Crooze FM

Crooze FM

Belgium
Broadcast area	Flanders and Brussels
Frequencies	Until 2017: 104.2 MHz (Antwerp) 106.5 MHz (Brussels) 106.4 MHz (Ghent)
Programming
Language	Dutch
Format	Smooth Jazz, Jazz, Soul
Ownership
Owner	Frank Leysen
History
First air date	2004 (2004)
Last air date	15 May 2024; 21 months ago (2024-05-15)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2024-07-10)

Crooze FM (styled CROOZE.fm) was a Belgian Jazz radio station created in 2004, broadcasting in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent and specialized in mainly Jazz, Soul and Lounge. Other genres played regularly on Crooze FM included R&B music, Nu-jazz, Funk, Deep House and Chill.

In 2004 and 2005, Crooze FM was elected in the Radiovisie.be Radio Awards. In 2004 as Best Newcomer and in 2005 Crooze won the awards Best Radiostation and Best Website.^{[1][citation needed]}

Crooze became an internet-only station in 2017. In 2022, it was taken over by Raf Geudens and began broadcasting on one of Belgium's national DAB+ multiplexes. However, the station had few listeners and little advertising, and it was not rated by CIM. The last broadcast by Crooze was on 15 May 2024.^[2]

References

1. "Radio CROOZE FM Antwerpen". 2014-09-12. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
2. "Vlaanderen: Crooze stopt 15 mei met uitzenden" [Flanders: Crooze will stop broadcasting on 15 May]. RadioWereld (in Dutch). 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-08-09.