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 (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 September)

Monday night's Shadowland Pub Quiz was rockin' and raucous. Rico walked away with the fan-made KJRW T-shirt for correctly guessing the lyrics: "You said irony was the shackles of youth" belonged to a song by R.E.M. (What's the Frequency, Kenneth?). We thank Scott M.X. for letting us invade his quiz show the last Monday of every month.  Scott hosts the Shadowland Pub Quiz in West Seattle Monday nights at 8.

The station's rank climbed a few notches in August. We hit the milestone of 70 thousand visits to the KJRW station page at Live365.com.  There were almost 2 thousand visits in August alone. VIPs spent more time with us in August than in the previous 3 months.  KJRW was made a favorite station the most times since January.  The Facebook page got a bunch more likes.  And we gathered another batch of followers on Twitter.

People were listening the most in the U.S., Canada, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Belarus, Mexico, Italy, Japan and Belgium.

Inside the U.S., people spent the greatest amount of time with KJRW in:

• Seattle, WA
• Kansas City, MO
• Detroit, MI
• Philadelphia, PA
• Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
• Cincinnati, OH
• Atlanta, GA
• San Francisco, CA
• Albany, NY
• Boston, MA

The songs getting the thumbs up currently are:

1. Know Your Rights - Clash
2. Friction - Television
3. Don't Go - Yaz(oo)
4. Corduroy - Pearl Jam
5. Kiss Them for Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
6. Tighten Up - Black Keys
7. Maxwell Murder - Rancid
8. Ven Cerca - Girl in a Coma
9. Strangelove - Depeche Mode
10. Seven Nation Army - White Stripes

It's the last week of New Wave Summer.  Grab your T-shirt before it leaves the KJRW Corner Store.

ALL REQUEST FALL begins after Labor Day. You may make requests by clicking the talk bubble on the station page, or by emailing kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.   You can even request your own band's music to be played if you include an mp3.

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

NEW WAVE SUMMER IS A HIT! Listening time has increased since New Wave Summer began on KJRW on June 22nd.  The average length of each stream launched in June was the highest since February.  More people visited the station page during the month of June than in any given month in the past couple years. Listeners added KJRW to their favorite lists more times than in the previous two months.  Consequently, the station's rank climbed.

VIPs spent more time listening than they did in May.  That puts a few pennies in our pockets. Speaking of VIP... If you sign up for a 12-month membership on the Fourth of July, you will receive an additional 4 months FREE. Click here.

People listened the most in the U.S., Belarus, Canada, Spain, France, Brazil, New Zealand, Switzerland, the U.K., and Peru. Listening in the U.S. was tops in our home of Seattle, Washington (as usual). Texas came in second due to 3 cities spending time with KJRW: San Antonio, Dallas and El Paso.  Other hot spots were Tampa, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Albany, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and San Francisco, California.

Your current favorite songs playing on KJRW are:

1. It Haunts You Now - Go Betty Go
2. Sappy - Nirvana
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. See No Evil - Television
5. Flying Saucer Attack - The Rezillos
6. Questioning My Sanity - L7
7. All Apologies - Nirvana
8. Repeater - Fugazi
9. Henrietta - The Fratellis
10. Drug Train - Social Distortion

New Wave Summer rolls on... and be sure to listen for "American" songs on the Fourth of July.

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.

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