ERF plus

In Germany's ordering this is number 373 of 1,409, which is the middle of the list. The stations either side of it are a better guide to what the country sounds like than the head of the list is, because the head is the same few famous streams in every country.

Broadcasting in German, alongside most of Germany's other entries. The country page breaks the remaining five languages out with counts, which is usually a quicker read of who lives somewhere than any summary.

At 64 kbps this is one of the lowest rate streams on Germany's dial, whose median is 128 kbps. It will hold a connection almost anywhere, which is the tradeoff being made.

The format here is AAC, against a listing for Germany 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.

ERF plus streams from stream.erfplus.de. No other station in Germany is served from that address, and across the whole directory it appears one time in total.

ERF plus keeps its own site at erf.de. The address sits under Germany's country code, which lines up with where the directory says the station broadcasts from.