Radio PSR Sommerhits is the seasonal, sunshine-only spinoff of a Saxon station whose very first broadcast, back in 1992, quietly reversed one of East Germany's most notorious acts of cultural censorship.
Saxony's First Private License, Just Two Years After Reunification
Radio PSR, whose name stands for Privater Sächsischer Rundfunk, Private Saxon Radio, became the first private broadcaster to receive a license from the Saxon State Media Authority after 1990, going on air from Leipzig on July 1, 1992 (Wikipedia). It arrived barely two years after German reunification, at a moment when Saxony's entire media landscape was still being rebuilt from scratch.
A Symbolic First Song
The very first track Radio PSR ever played was "Wer die Rose ehrt," a 1972 song by Renft, the Leipzig rock band better known as the Klaus Renft Combo (Unser Lexikon). That choice carried real weight in Leipzig specifically, because in September 1975 East Germany's Ministry of Culture had summoned the band, accused their lyrics of insulting the working class and the state, and informed them flatly that they "didn't exist anymore," erasing their catalog from record shops overnight (Wikipedia). Seventeen years later, a brand-new private Saxon station opened its first broadcast with exactly the band the old regime had tried to erase.
Six Transmitters and a Regiocast Roof
The station has since grown into one of Saxony's leading commercial broadcasters, reaching listeners across Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Oschatz, Lausitz, and Vogtland via analog FM, alongside cable and three regional DAB+ variants (Wikipedia). Radio PSR now operates under the Regiocast media group, the same network behind national brands like RADIO BOB!, and markets its main signal as "Der Supermix für Sachsen," Saxony's super mix.
A Season-Only Stream Built for Grilling and Swimming
Sommerhits is one of Radio PSR's dedicated seasonal streams, built around contemporary, pop, rock, and dance hits spanning the 1980s through the 2010s, curated specifically for backyard barbecues, lake days, and the short window of the year when Saxon summer actually delivers on its promise (Radio PSR). It's a lighter, genre-agnostic counterpart to the station's main FM programming, built entirely around mood rather than era or subgenre.
- Decades of summer hits, pop, rock, and dance tracks from the 1980s through the 2010s.
- Part of Saxony's first post-reunification private station, broadcasting since July 1, 1992.
- Backed by Regiocast, the same media group behind national brands like RADIO BOB!.
- Regional FM roots, covering Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz, and beyond on the main signal.
Why It's Worth a Spot in Your Rotation
Radio PSR Sommerhits is an easy, mood-first summer stream, but it comes from a station with a genuinely loaded history, one that opened its very first broadcast by playing the band East Germany had tried to make disappear. That's an unusually meaningful backstory for a stream built mostly for lake days and cookouts.
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