bigFM NRW

bigFM NRW is a mainstream hit station, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. The playlist runs on German pop and Deutschrap: Apache 207, Luciano, Nina Chuba, Shirin David, that whole universe. Mid-tempo R&B sits next to it, then a US chart hit drops in and somehow the segue works. It's polished. Almost too polished, if you like your radio rough around the edges. But polish is the product here, and nobody does it with more confidence. The station treats Deutschrap as pop music rather than a niche, which is honestly the correct read on the German charts. You get the singles, not the deep cuts, so do…