Sender Berlin

Sender Berlin: in divided Berlin, broadcast radio played a special role. In the eastern part there was simply the desire to be able to adjust the frequency dial according to what one wanted to hear; in the western section of the city the radio landscape controlled by the allies is remembered for its subliminal, special status.In Berlin there was a certain fascination for old radios whose dials implied liberty, openness and city-hopping, by making cities like Berlin, Frankfurt, Prague, Moscow, Naples, Belgrade or Aachen selectable – at least on the display. Sender Berlin illustrated the inside cover of its first album Sektrum Weltweit (1999) with the facing image of such a radio.They explain their name in the fact that as Berliners, they wanted to contribute their small part to the