UNDERCOVER REPRISE

Your favorite feature is back this weekend.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW.  It's the only time you will hear songs made famous by Nancy Sinatra, Sister Sledge, The Animals, Britney Spears, Prince, Pink Floyd, and John Lennon - because they're covered by Punk/Alternative artists.  Listen this weekend!

There are less than 7 weeks until our day of reckoning with our web host, Radionomy.  At the end of October, they will decide if KJRW has enough listening time to stay online.  We are currently at 58% of the goal.

All Request Fall is underway.  KJRW plays all your song suggestions.  Comment with yours now.

THE FALL

It's the last week of New Wave Summer on KJRW.  
Catch the wave while you can!
 https://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/kjrwseattle/index


You pressed play almost 700 times over the past month and listened for over 2 thousand hours, placing us over halfway to our goal.  Help us raise listening 42% in the next 2 months.  

Thanks for checking out KJRW in the U.S., Germany, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, and Italy.


This Friday, get your fill of Foo on FOO FIGHTERS FRIDAY on KJRW!


All Request Fall begins Tuesday, September 4th on KJRW!  Comment here with your song requests or on our Facebook page.

IN BLOOM

During the month of April, you clicked the play button 13 hundred times and listened to KJRW for 17 hundred hours.Thanks for spending time with KJRW in the U.S., Germany, France, Sweden, Canada, Austria, New Zealand, Greece, Uruguay, Italy, Poland, and the U.K.

You put in the time, and you shall be rewarded with more music!  That's right, Radionomy decided we have enough listening time to give us more space for more songs.  More Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Stooges, Green Day, Joy Division, Jane's Addiction, and more.  We just doubled our Clash folder!  Our Spring Fling continues.  You're gonna love it.

THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING

Our Spring Fling got off to a slow start, but love began to bloom over the first Punk Rock Weekend ever on KJRW.  You pushed the play button 254 times on Saturday and Sunday to hear the Ramones, Clash, Sex Pistols, and more.  Listeners spent one hundred more hours with KJRW on Punk Rock Weekend than the previous weekend.  We may have to do this again soon.

Folks have spent almost 8 hundred hours listening to KJRW during the first half of April.  Radionomy will be looking at our listening time at the end of this month to determine if they will give us more space for more songs or if they will drop us from the website.  It is up to YOU to keep KJRW online once again by listening.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., France, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Greece, Austria, Poland, New Zealand, Uruguay, Italy, Spain, Australia, and the U.K.

UNDER THE COVERS

KJRW's first week back online was excellent. Our radio web host expects us to average 30 hours of listening a day when we reach the 3-month mark.  We exceeded 30 hours every day!  Our average was 50 hours.  

However, Radionomy divided our time by 30 days instead of 7 and came up with an average of 17 hours a day.  It was enough to get us on their radar, though.  They decided we have enough listening to throw some ads onto KJRW.  Don't worry, you will still never be more than 2 minutes away from more Alternative/Punk Rock on KJRW.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Romania, and Canada!

When can you hear songs made popular by Nancy Sinatra, Britney Spears, Gloria Gaynor, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elvis Presley, Missy Elliott, Prince, Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac on KJRW?
When those songs are covered by Alternative/Punk Rock bands.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW all month long.

GUESS WHO'S BACK

Get Under the Covers with us again!  KJRW returns to Radionomy for a limited time only!

How limited?  One month? Three months?  Nine months?  Longer?
That depends completely upon YOU.  If you listen long time, we'll stick around.

DJ Spinster is back, playing songs from The Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Green Day, Black Flag, Rancid, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Bad Religion, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, and many more.

KJRW has a new promotions director, Bass Master Nate.  He's in charge of getting the word out about the station.  Please give him a warm welcome, and help him by telling your friends about KJRW.

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and now Instagram!

Comment with a song request.

Tune in THIS THURSDAY, February 1st for the return of the prodigal radio station. 

http://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/kjrwseattle/

WHAT'S GOING ON (in the middle of our last month)

KJRW - West Seattle

Listening time increased 9% in the past week! 

In order for KJRW to stay online after this month, listening time needs to double in the next 2 weeks. So, listen as much as you can, and tell your friends to check us out.

Keep those song suggestions coming for All Request Fall.

Thanks to all of you who sported the shirt over the years!  Get yours at the KJRW Corner Store!

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the Beginning of September)

New Wave Summer has given way to All Request Fall on KJRW.  There are several ways you can request a song:  email kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com, tweet it to @KJRWwestseattle, comment on this blog post, or send a message on our Facebook page.

