Nostalgie

German radio did something interesting in the 2000s: it stopped chasing trends and leaned into what people actually played in their cars. Nostalgie embodies that philosophy. The station is built on the premise that your parents' favorite songs still deserve airtime. It works. What you get is a steady diet of chart hits from three decades - Blondie, Billy Idol, Paul McCartney, Tears for Fears alongside more recent feel-good pop. Nothing experimental here. Not supposed to be. The programming strategy is straightforward: songs that moved people then should move them now. There's a reason "the cla…