The station broadcast a moderated programme with a thematic focus on music.
[3] With the cessation of broadcasting on 30 November 1993 of the cultural channel Eins Plus organized by ARD and the associated participation of ARD in 3sat from 1 December 1993, an extensive programme reform followed, as a result of which the ZDF music channel's programme line was discontinued.
With the abandonment of the program's independence, the station was available throughout Europe as part of 3sat via the satellites Astra 1A and DFS-Kopernikus from 1989 onwards.
[4] In the context of independence, a three-hour evening programme was initially offered daily, later this was extended to up to 6 hours between 16:00 and 22:00.
[5] With the change to 3sat the station was only reduced from 14:30 to 17:20 on weekdays, on weekends there were no more transmission distances.