Popwelle. Das Musikradio,AutoDJ

Popwelle. Das Musikradio,AutoDJ is deep in Austria's listing, at 73 of 103. Down here the ordering barely orders anything: the difference between one position and the next is often a single recorded open, so treat the neighbours below as a shelf rather than as a ranking.

With three recorded opens, Popwelle. Das Musikradio,AutoDJ sits in the part of the directory where the numbers stop discriminating. The station's position in Austria's list should be read as approximate for exactly that reason.

Nothing else in Austria's listing leads with indie. 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.

At 320 kbps, Popwelle. Das Musikradio,AutoDJ streams at more than double Austria's median of 128 kbps. That is a deliberate choice by whoever runs it: bandwidth is the recurring cost of an internet station, and a rate this far above the local norm is money spent on sounding better than the dial around it.

Its audio comes straight from popwelle.sp.radio.fm, an address unique to this entry in Austria's listing. That is the simplest case there is, and it is the one where pressing play tells you the whole truth about whether the station is on air.