- 0 N - Classic Rock on Radio

0 N Classic Rock operates as German radio dedicated to classic rock - the genre Anglo-American rock took seriously in the 1970s and 80s. The station's format cycles through Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, the bands defining rock when rock meant something culturally significant. German audiences particularly embrace classic rock, perhaps because the genre's complexity matched post-war European intellectual culture. Programming philosophy assumes listeners who grew up with this music and don't need to justify liking it. Classic rock gets dismissed by critics as dinosaur music played by di…