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Music on the radio plays a central role in everyday life for most Germans. They can benefit from the versatile service of the public broadcasters as well as from private offerings.

In 2022, music programmes accounted for 63% of the total programme of the state-level broadcasters. The airtime for classical music recently dropped.

Holger Noltze discusses how the availability of musical art on the internet is changing the modes of aesthetic perception and argues for a curation of digital offerings.

For decades rock and pop music have been the favourite genres of every age group. The scene has an extremely diverse local infrastructure.

Der Tonträgermarkt wurde in den letzten zehn Jahren stark durch die Digitalisierung geprägt. Dies zeigt sich anhand von Umsatzentwicklungen, Vertriebskanälen und Hörerprofilen.