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

The last days of New Wave Summer saw a big bump in audience size, about 46% higher than usual! 

Listening the longest were people in the United States, Canada, Germany, Mexico, France, Spain, Italy, China, Ireland and Belgium.  Inside the U.S., KJRW is most popular in Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles. 

Don't be sad New Wave Summer is over because we just added 350 more Alternative and Punk Rock songs to the KJRW playlist!  

All Request Fall has begun.  You say it, we play it.  
Submit your song request any time.

WHAT'S GOING ON (in the middle of May)

We are on track to reach our goal of 2 thousand listening hours this month. Listening time is highest in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Mexico, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Brazil and Germany. Inside the U.S., folks spend the most time with KJRW in Seattle, Detroit, Orlando, Denver, Charlotte, Chicago, Greensboro, San Francisco, Boston and Cleveland.

You don't have much longer to get in on the Grand Giveaway. Be sure to email kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com to enter right away. Please include your name and the city in which you live.

Pull up those parachute pants, straighten that skinny tie and wind your Swatch watch because it is almost time for New Wave Summer. We're getting ready by uploading plenty of Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, Missing Persons and more.

Stop by the KJRW Corner Store for shirts, stickers, key chains and hats.

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Thanks for listening to West Seattle's Only Alternative - KJRW.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the Beginning of Our 6th Year)

Hello and welcome to December, the beginning of KJRW's 6th year online!  We launched 5 years ago with the Presidents of the U.S.A.'s cover of the MC5's Kick Out the Jams.  Consequently, we kick out our 6th year with covers.  It's our most popular feature, so we're starting it early.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW all winter long!

All Request Fall came to a close as November and our 5th year online ended.  The most requested songs in November were:

1. Special - Garbage
2. When You Find Out - Nerves
3. Song 2 - Blur
4. I Only Fucked You As A Joke - Childbirth
5. Communist Eyes - Germs
6. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
7. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
8. Celebrity Skin - Hole
9. Straight Ahead - Pennywise
10. N.W.O. - Ministry
11. Suburban Home - Descendents
12. Clampdown - Clash
13. 1 2 X U - Wire
14. What Love Is - Dead Boys
15. Breathe - Prodigy

KJRW's rank on Live365 went up because people spent more time listening to the station than they had in the previous month.  There were over 18 hundred visits to the station page in November.  People listened the most in:

1. U.S.A.
2. Czech Republic
3. Canada
4. Switzerland
5. Mexico
6. Colombia
7. Spain
8. Venezuela
9. Italy
10. Japan

Inside the U.S., listening was tops in:

1. Seattle, WA
2. San Francisco, CA
3. El Paso, TX
4. Albany, NY
5. Philadelphia, PA
6. Detroit, MI
7. Kansas City, MO
8. Austin, TX
9. Chicago, IL
10. Louisville, KY

Please help us start out our 6th year strong with a donation. KJRW is totally listener-supported.  We do not receive any money from the ads you hear on the station.  All the ad money goes to Live365.
And tell a friend about KJRW.  They'll thank you... or punch you.  We think it's worth the risk.

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

 

 

Hey, look at all the folks who dressed up in costumes for the Halloween themed Shadowland Pub Quiz!  It was a fun night of thrills and chills. One trivia team answered all of the questions correctly in the KJRW round.  Scott M.X. hosts the quiz every Monday night at 8 p.m.  KJRW is there the last Monday of every month.

There were over sixteen hundred visits to the station page in October.  Hope you enjoyed the Great PUNKin Tunes as much as we did.  Your favorite songs of the month were:

1. Clampdown - Clash
2. What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks
3. Suburban Home - Descendents
4. It's A Shame About Ray - Lemonheads
5. When You Find Out - Nerves
6. Change the World - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
7. One More Minute - Authority Zero
8. We Care A Lot - Faith No More
9. Song 2 - Blur
10. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls

People listened the most in the U.S., Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Germany, France and Angola.  Inside the U.S., listening was highest in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Tampa, Detroit, Kansas City, Chicago, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C.

November is the last month of our fifth year online.  You can help keep KJRW online with a donation.  It is also the last month of ALL Request FALL.  Get your requests in now while you can at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.

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

Are you ready for the Summer? New Wave Summer rolls in later this month!

Last month, our rank held steady on Live365. KJRW remains in the top 25 rock stations on the site. (There are over 500 of them.)

The average time people spent listening to KJRW in May was a bit higher than in April. The United States still tops the list of listeners, with the most time spent with KJRW in:

• Seattle, WA
• Chicago, IL
• Las Vegas, NV
• Atlanta, GA
• Philadelphia, PA
• Sacramento and Los Angeles, CA
• Detroit and Grand Rapids, MI
• Albany, NY
• Minneapolis, MN
• Orlando, FL

People are rocking out to KJRW in other parts of the globe, such as:  Canada, China, Spain, Belarus, Germany, New Zealand, Peru, Hungary and France.

Your favorite songs in May were:

1. We Are the One - Avengers
2. Straight To Hell - Clash
3. Lexicon Devil - Germs
4. Seether - Veruca Salt
5. Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
6. Two of a Kind - Beat Dolls
7. Everlong - Foo Fighters
8. Hey Girl - Tacocat
9. Self Esteem - Offspring
10. Fall Behind Me - Donnas

We noticed Live365 added pop up ads to our station page that start playing randomly.  We are as annoyed by this as you are.  We clicked on "Feedback" and told them, and so should you.  Once again, KJRW receives NO MONEY from ADS, pop up or otherwise. Download the FREE Live365 app to listen to KJRW without the pop up ads chiming in at odd moments.

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

During the past month, KJRW has enjoyed honoring Women Who Rock. We hope you enjoyed it also. There were over twelve hundred visits to the station page at Live365. 

