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 beginning of October)

There are only a few days left until Radionomy decides the fate of KJRW.  And we're so close to fulfilling their listening time requirement.  Currently, we sit at 97%.  That is amazing, considering we only had 22% during the month of August. September was spectacular with 2,565 more listening hours than in the previous month.

KJRW listeners live on almost every continent.  Most are in the U.S., France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Macedonia, Poland, U.K. and Spain.  You are all pulling together to keep KJRW online, and we love you for it.

The day of reckoning is the 8th.  Help us get that remaining 3% of listening time.

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

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.  

LISTEN NOW

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 end of March)

Over a thousand people checked out KJRW in March, and spent over a thousand hours listening.  We didn't quite reach the daily average listening time we were shooting for,  so please help us spread the word that KJRW is now on Radionomy.   People listened in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Finland, Australia and the U.K. the most.
April Fool's Day tradition at KJRW is to play songs not usually heard on the station.  In the past, there has been everything from disco to rap.  Tune in to see what happens this year!

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

March has come in like a lion, with a bunch of technical difficulties from Radionomy.  Songs were repeated over and over and there was dead air for many hours.  It was as frustrating for us as it was to you, we are sure.  It seems that we are back on course now. (We hope!)

KJRW's first month on Radionomy went pretty well.  We uploaded close to 7 hundred songs by over a hundred  different artists.  Our audience grew steadily through February, as we lingered Under the Covers.  Close to a thousand streams were launched.  People spent almost 12 hundred hours listening in:

1. U.S.A.
2. Canada
3. Sweden
4. France
5. Brazil
6. U.K.
7. Japan
8. Mexico
9. Italy
10. Serbia

Help us reach our goal of adding 10 more hours of listening per day by the end of March.  Share the station on Facebook and Twitter.  Or do it the old fashioned way and talk to to a friend about KJRW.  If you enjoy it, they may also.

Listen for Green Day every hour on St. Patrick's Day!

And stay tuned to learn how you could win cold, hard cash from KJRW...

WHAT'S GOING ON (a week into February)

KJRW began its journey on Radionomy a week ago.  A couple hundred streams have been launched.  Listeners from around the world have tuned in.  Most notably in the U.S., Canada, Russia, Brazil and Mexico.  Some think the sound quality is better on Radionomy.   However,  it was  a bit glitchy over the weekend.  So we may have lost some listening hours due to that.  

We still have a bit more space,  so we're uploading more songs. 

Listen to "love" songs this Valentines Weekend on KJRW!

listen.radionomy.com/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 October)

September was a great month for KJRW.  The station reached its highest rank ever on Live365.com.
There were over 2 thousand visits to the station page last month.

People spent the most time listening to KJRW since last spring.  Where were they listening?  In the U.S., Canada, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, Belarus, Sweden, New Zealand, Mexico and Italy.  Washington, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, New York, California, Tennessee, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Kentucky were the places inside the U.S. with the most listeners.

And we got to hang out with the Dollyrots at the Crocodile Café in the middle of September.

They are currently working on their first live CD/DVD.  You can get the scoop on that and even suggest a title they may use here:  http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/dollyrotslive/updates/59837.


ALL Request FALL continues on KJRW.  Send us some spooky Halloween song suggestions at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.  The most requested tunes on KJRW right now are:

1. Dangerous - Big Data
2. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
3. Quitter - Rhones
4. Indecent - Spunk Lads
5. I Was Wrong - Social Distortion
6. Empty Head - Screaming Females
7. Change the World - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
9. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
10. Look Back and Laugh - Minor Threat

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 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

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

Hey Kids! We are very happy to report that January was the best month in KJRW's sordid history!
We were picked as a favorite station the highest number of times in a month ever.  We finally cracked the top thousand of the several thousand stations on Live365.com. There are 500 rock stations on the site, and last month KJRW was ranked number 17!!
People spent the most time listening to KJRW in January also, especially in:

• U.S.A.
• Mexico
• Canada
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Russia
• Czech Republic
• New Zealand
• Slovenia
• Malaysia

Inside the U.S.A., listeners were from:

• Seattle
• Philadelphia
• Los Angeles
• Tampa
• Louisville
• Kansas City
• New York
• Dallas
• Sacramento
• Cincinnati

Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. Natural One - Folk Implosion
2. Love In Plaster - Hives
3. Bodies - Sex Pistols
4. Violet - Hole
5. Song 2 - Blur
6. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Rocket - Smashing Pumpkins
8. Kick Out the Jams - Bad Brains with Henry Rollins
9. If You Could Only See - Tonic
10. Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers

Listen for love songs next week on KJRW...

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

Hello and welcome to November!  The last month of KJRW's contract with Live365.  You can help us renew and stay online for another year by making a donation at http://www.gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle or by becomming a VIP.

VIPs spent more time listening to KJRW in October, and the average time all listeners tuned in was longer than in September.

The U.S., Canada, Colombia, Spain, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, U.K., Brazil, Italy and Austria were the countries where people listened the most in October.

Your favorite songs the last week of October were:

1. Rather Be A Zombie - Dollyrots
2. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
3. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
4. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
5. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
6. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
7. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
8. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
9. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
10. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs

Our hope is to continue our musical journey from 80's College Rock in November to 90's Alternative in December.  Please help us renew our contract with Live365 in December.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS KJRW?

During NO DJ MAY, people pressed the play button over 12 hundred times.  Where were they listening?

• United States
• Canada
• Colombia
• United Kingdom
• Italy
• South Africa
• Brazil
• Czech Republic
• Finland
• Spain
• Peru
• Australia
• Thailand
• Serbia
• New Zealand
• Mexico
• Costa Rica
• Croatia/Hrvatska
• Austria
• Hong Kong
• Chile
• Denmark
• Philippines
• El Salvador
• Taiwan
• Argentina
• Germany
• Japan
• Greece
• Turkey
• Israel
• Hungary
• Norway
• India
• Saudi Arabia
• Greenland
• Russia
• Egypt

MARCH INTO THE SEA

We made it through another April Fool's Day.  There were actually some cool 60's songs.  And more people tuned in than on any previous April 1st.  We may try to go a whole month without a DJ and see how that sounds.

Now as for March, our rank slipped a little bit due to people listening for free a little less.  VIP's were pressing the play button a bunch more, though.  Over 11 hundred streams were launched during last month.  There were a couple hundred more visits to the station page on Live365.com than in February.  KJRW was made a preset station the most times in March than in the past year.

People spent the largest amount of time listening in the U.S., Canada, China, Spain, Australia, U.K., Thailand, Colombia, Sweden and France.  Inside the U.S., Washington, Illinois, California, Alabama, Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, North Carolina and Georgia were tops in listening.

XMAS IN FEBRUARY

Was it the love songs?  KJRW saw its biggest jump in listening and rank ever during the month of February!  There were over 11 hundred streams launched during the short month.  We were made a preset station a dozen more times.  People spent the most time listening to KJRW in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Italy and Finland.  Inside the U.S., Washington, Alabama, Ohio, Arizona, California, Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, Minnesota and Tennessee were tops in listening.  Thanks for showing KJRW the love in February!

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.

DECEMBER YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM CHILD

During December, listening was highest in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, France, Mexico, U.K., Denmark, Spain, Philippines and Hungary.  Inside the U.S., people listened the most in Alabama, Washington, California, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arkansas.

There were more visits to the KJRW page on Live365.com in December than in the previous month.  The average amount of time people spent listening was up a tiny bit also.  However, the number of streams launched was the lowest of the entire fall season.

Please make sure your version of flash player is up to date so you can listen to KJRW.  We had one listener tell us that she could see all the great songs that were playing on the station, and was frustrated to not be able to hear them because her software was not upgraded on her computer.

We started December playing back the Top 113 of 2013.  It was the first month of our fourth year online.  Onward and upward, we say!

January is Dive Under the Covers month on KJRW.  Please push 'play'.

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!

WHEN OCTOBER GOES

KJRW's rank rose considerably during the month of October.  We're now in the top 6% of the hundreds of rock stations on Live365.  More streams were launched in October than in September and August.

Listeners spent the most time with KJRW since March.  Those with VIP subscriptions listened double the amount of that in September.  People listened for free the longest time in almost a year.

Where they were listening the most:  U.S., Spain, Germany, Canada, France, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Denmark and U.K.  Inside the U.S.:  Seattle, WA; Montgomery, AL; New York, NY; San Diego and Los Angeles, CA; Austin, TX; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Denver, CO and Washington, DC.

The bad news is that KJRW's subscription with Live365.com runs out at the end of November.  But, you can help keep us online another year with a donation at gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle.