Jazz Crusader

In Spain's ordering this is number 208 of 487, 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.

Spain carries ten German stations in the directory against a Spanish majority. Jazz Crusader is one of them, and the pairing of language and country is the fact that distinguishes it from the rest of the national list.

Where else German is on air, according to the same snapshot: mostly Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The shelf lists all 2,099 of them together, which is the view a country hub cannot give.

Jazz Crusader shares its leading tag, acid jazz, with one other Spain entry. Across every country the directory has 7 stations leading with it, so the rail below is mostly a trip abroad.

Its audio comes straight from jazzcrusader.stream.laut.fm, an address unique to this entry in Spain'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.

Jazz Crusader publishes at laut.fm. Worth a note because .fm is a country domain that stopped meaning its country a long time ago: it is Micronesia's, and it is used by radio stations everywhere for the obvious reason.