Ster (Stichting Ether Reclame) is an Dutch entity that supervises commercial advertising slots on radio stations, television channels and websites of the NPO. It was founded in 1965 and its first televised ad break was on January 2, 1967.
1965-2001[]
1965-2000[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Microgramma
Launched:
Unknown
In 1991 or 1992, the typeface for the STER logo was swapped out from Microgramma to Helvetica in some Loeki bumpers.
2000-2001[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Gill Sans
Launched:
2000
A new logo (same as the previous one but with a new typeface) was adopted on January 1, 2000; now, the opening and closing idents for the STER were patterned after the channel's style of the time.
2001-present[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Franklin Gothic
Launched:
2001
A new logo was unveiled on November 8, 2001, and debuted on its website on January 2, 2002. Until the main television channels rebranded in September 2003, break bumpers included a code behind it:
NL123 (Nederland 1, 2, 3),
R123FM4547AM (Radio 1, 2, 3FM, 4, 547 AM)
RNW (Radio Nederland Wereldomroep - now defunct), and
OMROEP.NL [Publieke Omroep logo] (website and logo of the PO).
This code referred to Ster's areas of activity - television, radio and online, within the system. Channel-specific idents were adopted in 2003.
Radio stations NPO Radio 1 | NPO Radio 2 | NPO 3FM | NPO Klassiek | NPO Radio 5 | NPO FunX (Amsterdam | The Hague | Rotterdam | Utrecht) Online stations NPO SterrenNL | NPO Soul & Jazz | NPO Blend | NPO Campus Radio | NPO FunX Latin | NPO FunX Arab | NPO FunX Dance | NPO FunX Fissa | NPO FunX Slow Jamz | NPO FunX Afro Former stations NPO Zappelin Radio | Radio 1 Nieuws 24 | Radio 2 Liedkunst | Radio 2 In Concert | Radio 2 Puur AVRO | Radio 2 Sterren.nl | Radio 2 Top 2000 | 3FM BNN.FM | 3FM Live | 3FM Xnoizz | NPO 3FM Alternative | Radio 4 Baroque around the Clock | Radio 4 De Klassieken | Radio 4 Eigentijds | Radio 4 Film | Radio 4 Jong Klassiek | Radio 4 Musica Religiosa | Radio 4 Orgelradio | NPO Radio 4 Concerten | Radio 5 Nostalgia Non-stop | Radio 5 Steenen Tijdperk Fifties | Radio 5 Tijdperk Sixties | Radio 5 Toppers van Toen | Radio 6 Back to the Old School | Radio 6 Blues | Radio 6 Easy Listening | Radio 6 Grooves | Radio 6 Jazz | Radio 6 Jazz Jong | Radio 6 World | Radio 6 Zwarte lijst | NPO FunX Den Haag Hip Hop | NPO FunX Reggae | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep