GOODBYE TO YOU

About 8 years ago, we began building the music library and named our station KJRW.  Today, Radionomy silenced it.  We came very close to their listening requirements.  (Personally, we believe Radionomy did not record all of the time people spent with the station.  For example, our stats from Facebook show that over 2 thousand clicked a link from there during a period that Radionomy only shows about 1200 total did.)  More people have been listening to KJRW in the past month than ever.

KJRW has been heard in almost every continent on the globe over the past (almost) 8 years.  Thank you for listening in the U.S., Germany, Canada, France, Spain, Poland, Netherlands, U.K., Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Ireland, Austria, U.A.E., Australia, China, Norway, Hungary, Israel, Ecuador, Peru, Belgium, Sweden, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Mexico, Czech Republic, Thailand, Portugal, Vietnam, Cuba, Myanmar, Uruguay, Morocco, Singapore, Malaysia, French Polynesia, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Latvia.

Thanks for spending time with KJRW in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts.  A special shout out to David for sharing posts on Facebook, and for single-handedly making Wisconsin second in listening in the U.S.

We also thank all the voices of KJRW:  The Spinster, Matt, Anne, Blue, Nate, Love, Kevin, Madison, Travis, and Anna. Thanks to the indie bands and fans for sending us songs.  Thanks to Angie, Barry, Mike, Kelly, Luis, Rikki, Selene, and Elizabeth for your music and station i.d.'s. Thanks to Allyssa for drawing our mascot.

So long and thanks for all the fish!

WHAT'S GOING ON (At the beginning of August)

It's the LAST month of New Wave Summer on KJRW.  

Be sure to catch it before it goes away after Labor Day.  

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Thanks for listening during July in:

United States of America

Canada

Spain

Mexico

Slovenia

United Kingdom

Germany

Costa Rica

Belgium

Israel

Argentina

Singapore

Iran

El Salvador

Norway

Shout out to Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, California, Florida, New York, Maryland, Georgia and Washington for spending the most time with KJRW inside the U.S.

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

Happy Independence Day!  Revolution!  What's more punk than that?  

We're a month into New Wave Summer.  Lots of trouble.  Lots of bubble. -- to quote Rock Lobster by the B-52's.  We did a whole round of quotes from New Wave Songs for the Shadowland Pub Quiz a week ago.  It was definitely a crowd favorite.

Over eleven hundred hours were spent listening to KJRW in June.  Most of that was inside the U.S.A. Other countries tuning in were:  Canada, France, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Brazil, the U.K., Netherlands, Morocco and Italy.  Washington, Wisconsin, California, Michigan, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida, Georgia and New York were the states that spent the most time with KJRW.

Almost 200 more songs were added during the month of June.  If there is a song you would like to hear on the station, email us at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.

WHAT'S GOING ON (at the beginning of 2016)

Happy New Year!  We've got good news and bad news.  The bad news is that our home online for the past 5 years may be shutting its doors at the end of this month.  Yes, that's right, KJRW may be homeless very soon.  We are looking for a new place to dwell.  If you have any suggestions on which streaming service we should be on, please let us know.

The good news is that 2015 was a very good year for KJRW.  The station page was visited over twenty thousand times.  More streams were launched than ever, and people spent the most time listening to KJRW since the station was created.

December saw the most page visits in 2 1/2 years, and the most time spent listening since last Spring.  People were listening in:  the U.S., Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Switzerland, France, Columbia, Italy, Australia, Spain, the Republic of Korea, Finland, Russia, Japan, Germany, Belarus, Argentina, the U.K., the Philippines, Serbia, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Belgium.

KJRW would like to thank the people in the great states of Washington, Texas, Kentucky, California, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, Idaho, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arizona, West Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Indiana for listening.  And we don't forget the "other" Washington in the District of Columbia.

Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Love Song - 311
3. Date Rape - Sublime
4. Ruby Soho - Rancid
5. When I Come Around - Honeyblood
6. You Are My Sunshine - Screeching Weasel
7. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
8. Ghost Town - Specials
9. Clampdown - Clash
10. All I Want - Offspring

Get Under the Covers with KJRW on Live365 the rest of this month!

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 KJRW's 5th year)

KJRW begins its fifth year online by once again turning our focus to the Sound.  Puget Sound, that is.  Clouds.  Logging.  Flannel.  We continue our musical journey following Alternative Rock into the 90's, when it exploded into the mainstream.  Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam are just the tip of the volcanic mountain.

A quick look back at November shows that KJRW's rank among the rock stations on Live365 went up a couple notches.  The average time people spent listening to KJRW in November was higher than in October.  People listened the most in the U.S., Canada, France, Spain, Mexico, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden, Germany and the U.K.  Inside the U.S., listening was tops in Illinois, New York, Georgia, California, Ohio, Indiana, Texas, Virginia, Michigan and Florida.

Your favorite songs the last week of November were:

1. Rise Above - Black Flag
2. Corona - Minutemen
3. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
4. Lies - Greenhornes
5. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
6. Waiting Room - Fugazi
7. What You Need - INXS
8. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
9. Rat Race - Brody Dalle
10. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

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

There were more visits to the the KJRW station page in September than in August.  So, there were also more streams launched this month than the previous one.

More listeners made KJRW a favorite station by clicking on the heart on the station page.  Our rank among the hundreds of rock stations and thousands of stations on Live365.com went up.

VIPs spent 4 times longer listening to KJRW in September.  If just 3 more people sign up to be a VIP before December, KJRW will be able to stay online for another year.  VIPs get to listen commercial-free.  Give it a try by clicking here.

KJRW went back to school at the beginning of September.  Get your back to school clothes at the  KJRW Corner Store.  Some college rock were favorite songs this month:

1. All This and More - Dead Boys
2. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
3. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
4. Perfect Storm - The Strypes
5. Complete Control - The Clash
6. The Dream's Not Dead - Candy Hearts
7. Unsatisfied - The Replacements
8. Amplifier - The dB's
9. One Way or Another - Blondie
10. Dresden Dolls - The Fall

People listened the most in the U.S., Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany and Japan.  The states supporting KJRW were:  Texas, California, Ohio, Arkansas, Florida, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona.

Spooky tunes are coming your way in October...

JANUARY IS THE MONTH THAT CARES

January was Dive Under the Covers month on KJRW.  There were over 2 thousand visits to the station page at Live365.com.  Our rank amongst the rock stations held steady, but our overall rank slipped due to most people listening for free, instead of being VIP members.  But there were more streams launched in January than in December, and KJRW was made a preset station the most times since September.

People spent the most time listening in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Greece, Brazil, U.K., Hungary, Denmark, Croatia and Germany.  Inside the U.S., Alabama, Washington, California, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, Minnesota, Ohio, Arizona and Florida were tops in listening time.

KJRW will play love songs in mid-February.  Watch this blog to find out how to win a KJRW prize pack in the coming weeks.

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.