1000 Oldies

1000 Oldies is a German hobby webradio that plays oldies and golden hits from roughly the 1950s to the 1990s. Its slogan describes the music as the soundtrack of our lives, and the playlist mixes pop, rock and rhythm and blues favourites from those decades.

The station is described on its website as a fan project run as user generated radio, rather than a commercial broadcaster. The website and presentation are in German, while many of the songs are in English. The audio is hosted by the laut.fm internet radio platform, which provides free streaming to independent web radio makers in Germany.

The stream is a 128 kbps MP3 feed that runs around the clock. Listeners can expect familiar chart hits and classics with limited talk. Exact details about the people behind the station and its programming schedule are not published on the page consulted. Because the station is a hobby project, the playlist reflects the taste of its makers rather than a formal chart format, which gives it a personal and nostalgic character.