Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 48k

Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 48k is one of three entries in Germany whose names are the same but for a number, and this one's number is forty-eight. A broadcaster numbering its streams like that is separating feeds, not stations, so read the number as the part that matters.

Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 48k ranks 43 among 1,409 stations in Germany. High enough that the country hub carries it in its own tables, and far enough from the head that the neighbours below are a genuinely different set of stations from the famous ones.

Deutschlandfunk | DLF | AAC 48k has 41 recorded opens in the public directory, which is a real number by the standards of this data set. Most entries never reach double figures, so a count at this level means the stream has been found and played repeatedly by people using directory clients rather than the broadcaster's own site.

The gap here is large: 48 kbps where Germany's stations typically run 128. Rates at this level were designed for dial-up and for mobile data that was billed by the megabyte, and plenty of stations simply never changed the setting.

The stream is served from st01.sslstream.dlf.de, an address six other entries in Germany use as well. A small shared host is usually a group of stations under one owner or one technical provider rather than a platform.