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Well, the broadcast was interrupted for extra newscasts, which was deemed more appropriate. The regional broadcaster, in this case RTV Oost (for the province of Overijssel) had the duty to transmit messages from the authorities (messages as ‘keep your windows shut’, et cetera).
Was there one sort of emergency broadcast when there was that big firework factory fire in the Netherlands a few years ago? I remember they pulled out of the Eurovision Song Contest that night to cover it.
Well, the broadcast was interrupted for extra newscasts, which was deemed more appropriate. The regional broadcaster, in this case RTV Oost (for the province of Overijssel) had the duty to transmit messages from the authorities (messages as ‘keep your windows shut’, et cetera).