[1] NIROM was founded by a license fee, which dropped in rate as the number of listeners grew.
In 1934 NIROM started publishing a listing magazine, De NIROM-bode, which eventually became the Dutch Indies' most widely circulated publication.
de Jonge and the chairman of the Volksraad, followed by a performance of the popular singer Miss Riboet,[3] who regularly sang for NIROM.
[4] Relays continued after the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 through Radio Oranje; for instance, Indonesian politician Haji Agus Salim addressed Dutchmen in the occupied territory in January 1941.
[5] Announcer Bert Garthoff gained fame by concluding NIROM's broadcasts on the day of the surrender to Japan on 8 March 1942 with the words "Listeners we're closing now.