Kontrafunk (Mobil)

In Switzerland's listing Kontrafunk (Mobil) lands at 19 of 126, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

Only three entries in Switzerland put news first. The tag is self-declared and inconsistent between countries, which is why the rail below is worth more as a way of wandering than as a filter.

Kontrafunk (Mobil) streams at 64 kbps against Switzerland's median of 128, which is less than half the local norm. On a dial where 63% of stations reach 128 kbps, a rate this low stands out, and it usually means either a speech station that never needed more or an encoder that has not been touched in years.

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

The broadcaster's own site is kontrafunk.radio, on the .radio domain. That one is genuinely restricted: it is administered for the broadcasting industry and applicants have to show they are a broadcaster, which makes it a stronger signal than most addresses on these pages.