Alas, All Request Fall and KJRW itself may come to an abrupt end on October 1st.  Our web host, Radionomy sent us an email stating that the station will be deleted if we do not meet their listening time requirements by the end of this month.  

We need a 60% increase in listening time or KJRW will end its 7-year run online.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., Germany, Canada, France, Switzerland, Spain, Ecuador, Netherlands, and the U.K.  If you keep listening, we just might stay online.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the end of August)

Monday is the last Monday of the month, which means it's trivia time!  KJRW provides one last music category (Family Values) at the Shadowland Pub Quiz.  Come out and play the final KJRW crafted audio round Monday night at 8, where Oregon meets California in West Seattle.

Some of you took the challenge to listen to KJRW for ONE hour.  Consequently, listening time increased 15% in the past couple of weeks.  Hooray!

A little background on measuring listening:  Before the time of internet radio, TSL (Time Spent Listening) was measured by AQH (Average Quarter Hour).  If you listened to a station from 9:01 to 9:14 (13 minutes), the station would receive a rating based on 1 quarter hour.  If you listened to that station from 9:09 to 9:18 (9 minutes), the station would receive a rating based on 2 quarter hours.  You listened for a longer amount of time in the first case, but the station got a higher rating in the second case. This is why you never used to hear commercials at :15, :30, and :45 past the hour.  

With Internet radio, specifically Radionomy (our web host) listening time is measured by the hour.  It doesn't matter when you hit that play button, you have to stick around for at least an hour in order for your time to count.  If you listen for 55 minutes, it's as if you didn't listen at all.  It's not measured.

We appreciate whatever amount of time you spend with KJRW, but it only counts to Radionomy if you spend at least an hour at a time.

You have about a week left to listen to your new wave faves during New Wave Summer on KJRW.

All Request Fall begins September 5th!

WHAT'S GOING ON (In the Middle of August)

Over 1500 people listened to KJRW the first half of August.  Most of that was during the first week.  Just 3 weeks left of the LAST New Wave Summer ever.  Catch it while you can.

All Request Fall begins after Labor Day Weekend.  There are several ways you can request a song  during the month of September:  email kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com, tweet it to @KJRWwestseattle, comment on this blog post, or send a message on our Facebook page.

WHAT'S GOING ON (In the Middle of June)

New Wave Summer has begun on KJRW!  The Psychedelic Furs are playing as I type this note.  We're just a couple of weeks into June, but it is already shaping up to be a good month for the station.  People have spent almost 3 thousand hours listening in the U.S., Germany, Canada, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Austria, and Greece.  Listening time is currently at 72%!  We may just make it to 100% by September...

WHAT'S GOING ON (At the End of May)

As May draws to a close, we are glad we scheduled Soundgarden to be the final Artist of the Day.  KJRW was saddened to learn of the loss of Chris Cornell on the 18th after a show in Detroit.  He had one of the strongest voices in rock.  May he be at peace.

KJRW has featured a different artist every day in May.  Over a thousand people heard them all.  Thanks for checking us out in the U.S., Germany, Canada, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Austria, Greece, U.K., Slovenia, Portugal, and Thailand.  Listening time rose to 45%.  We have 4 months to get to 100%.

NEW WAVE SUMMER begins later this week.  Listen for Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The Cure, New Order, Devo, Talking Heads, The Police, Blondie, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Tears for Fears, The B-52's, Psychedelic Furs, The Human League, The Smiths and more all summer long.

All your favorite Alternative and Punk Rock songs will be on, too.

So, catch the wave -- it'll be gnarly and totally tubular, dude!

WHAT'S GOING ON (In the middle of April)

We enjoyed Pearl Jam Day so much at KJRW, that we have decided to feature a different artist every day in May!  Each day in May, one of our favorite bands will be showcased.  Get the May Artist of the Day Greeting Card at the KJRW Corner Store to follow along.

Unfortunately, listening time has declined quite a bit this past week or so.  We are currently at 30%.  It would be great if we could double that by the end of April to get back on track.

Thanks for listening in the U.S., Germany, France, Canada, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland!

PJ DAY

KJRW celebrates Pearl Jam's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

KJRW is Pearl Jam

Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times wrote:  "To some who know Pearl Jam the best, that ability to survive in and emerge from a turbulent and precedent-setting scene, and continue to thrive almost three decades later, might be its greatest achievement as the band prepares this week to receive one of its greatest honors — induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame."

So put on your PJs and listen to Pearl Jam all day long on KJRW!

