Ironically in 1948 when FM was standardized and countries were assigned spectrums Germany wasn’t really invited as it wasn’t a state for that short period and wasn’t assigned a spectrum so they started broadcasting in VHF because that wasn’t covered by the Copenhagen Agreement.
A few years later people realized that VHF was supper efficient for FM unlike AM and (W)Germany ended up holding all the cards.
This is why (primarily older) VHF FM radio compatible receivers in Europe will have UKW FM or UKW option in the turner which stands for Ultrakurzwelle (Ultra short wave) that was before UHF was standardized above the VHF spectrum.
In other words, the things we see as negative might not bother aliens much, if they mostly indicate we might destroy ourselves.
