WHAT's GOING ON (at the end of 2016)

A year ago, we found out KJRW was losing its home on Live365.  We made the move to Radionomy in February.  It gave us more space for more songs and slightly better sound quality.  It allowed more people to listen to the station at the same time for free.  And you listened longer than ever!  However, it made it more difficult for you to give us feedback and rate the songs, so there is no Top 116 of 2016 song list to post or play.  

We are under the semi-constant threat of deletion from Radionomy.  There are listening hurdles we must jump every so often in order to stay online. We are at 57% of our current goal.  

We hope to reach our listening goals to keep providing the most awesome alternative rock in the air from Punk to Grunge and beyond in 2017.  Under the Covers continues all winter long.  And we're working on something special for spring.

As long as you keep listening, KJRW will stay online.

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

Meet Lex.  Little Lex grew up in the suburbs, listening to the Clash, Ramones, Green Day and Nirvana. Lex enjoys long skates by the beach, spray paint and listening to KJRW.  Get shirts, stickers and more with his likeness at the KJRW Corner Store.

Allyssa Woodwick, Artist

Live365 is no more.  KJRW has moved to Radionomy! More space means more music and less repetition. Hear us now at listen.radionomy.com/kjrw.

As always, you can submit song suggestions to kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.

Get Under the Covers with KJRW during the month of February and listen to some "love" songs on the 14th.

WHAT'S GOING ON (In the middle of January)

We're halfway through what may be the last month of KJRW on Live365.  The web site could pull the plug on all personal broadcasting on the 31st.  Their press release* is at the bottom of this post.

In the meantime, KJRW is working on building a new music library on Radionomy.  You can listen to this work in progress here:  http://listen.radionomy.com/kjrw.  There is a FREE App for Radionomy that is available for you to listen on your phone.

This is possibly also the last month of trivia at the Shadowland Pub Quiz.  Please catch what could be KJRW's final appearance at the corner of California and Oregon in West Seattle on Monday, January 25th.

Your favorite songs playing on KJRW right now are:

1. Date Rape - Sublime
2. When I Come Around - Honeyblood
3. Ruby Soho - Rancid
4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
5. Love Song - 311
6. You Are My Sunshine - Screeching Weasel
7. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
8. Everybody Knows - Concrete Blonde
9. My Sharona - Veruca Salt
10. Clampdown - Clash

As you can see, more than half are cover songs on the list.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW on Live365 the rest of this month... and maybe next month on Radionomy!

*For 17 years, Live365 has offered small webcasters the opportunity to stream music and talk content, providing an alternative distribution channel for diverse, quality content on the Internet in a legally responsible way.

Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board, the governing entity for establishing the sound recording royalty rates that are paid to copyright holders, has published the new rates for 2016-20. The previous provisions for small webcasters to opt for a percentage of revenue model were not renewed. The current provisions end at the end of 2015. The absence of this license will make legally streaming copyrighted musical content prohibitively expensive for many small to mid-sized Internet broadcasters. Live365 relies on this license for many of their broadcast partners and, as such, has hard decisions to make regarding their future in the streaming industry.

Future of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae made the following statement regarding the CRB ruling:

We are concerned, however, that there does not appear to be a distinction in rates for small commercial webcasters. Digital music benefits from diversity, and services with more modest operations often help developing talent and niche genres find audiences while contributing to the overall revenue pool. If there isn’t an option for new entrants to perform music from a broad range of artists, we may end up with a less diverse digital landscape.

Two weeks ago, Live365 faced an additional blow, losing the support of its investors who have helped the company with its mission for over a decade. The company was forced to significantly reduce staff and is now actively looking for partners to help continue the service into 2016. At this time, Live365 is planning to keep their stations active while getting the word out about this investment opportunity. With nearly two decades of Internet streaming experience and thousands of paying customers, this could be an ideal situation for a company looking to diversify into streaming audio.

CEO N. Mark Lam has begun initial discussions with possible business partners as the company looks to new options in the new year. Dean Kattari, Director of Broadcasting for Live365 said “The true value of Live365 lies in it’s diversity of content – it’s a sanctuary where you can hear music and other content that it so unlike the template broadcasting that is heard on most terrestrial radio. These stations are the hard work of real human beings who use Live365 to share their vision with the world. It’s a home for musical discovery because many of these stations play emerging artists that terrestrial stations are reluctant to take a chance on. It would be a great loss for this to all go away.”

