Classic 21 80s New wave

Classic 21 80s New Wave is the sharp-haired sibling of Classic 21's webradio family: where the main 80's channel takes the whole decade, this RTBF spin-off narrows in on its art-school corner. New wave, synth-pop and the alternative side of the eighties roll non-stop, in the same continuous format as the network's other themed feeds.

Expect the synthesizer as lead instrument: the British and Belgian bands that traded guitars for keyboards, the one-hit cult classics, and the deeper cuts commercial hit radio never had time for. It is a curators' channel rather than a nostalgia jukebox, treating the era's left field as its main field.

The 128 kbps MP3 stream opens in any web player, radio app or smart speaker, run on the same rock-solid RTBF infrastructure as the mothership. Free online radio - a live listen online, all eyeliner and arpeggios, around the clock.