R.SH 80er

Germany's R.SH 80er mines the 1980s with obvious affection, playing everything from Duran Duran to Depeche Mode to Deutsche Neue Welle. The station doesn't treat the decade as novelty - it programs like these songs still matter, which they do. Programming mixes hits everyone knows with deeper cuts from the era's experimental and synth-forward artists. New Wave, electronic pioneers, hair metal, post-punk, German synthpop - all represented. The DJs sound like they lived through this decade or at least understand why it resonates. No winking irony, no condescension toward the era's production cho…