Radio 538 plays a variety of music from the 1980s to the present, including dance, R&B, pop, and rock.

Radio 538 initially broadcast from Studio Concordia in Bussum, which was also used by the Veronica program Countdown in the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1995, Lex Harding started TMF (The Music Factory), a TV station, and Erik de Zwart became the new chairman of 538.

In December 2003 Radio 538 was sold to Advent International, Lex Harding retaining 10% of the shares.

In May 2005 Radio 538 was sold in its entirety to Talpa Holding, owned by Dutch media mogul John de Mol.

[2][3] The replacement will be named 538TOP50, and it is compiled based on the selection from 150,000 538Members, airplay on Spotify, YouTube and all the Dutch music stations, alongside Talpa's app JUKE.

With the advent of disc jockeys such as Edwin Evers, the target group expanded, and the station became wider.

Nowadays, the station makes commercial hit radio for young people in the broadest sense of the word.

The format consists of Top 40 music, dance, Contemporary R&B and "throwbacks", supplemented with information and entertainment by DJs.

Due to the lack of available FM frequencies in the south Limburg region, it was also rebroadcast on 891 kHz mediumwave from a transmitter in Hulsberg.

Previously it was available on mobile phones via UMTS (on the portals of KPN i-mode and Vodafone Live) and in Limburg on AM 891 kHz, 336 m. Radio 538 also transmits a TMC signal from traffic for route navigation.

From 30 August until 23 November 2011 Radio 538 was broadcast on 106.0 MHz from the tower of Ping FM in the Belgian Lanaken, for the region of Limburg-Maastricht from 12 midnight until 7 pm.

In August 2016, it was reported that Radio 538 would cease to broadcast via mediumwave 891 kHz within one month, as it is now well-received via cable, DAB+ and the internet in the south Limburg region.

Since 1 July 2005, Juize FM is broadcast in most of the Netherlands by cable and has also started running shows with presenters.

Several artists from home and abroad joined there by from 12pm and the day was traditionally ended with a grand musical and visual spectacle of a well-known DJs.

In November 2011 the city of Amsterdam decided that this Queen's Day Party was not allowed to take place in connection with safety.

Initially, the 538-party in 2012 at the square near RAI Amsterdam will be held, but in January of that year it was decided to call off the whole party.

After an evaluation of the edition 2012 the city council decided in 2013 to pursue the creation of more scattered, smaller celebrations on Queen's Day.

Since King's Day 2014 the big party finds annual place again, but at a different location; in Breda on the Chasséveld.

On 22 December 2012 Radio 538 and RTL 5 organized the price show and music festival 538 JingleBall in the Ziggo Dome.

The second edition of 538 Jingle Ball was on 21 December 2013; this time there was only dance music, run by Dutch DJs.

If the Netherlands is joining a UEFA European Championship or FIFA World Cup, Radio 538 organizes the 538 Oranjeplein on the Museumplein in Amsterdam.

People can watch all matches of the Dutch national team jointly on large screens at the Museumplein.

The places where 538 in 2012 was a guest was: Maastricht, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen, Hilversum, Alphen aan den Rijn, Meppel, Leeuwarden and Groningen.

Performances were given by, among other Pearl Jozefzoon, Glennis Grace, Hardwell, Ben Saunders, Iris Kroes, VanVelzen, Ferry Corsten, Destine, Waylon, Di-rect, Charly Luske, Racoon, Lange Frans and Xander de Buisonjé.

In 2013, 538 was a guest in: Groningen, Heerenveen, Alkmaar, Gouda, Bergen op Zoom, Veenendaal, Arnhem and 's-Hertogenbosch.

On 23 May 2005 Radio 538 was fully acquired by Talpa by John de Mol and Lex Harding took definitely goodbye.

Because it was not allowed under the provisions of the 2003 frequency to two general, possess national commercial radio broadcasters, Talpa was forced to sell Noordzee FM.

[8] The Flemish company De Persgroep took Noordzee FM and renamed the station few months later to Q-music.

This was a result of a transaction between RTL Group and Talpa Holding, which has been an exchange of shares and sale to the order.