The first edition of the show went on air on 19 February 1946,[1] making it the longest-running radio programme in the Netherlands and one of the longest-lasting in the world.
On 1 May 2006 the programme received a Guinness Book of World Records award for being the longest-lived nationally broadcast radio show in history.
[2] This status is debatable, since a number of other radio programmes, most notably in Norway and the United Kingdom, have been on the air since the 1920s.
Arbeidsvitaminen was created as a late-morning entertainment show by Jaap den Daas, a programme maker for AVRO and also the man behind such other classic shows of Dutch radio as De Bonte Dinsdagavondtrein (The colourful Tuesday evening train) and Hersengymnastiek.
The employees were asked to create their Top 10 list of favourite records and these were played during the show, and the head of the company or organization was featured as "Boss of the Day".