of Economical Affairs to block the new network and station. It was eventually blocked, but, it turned out that the BR&T had bribed the Secretary of Economical Affairs. The BR&T officials were fired, and the Secretary of Economical Affairs resigned. The new secretary decided to accept BBN. On December 1, 1978, BRU-KON made it first broadcast under the BBN flag. The first night was viewed by around 250 people. One of the guests on the first broadcast was later president Gert Henneman. Other programs on the first night included the first broadcast of BBN Koningstad News.