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of April)

We have not received the official word from Radionomy, but it looks like we have enough listening hours to stay online in April.  You checked us out over 16 hundred times in March, and spent over 19 hundred hours with KJRW.  That means we are about halfway to reaching our ultimate goal.  Thanks for listening in the U.S., Germany, Canada, France, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland.

Something funny is going on all day today on KJRW.  Listen for songs you will only hear on April 1st.

On April 7th, KJRW celebrates the induction of Pearl Jam into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Pearl Jam songs every hour next Friday.

WHAT'S GOING ON (In the Middle of March)

Happy Spring!  Almost 3 weeks into March, listening has gone up 26%.  That brings us almost halfway to our ultimate goal.  Thanks for spending time with KJRW in the U.S., Germany, France, and Canada!

We invite you to share some laughs with us on April Fool's Day, when we'll sprinkle some novelty songs into the mix.  It's no joke - if you don't listen in March, KJRW won't be online in April.  Radionomy checks in on us at the end of the month.

KJRW celebrates Pearl Jam's induction into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame on April 7th by playing Pearl Jam every hour.  From the Rock Hall:  "The 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Klipsch Audio, will take place on Friday, April 7, 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the third time....Propelled by the hits “Alive” and “Jeremy” (about a high school student’s suicide), Ten sold over 13 million copies in America, launching a singular career of enduring commercial success (ten Top Five studio albums, half of them Number Ones) and staunch idealism. In the mid-Nineties, Pearl Jam challenged monopolistic practices in the concert-ticket industry; in 2000, they took the live-tape-sharing aesthetic to a new fan-friendly extreme, initiating a series of soundboard-quality live releases from every show – a now-common practice among bands big and new. Pearl Jam have also collaborated extensively – as a group and individuals, on stage and records – with a long list of inspirations including Neil Young, the Who and the Ramones. Twenty-five years after Ten, Pearl Jam are still one of the most reliably explosive, vigorously committed and truly modern rock bands in the world.

Keep listening:  www.radionomy.com/en/radio/kjrw-westseattle

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the Beginning of March)

One week into March, listening has increased 8%.  Let's keep it going!  If we stay at this pace, Radionomy will keep KJRW online at the end of the month.

Those rascals at Radionomy have mislabeled a Ramones song in our playlist.  The first listener that discovers this mistake and emails us at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com with the correct title and what it was changed to will win a crisp one hundred dollar bill!

KJRW goes green this St. Patrick's Day, playing a Green Day song every hour!  Listen for all the hits, deeper cuts, mashups, and covers from Green Day on the 17th.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the End of February)

We're sad to report listening dropped to 21% of our goal during February.  There needs to be a huge increase in March because Radionomy will be checking in on us at the end of the month.

People spent the most time with KJRW in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, and Mexico.

This Spring, KJRW is gonna get out from Under the Covers and Tighten Up.  KJRW Goes Green on March 17th, with songs from Green Day every hour.

And if we get enough listening hours in March, not only will we get to stay online for another six months, but we will be given the space to add a bunch more songs.

WHAT'S GOING ON (At the Beginning of February)

Hello and welcome to February!  It's been a month since our forced "relaunch" of KJRW on Radionomy.  We are happy to announce that we met our listening goal for January.  Folks spent time with the station in the U.S., Germany, France, Canada, U.K., Poland, Spain, Hungary, Australia, and Mexico.  KJRW was heard in 37 of the 50 United States.

It's a new month with a new listening goal.  We are currently at 40% of our ultimate goal.  Our personal goal is to get halfway there by the end of February.  All you have to do is listen.  No subscription necessary.  It doesn't cost you a dime.

http://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/kjrw-westseattle

Spring is just around the corner.  What would you like to hear on KJRW?

Listen for LOVE songs on the 14th!  

Get Under the Covers with KJRW now!

http://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/kjrw-westseattle

KJRW is on whenever you want to listen.  And it is FREE.  No registration necessary.

WHAT's GOING ON (at the end of 2016)

A year ago, we found out KJRW was losing its home on Live365.  We made the move to Radionomy in February.  It gave us more space for more songs and slightly better sound quality.  It allowed more people to listen to the station at the same time for free.  And you listened longer than ever!  However, it made it more difficult for you to give us feedback and rate the songs, so there is no Top 116 of 2016 song list to post or play.  

We are under the semi-constant threat of deletion from Radionomy.  There are listening hurdles we must jump every so often in order to stay online. We are at 57% of our current goal.  

We hope to reach our listening goals to keep providing the most awesome alternative rock in the air from Punk to Grunge and beyond in 2017.  Under the Covers continues all winter long.  And we're working on something special for spring.

As long as you keep listening, KJRW will stay online.