# SPCast Playlist

> German-language archive of reported radio airplay in the SPCast network.

SPCast Playlist connects recorded station title reports with song, artist and album information. Airplay counts measure recorded broadcasts, not audience size, sales, Deezer listening statistics or the entire radio market. Explanatory texts can be generated with AI and may contain errors. External search links are research aids, not evidence for every statement.

## Discover music

- [Home and search](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/): Search recorded artist and title information.
- [Music discovery guide](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/musik-entdecken/): How to find a song and use artists, genres, albums and release decades.
- [Artists](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/artists/): Alphabetical artist directory.
- [Titles](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/titles/): Alphabetical title directory.
- [Albums](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/albums/): Recorded album assignments; not necessarily complete discographies.
- [Genres](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/genres/): Recorded genre assignments.
- [1980s releases](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/decade/1980/): An example of browsing assigned album release dates by decade.

## Understand the data

- [Data sources](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/datenquellen/): Sources, AI text limitations, preview conditions and correction reports.
- [Chart methodology](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/chart-methodik/): Counting rules, time windows and limitations.
- [Airplay charts](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/charts/): Recorded broadcast counts over selectable periods.
- [Live charts](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/charts/live/): Broadcast counts in the hour before the newest stored report; the reference time can be stale.

## Crawling

- [Sitemap](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/sitemap.xml): Canonical public URLs selected by the site.
- [Robots.txt](https://www.spcast-playlist.de/robots.txt): Crawler access rules.