Pirate Radio Austria

In Austria's listing Pirate Radio Austria lands at 21 of 103, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

German is the station's language and the country's commonest, one of five Austria's listing records.

Nothing else in Austria's listing leads with alternative pop. The tag is self-declared, which makes it a statement of how the broadcaster positions itself rather than a classification anyone audited, and on this dial that statement is unique.

The format here is AAC, against a listing for Austria overwhelmingly made of MP3. Both play in a browser; the difference shows up in how much quality survives at a given bitrate, where AAC has the advantage at lower rates.

Its audio comes from secureonair.krone.at. Three other stations in Austria stream from the same host, which is a smaller sharing than the big platforms and often means the same people run them all.

Pirate Radio Austria keeps its own site at pirateradio.at. The address sits under Austria's country code, which lines up with where the directory says the station broadcasts from.