region of Limburg-Maastricht from 12am at night until 7 pm. Ping FM was eventually ordered by the Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media (Flemish Regulator for the Media) to stop the retransmission of programs of Radio 538. In mid-September 2014 the programs of 538 can be heard via Ping FM. During the day on weekdays, on Thursday, till Sunday also few hours in the evening and on Saturday and Sunday mornings. 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. From 26 October 2016 this transmitting is indeed ceased. Programs The two most important pillars of the weekday programming are the morning show De 538 Morning Show with Frank Dane (06.00-10.00), which can be heard on the channel from January 2019 (from April 2000 to December 2018 Edwin Evers presented the program Evers Staat Op) and the afternoon show De Coen en Sander Show with Coen Swijnenberg and Sander Lantinga (16.00-19.00). Between 10:00 and 16:00 Barend van Deelen, Niek van der Bruggen and Ivo van Breukelen will each present a two-hour program. In the evening Lindo Duvall (19.00-22.00) and Igmar Felicia (22.00-00.00) can be heard. At night there is the 53N8 Non-Stop, which only plays music. Danny Blom can be heard from 04.00 to 06.00. On Friday afternoon there is different programming with the 538 Top 50 (previously the Dutch Top 40) with Mark Labrand (14.00-18.00). The Friday evening programming consists of Weekend Wietze with Wietze de Jager (18.00-21.00), 538 weekend mix (21.00-22.00) and Mart Meijer (22.00-00.00). On Saturday during the day, the programming consists of: The best of 538 (6.00-10.00), Mart Meijer (10.00-13.00), Mark Labrand (13.00-16.00) and Weekend Wietze with Wietze de Jager (16.00-19.00). On Saturday evening the programming consists of: Global Dance Chart (19.00-21.00), Dance Department with Ivo van Breukelen (21.00-23.00), Martin Garrix (23.00-00.00), Lucas & Steve (00.00-01.00), Tiësto (01.00-2.00) and finally David Guetta (02.00-03.00). This is followed by two Non-stop programs. On Sunday during the day, Bas Menting (06:00-10:00), Mart Meijer (10:00-13:00) and Mark Labrand (13.00-16:00) present the 53N8 Top 50 Non-stop (16:00-19:00) one after the other. On Sunday evening you can listen to Jaimy de Ruijter (19.00-22.00) and Igmar Felicia (22.00-00.00). News Every hour also on the half-hour, the news is broadcast, which is provided by the Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau