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.

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

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

At a recent bed-in at the KJRW studios (It's a thing.  See: John and Yoko.), it was decided that it was time to come out from Under the Covers. And since March is Women in History month, KJRW honors  Women Who Rock. Linda Perry, Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox, Tobi Vail, Kat Bjelland, Allison Wolfe, Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Kim Deal, Siouxsie Sioux, Polly Styrene, Kathy Valentine, Gina Schock, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Coffey, Karen O., Courtney Love,  Patty Schemel, Joan Jett, Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, Patti Smith, Kim Gordon, Shirley Manson, Alison Mosshart, Tina Weymouth, Exene Cervenka, Kim Warnick, Poison Ivy, Kristen Hersh, Tanya Donnelly,  Kim Shattuck,  Johnette Napolitano,  Brody Dalle, Beth Ditto, Jennifer Finch, Lita Ford, Nina Gordon, Juliana Hatfield,  Annie Lennox,  Aimee Mann, Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner, Dee Plakas, Selene Vigil, Mia Zapata, Stefanie Sargent, Elizabeth Davis, Sandy West, Valerie Agnew and many more.

Let's take a quick look back at February.  As you may recall, January was the best month ever for KJRW.  We kept the momentum going in February.  Even though our rank clicked down a couple notches due to a few less streams being launched, the average amount of time people spent listening to the station was the highest ever. In other words, a slightly smaller amount of people pressed the play button, but when they did they stuck around longer.  And you know, "the longer you listen, the more songs you hear".

People listened the most in the U.S., Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Poland, Germany, Republic of Korea and Italy.  Inside the U.S., listeners spent the most time with KJRW in our home base of Seattle, WA; Dallas, TX; Cincinnati, OH; Los Angeles, CA; Tampa, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO; New York, NY and Beaumont, TX.

Your favorite songs at the end of February included 4 Get Under the Covers tunes:

1. My Generation - Green Day
2. Radar Love - Ministry
3. Merchandise - Fugazi
4. House of the Rising Sun - Adolescents
5. Underground - Sneaker Pimps
6. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
7. Violet - Hole
8. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
10. Bittersweet Symphony - Verve

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!

SEPTEMBER MOURN

September has ended, so it is time to wake up and check our stats.  There were no record highs or lows for the month, and our rank on Live365.com remained the same.  The number of times KJRW was made a preset station was the highest it has been since May.  More streams were launched in September than in August.  And we hit the milestone of 35 thousand visits to the station page.

People spent the most time listening to KJRW in the U.S., Canada, Czech Republic, Spain, Mexico, Morocco, Slovenia, Germany, Hungary and Italy.  Inside the U.S., listeners remained with KJRW the longest in Montgomery, AL; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Oklahoma City, OK; Phoenix, AZ; Charlotte, NC and Denver, CO.

As Halloween approaches, be sure to send us your spooky song suggestions.