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90elf.de, launched on 13 August 2008, was a commercial German language Internet radio station which specialized in broadcasting football matches. In some German regions 90elf could also be received by cable or DVB-T. Since August 2011 90elf could be received via Digital Audio Broadcasting. The slogan of the station was 90elf - Your football radio.

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The station stopped broadcasting on June 2, 2013, after losing the rights to the Bundesliga. [1]

The station's name derives from the normal length of a football game (90 minutes) and the number of players in a football team (German: elf, "eleven").

Programming

The main part of the programme was the live coverage of matches of the German Bundesliga, the 2. Bundesliga (second division) and several German Cup matches. When not broadcasting live football action, 90elf offered German football fans regular national and international football news updates, football-themed magazines and radio talk shows.

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References

  1. "REGIOCAST DIGITAL stellt 90elf ein". May 21, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.