The main evening programme airs at 7:00 pm (CET), running for 20 minutes every night on NPO 3 (formerly Nederland 3).

A radio news programme for young viewers titled Jeugdjournaal already existed as early as 1947 on Hilversum 2, commissioned by NCRV.

[3] Other public broadcasters, such as AVRO, NCRV, KRO and TROS also protested against the idea of a current affairs programme for children.

[6] Thanks to the decision of Til Gardeniers-Berendsen, then Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work, NOS received over a million guilders to produce Jeugdjournaal.

[11] Jeugdjournaal was nominated for the Gouden Stuiver, the most important television prize for children's programming, a total of seven times.