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

Halfway through August, the station page at Live365.com has been visited 800 times. Your favorite songs playing on KJRW currently are:

1. Give It Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Maxwell Murder - Rancid
3. Know Your Rights - Clash
4. Pronoia - Strange Wilds
5. Got the Time - Anthrax
6. Radio - New Hell Republic
7. Strangelove - Depeche Mode
8. Mountain Man - Crash Kings
9. New Wind - 7 Seconds
10. Let's Dance - David Bowie

There are only a few weeks left of New Wave Summer.  Get your T-shirt before it leaves the store!

And we are 2 weeks away from LAST MONDAY.  KJRW hosts the music round of the Shadowland Pub Quiz the last Monday of the month.  Shadowland is located at the corner of California and Oregon in West Seattle.  If you are in the area, come out and play!

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

It's the middle of New Wave Summer on KJRW.  More streams were launched in July than in June.  We saw the milestone of being made a favorite station on Live365 over 700 times.  A bunch more people have followed us on twitter and liked the facebook page.  Click the links to do the same and get more frequent updates on KJRW.

Your current favorite songs are:

1. Communist Eyes - Germs
2. Let's Dance - David Bowie
3. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
4. Radio - New Hell Republic
5. Drug Train - Social Distortion
6. Kids In America - Kim Wilde
7. Strangelove - Depeche Mode
8. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols
9. Rockaway Beach - Ramones
10. American Idiot - Green Day

People listened the most in the U.S., Argentina, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Belgium, New Zealand, Venezuela, Sweden and Serbia during July.  In the U.S., listening was highest in Washington, Texas, California, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York and Oregon.

Our first round of music trivia at the Shadowland Pub Quiz was well received.  We are looking forward to doing it again the last Monday of August.  If you are in the Seattle area, please come out and play.

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

Our host site, Live365 is currently conducting a survey by sending listeners an email with a link to the poll questions.  They mostly concern how you would like to monetarily support your favorite broadcasters.  The results we have seen show that people do not really like the idea of subscribing to Live365 and giving a fixed extra amount of money as a donation to their favorite station.  If you would like to support KJRW without going through Live365, you may visit our Go Fund Me page, and donate any amount you wish.  We have added rewards such as stickers, magnets and T-shirts for your contribution.


The Top Tracks on KJRW currently are:

1. Change the World - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. Self Esteem - The Offspring
3. We Are the One - The Avengers
4. Got the Time - Anthrax
5. Straight To Hell - The Clash
6. One Way Or Another - Blondie
7. Jocko Homo - Devo
8. Wild in the Street - Circle Jerks
9. Kick Me to the Curb - The Dollyrots
10. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

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 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 (in the middle of January)

January has been a good month for KJRW so far. Our rank on Live365.com is climbing, and our rank among the rock stations on the site are the highest they have ever been. Listeners have made us a favorite station over 630 times as of this week.

The Top Ten Tracks on KJRW are:

1. Natural One - Folk Implosion
2. If You Could Only See - Tonic
3. Love In Plaster - Hives
4. Skin and Bones - Foo Fighters
5. Kick Out the Jams - Bad Brains with Henry Rollins
6. Backwater - Meat Puppets
7. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. Bittersweet Symphony - Verve
9. Corona - Minutemen
10. Empty Promise - Girl In A Coma

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

We're halfway through December and have had almost as many visits to the station page as in the whole month of November.  Our rank among all the stations on Live365 has been climbing this past week.  Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. Spoonman - Soundgarden
2. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
3. Cannonball - Breeders
4. Rise - Public Image Ltd.
5. Rise Above - Black Flag
6. Bonzo Goes To Bitburg - Ramones
7. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
8. Corona - Minutemen
9. Lies - Greenhornes
10. Santa Monica - Everclear

The Top 114 Songs of 2014 will be posted soon.  Happy Chanukah!

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

The good news is that we have raised enough money to renew our contract with Live365 next month!  KJRW will stay online another year, and will have more room to store more songs and more people will be able to listen at a time without having to pay a subscription fee.  More!  More!  More!

Our rank among the rock stations on Live365 is holding steady.  We're just shy of being made a favorite 600 times. KJRW picked up a few more twitter followers this past week.  If you would like more frequent updates about the station, follow us on twitter or like the facebook page.

Your current favorite songs on KJRW are:

1. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
2. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
3. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
4. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
5. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
6. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
7. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
8. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
9. Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
10. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC

We continue our musical journey through 80's College Rock the rest of this month to 90's Alternative in December.  Thanks for coming along for the ride.

WHAT'S GOING ON (a week into November)

There's just a few weeks left of our contract with Live365, and we have raised enough money for a "bronze" renewal.  That is the minimum amount to keep KJRW online.  If we raise just $70 more, we will qualify for a "silver" contract.  What would that mean to you?  More listeners could tune in for free, and we could expand our library to play even more songs.

