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Sometime after 1925, after the Dutch colonial government established [[NIROM]], Lief Java began playing music over the radio as part of the station's Eastern Programme.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=20}} This helped the orchestra to grow in popularity and reach new audiences outside of Batavia. Ultimately, however, the orchestra left NIROM owing to concerns over the use of their intellectual property; NIROM appropriated a song they had composed for use in opening all of their broadcasts. Thus, sometime after 1937 the orchestra quit NIROM{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=21}} and joined the rival station VORO (Vereeniging voor Oostersche Radio Omroep), playing live every Saturday.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=28}} By the mid 1930s Hugo Dumas was the orchestra's leader.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=13}}
In 1938 Lief Java completed its first [[film score]], working for [[Tan's Film]] on its production ''[[Fatima (1938 film)|Fatima]]''.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Fatima}} As Roekiah was the main star of Tan's, the orchestra was retained to score the company's later releases. This included ''[[Gagak Item]]'' (1939){{sfn|Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad 1939, Gagak Item}} and ''[[Siti Akbari]]'' (1940).{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Siti Akbari}} Some of the orchestra's singers, such as Kartolo and Landouw, joined the company as actors.{{sfn|Imong 1941, Riwajat Roekiah–Kartolo|p=26}}{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Annie Landouw}} The orchestra also toured; one trip, to Borneo in 1939, is known to have been a commercial success.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=35}}
During the [[Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies]], the troupe abandoned changed their name from the Dutch Lief Java to the Japanese Kireina Djawa. During this period the orchestra performed live on several occasions, and their songs became increasingly pro-East Asian.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=59}} The orchestra was still in existence in 1949.{{sfn|Esha|Alhaziri|Fauzi|Donald W.|2005|p=14}}
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