Apart from advertising reaching German radios for the first time, RTL also introduced Germans from both East and West to rock-and-roll, bebop/cool jazz and other types of American popular music which contrasted to the classical repertoire that had dominated mainland services.
Beyond advertising on German radios for the first time, RTL also brought Americans' musical styles like rock-and-roll, bebop/cool jazz, and other forms of popular music to Germans from both East and West Germany. This was a departure from the classical music that had been dominant on mainland radio stations.