Started in 1981 as a Radio Hermann in Raeren near a train station in an improvised studio in an attic for the first few months.
Soon after the station moved to Eupen and was renamed to "Radio Aktivität".
In December 2000, the corporation Cobel D was created, which produces the German-language program of Radio Contact Eupen.
Today Radio Contact Ostbelgien Now, is one of the most listened private ward throughout the German-speaking community.
Since 2019, Grenz-Echo holds 51% of the shares of Radio Contact Ostbelgien Now.