Klaas Samplonius

Klaas Samplonius (17 September 1947 – 11 November 2022) was a Dutch journalist and radio presenter.
Career.
Samplonius started his career at the Zwolse Courant in 1965. He later worked for newspapers "Trouw" and "Algemeen Dagblad". From the early 1970s, Samplonius mainly worked for radio, initially at Radio North Sea International and later at AVRO, NOS and TROS.
Samplonius was best known for presenting the program ' (and was a member of the first editorial staff) and his presentation of sports programs including as ' and "". Since 1985, he had management positions at the TROS. In 1993 he started as a presenter and editor-in-chief at the current affairs program "2Vandaag". From 2007 to 2010 he was director of RTV Drenthe. He also regularly participated in radio programs of the NTR. On his retirement he was became Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau.
Samplonius died on 11 November 2022, aged 75.