People spent over a thousand hours listening in the U.S., Spain, Canada, Belarus, Mexico, Germany, New Zealand, France, United Kingdom and Italy in March.  Tops in time listening inside the U.S. were Seattle, Dallas, Cincinnati, Chicago, Charlotte, New York, Peoria, Philadelphia, Fort Myers and San Francisco.

Your favorite tunes were:

1. I Hate Myself for Loving You - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
3. Seether - Veruca Salt
4. Dangerous - Big Data
5. Prisoner of Society - Living End
6. I Feel You - Depeche Mode
7. Pinhead - Ramones
8. M.e.x.i.c.o. - Kills
9. Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
10. Human Fly - Cramps

In April, KJRW celebrates the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame. This year's inductees include Lou Reed, Green Day and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.  We will also highlight members such as Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Bowie and more.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of the new year)

Hello and welcome to 2015!  KJRW's 5th year online is underway.  Most of 2014 was good for the station.  The play button was clicked about a thousand times a month.  We were riding especially high in April, when KJRW held its highest rank ever among all the stations on Live365.com.  We got Under the Covers, listened to love songs, had a New Wave Summer, went back to College in the fall and had a Punk Rock Christmas.  We'll do it all again in 2015, from Punk to Grunge and beyond!

People spent the most time listening to KJRW in the U.S., Switzerland, Spain, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Russia, Peru and the Czech Republic in the month of December.  Inside the U.S., listeners were found in our home base of Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Louisville,KY; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Cincinnati, OH and Dallas, TX.

The current top ten tracks on KJRW are:

1. Rise - Public Image Ltd.
2. Spoonman - Soundgarden
3. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
4. Woman - Wolfmother
5. Bittersweet Symphony - Verve
6. Corona - Minutemen
7. Welcome To Paradise - Green Day
8. Cannonball - Breeders
9. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. Closer - Nine Inch Nails

Get Under the Covers with KJRW now.  Your favorite cover songs play all winter long.

NOVEMBER

November was the last month of KJRW's third year online.  Over a thousand streams were launched - the most times the play button has been clicked since July.  However, people spent a little less time listening to KJRW than in October, so our rank slipped a bit.

Listeners spent the most time with KJRW in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Spain, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Australia and Italy.  Inside the U.S. listening was tops in Seattle, WA; Denver, Co; Montgomery, AL; Washington, DC; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN; Phoenix, AZ; Chicago, IL and Oklahoma City, OK.

KJRW began its fourth year online with a countdown of the Top 113 of 2013, all of your favorite songs from the past year.  Lots more to come in 2014, including a Dive Under the Covers this winter and New Wave Summer.  Make any theme or song suggestions here.

Thanks for listening and contributing to the fund drive to keep KJRW online!

TOP TEN

Making the list this week is The Smoking Popes from Chicago.  Here are the top ten tracks on KJRW in mid-October:

1. Train In Vain - Clash
2. School Days - Runaways
3. Different - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
4. Emotional Blackmail - UK Subs
5. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
6. Need You Around - Smoking Popes
7. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
8. Pattern Skies - Greenhornes
9. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
10. Wild Thing - X

Spooky tunes from Bauhaus, The Beat Dolls, The Accused and more coming your way on KJRW...

AN AUGUST THEME

KJRW's rank among all the stations on Live365 climbed almost 200 places in August.  There were over 2400 visits to the station page.  The average stretch of time people listened to KJRW was the highest this year.  Live365 VIP members listened the most since March.  The only thing we did not see an increase in was the number of streams launched.  The problem with that could possibly be that only so many people can listen for free at a time.  Sometimes the station is "full".  The way around that is to become a Live365 VIP.  You will be able to listen commercial-free whenever you want.  Part of the subscription price will pay artist royalties, and part will go to KJRW to help keep us online.  Click VIP.

During the month of August, people were listening to KJRW the most in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Australia, Peru and the U.K.  Inside the U.S., people listened the most in Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Montgomery, AL; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Wausau-Rhinelander, WI; Baltimore, MD; Phoenix, AZ and Jacksonville, FL.

FEBRUARY STARS

KJRW was reaching for the stars in February.  Our stats grew in almost every category.  We had the most page visits ever.  Over a thousand streams were launched.  On Presidents Day, someone signed up for a VIP subscription just to listen to KJRW.  We enjoyed love songs the week of Valentine's Day (or as we like to call it, Blackheart Day).  Our rank among the thousands of stations on Live365 inched higher.  The only sour note was that the average number of minutes each stream played dropped a little.  But, that has been on the rise in the first few days of March.

People were listening to KJRW the most in...
U.S. ~ Canada ~ Spain ~ U.K. ~ Argentina ~ Columbia ~ Sweden ~ Mexico ~ Bolivia ~ Netherlands

... and inside the U.S....
Seattle, WA ~ Detroit, MI ~ New York, NY ~ Montgomery, AL ~ Salt Lake City, UT ~ Nashville, TN ~ Portland, OR ~ Chicago, IL ~ Raleigh-Durham, NC ~ San Francisco, CA

JANUARY HYMN

KJRW has started to climb out of that hole that was December.  Fewer folks are visiting the station page on Live365.com and pressing that play button.  However, those that do are listening longer, so our rank is slowly creeping back up.  We did hit the milestone of 19 thousand page visits in January.  People were listening in these countries:

• United States
• Canada
• Slovenia
• Italy
• Australia
• Austria
• Mexico
• Brazil
• Chile
• Slovak Republic

and inside the U.S.:

• Seattle, WA
• Montgomery, AL
• San Francisco, CA
• Chicago and Springfield, IL
• Detroit, MI
• New York, NY
• Cleveland, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Boston, MA