The
Dutch Top 40 is a weekly
music chart compiled by
Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the
offshore station
Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting.
Joost den Draaijer was the initiator of the top 40 in the Netherlands.