Koos Postema

Koos Postema
Postema in 1980
Born(1932-08-17)17 August 1932
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died21 February 2026(2026-02-21) (aged 93)
Known forRadio and television presenter

Jacobus Gerrit "Koos" Postema (17 August 1932 – 21 February 2026) was a Dutch radio and television presenter.

Life and career

Postema was born in Rotterdam on 17 August 1932. His father died when he was four years old and after the bombing of Rotterdam the family moved to Vlaardingen in 1940.

In 1960, he applied for a job at VARA radio, starting on May 1, 1960, as a reporter for the VARA radio program Dingen van de dag. The switch to television was made in 1963 when he became a reporter for the program Achter het Nieuws. In 1969, Postema begam hosting his own TV talk show, Een klein uur U, for which he won the Zilveren Nipkowschijf that same year. In 1971, the program changed to Een groot uur U, with high-profile and taboo-breaking broadcasts about abortion, contraceptive pills, assisted suicide, transsexuality and a controversial broadcast about pedophilia with former member of the Senate from the PvdA and collector of child pornography Edward Brongersma.

In 2020, Postema made a podcast about World War II.

Postema died on 21 February 2026, at the age of 93.

References

  1. ↑ "Winstpunten voor U gezien". Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. 4 October 1971. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  2. ↑ Pekelder, Willem (22 February 2026). "Koos Postema (1932-2026) was onze nationale onderwijzer". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Koos Postema: 'War or virus, children always keep playing'". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022.
  4. ↑ de Winter-Levy, Rosa (1 August 2024). Auschwitz A Mother's Story: How I fought to survive and see my daughter again. Octopus. ISBN 978-1-80096-231-6.
  5. ↑ "Tv-presentator Koos Postema (93) overleden: 'Een losse en ongedwongen geest'". AD. Retrieved 23 February 2026.