SWR2

SWR2 is one of six entries in Germany whose names are the same but for a number, and this one's number is two. A broadcaster numbering its streams like that is separating feeds, not stations, so read the number as the part that matters.

In Germany's listing SWR2 lands at 227 of 1,409, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

The language field is empty for this entry. It is left empty here too rather than filled from the country, because the shelves on this site are only worth using if what is on them was actually declared.

21 stations in Germany lead with classical and SWR2 is one of them, though the tag does not make the country's headline list. Across the whole directory 242 stations use it first, so the rail below runs well past Germany.

On the same tag worldwide it is 40 of 242, which is inside the top quarter of every classical station the directory carries.

Twice the local median and then some: 256 kbps where Germany's stations typically manage 128. Whether you can hear the difference depends entirely on what you are listening on, but the headroom is there.

Its audio comes straight from f111.rndfnk.com, an address unique to this entry in Germany'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.