ABBA Radio

In Russia's listing ABBA Radio lands at 46 of 471, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

ABBA Radio broadcasts in English from Russia. That is a minority language on the national dial, where Russian leads, but not a small one: 78 stations in Russia in the directory carry English, which is a substantial second listing inside the first.

The shelf for the language holds 5,984 stations, led by United States. A station like this one broadcasting from Russia is what stops that shelf from being a second copy of one country's hub.

ABBA Radio is the only station in Russia whose first tag is 1970s, out of 471 with pages here. Tags come from the broadcasters themselves, so this says the station describes itself in a way no other entry in Russia does, which is a narrower and more honest claim than saying it is the country's only 1970s station.

On the same tag worldwide it is 6 of 27, which is inside the top quarter of every 1970s station the directory carries.

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