We did get off to a slow start on our fundraising because our campaign page on Go Fund Me was telling people they could not make donations.  That problem was fixed by making a brand new page:  http://www.gofundme.com/renewKJRW.

We're off to a good start in November.  The average time people spend listening to KJRW is double what it was in October.  Consequently, our rank has clicked up a few notches.  It is still Fall, so we are still rocking College style.  Our College Rock T-shirts will only be available in the KJRW Corner Store for a few more weeks.

                      

Your favorite songs the first week of November were:

1. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
2. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
3. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
4. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
5. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
6. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
7. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
8. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
9. Goo Goo Muck - Cramps
10. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus

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.

WHAT'S GOING ON (near the end of October)

Live365 VIPs are spending more time with KJRW lately.  VIPs get to listen commercial-free.  If you would like to test drive VIP for free for 5 days, click here.

Joan Jett was honored as Rocker of the Year by Little Kids Rock this past week, and we're happy to see she tops the list of your current favorite songs on KJRW:

1. Season of the Witch - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
2. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
3. The Busdrivers - Josh's Shirt
4. Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr.
5. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
6. Perfect Storm - Strypes
7. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
8. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
9. Kundalini Express - Love and Rockets
10. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots

More spooky tunes for Halloween week coming your way on KJRW.  College Rock continues in November.  In December, our contract is up for renewal with Live365.  Help us stay online with a small donation at http://www.gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle.

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

People have visited the KJRW station page at Live365.com 55 thousand times!

Your favorite songs this week were:

1. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
2. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
3. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots
4. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Stray - Heatmiser
6. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
7. Perfect Storm - Strypes
8. How Soon Is Now - Smiths
9. The Wait - Pretenders
10. Dresden Dolls - Fall

More spooky tunes as we get closer to Halloween.  More college rock in November.  And then...

We're not sure what will happen in December.  Our contract will be up with Live365.  If we don't raise enough money to renew, KJRW may go silent.  You can keep us online if you become a VIP, or donate what you can at http://www.gofundme.com/KJRW-WestSeattle.

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

Your favorite songs the first week of October were:

1. Till I Get My Way - Black Keys
2. Goodnight Tonight - Dollyrots
3. Pirate Song - Go Betty Go
4. Oh My God - Kaiser Chiefs
5. Stray - Heatmiser
6. You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
7. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
8. All This and More - Dead Boys
9. Perfect Storm - Strypes
10. The Wait - Pretenders

Over a couple hundred people visited the station page during the first week of the month.  Several people clicked on the heart to make KJRW a favorite.

KJRW got more twitter followers and more Facebook page likes.

Listen for College Rock and some spooky tunes all month long...

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...

WHAT'S GOING ON (in mid-September)

KJRW's rock rank is holding steady on Live365.com. The station has been made a favorite 575 times, and over 54 thousand streams have been launched.  It seems as though there have been some connection problems, with the signal dropping out a bit over the past week.  Thanks for not giving up, and pressing play again, again, and again!  Your current favorite songs are:

1. Rock & Roll Queen - The Subways
2. You Sound Like You're Sick - The Ramones
3. Girlsized - Glitter Mini 9
4. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. All This and More - Dead Boys
6. In Bloom - Nirvana
7. Perfect Storm - The Strypes
8. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
9. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
10. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

More College Rock just added from Dinosaur Jr., Faith No More, Joy Division and more!

KJRW has also picked up more Twitter followers this week.  If you would like more updates about the station, you can follow us  @KJRWwestseattle.

Find out what it's like to listen to KJRW without commercial interruptions.  Click this link:  http://www.live365.com/rewards/pm?tag=member_10222739915

KJRW continues to host trivia Sunday nights at 7:30 at West Seattle Brewing Company.  Come out and play!

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

The play button on KJRW was clicked for the 40 thousandth time yesterday.  A couple hundred of those streams were launched during the first week of September.  A few people made KJRW their favorite station on Live365.com this last week.  But, people are not listening for long amounts of time, so our rank slipped a bit.  You've heard College Rock on KJRW for the past few days, and a few songs made it into the Top Ten:

1. In Bloom - Nirvana
2. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
3. Rock & Roll Queen - Subways
4. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Prison Bound - Social Distortion
6. Girlsized - Glitter Mini 9
7. Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Perfect Storm - Strypes
9. Everybody's Out - Dum Dum Girls
10. Dear God - XTC

WHAT'S GOING ON (in mid-August)

KJRW's rank is rising!  Just about every visit to the station page results in a click of the play button.  Maybe people are getting used to the new layout changes Live365 made recently.

Your favorite songs this week were:

1. Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
2. Who Was In My Room Last Night? - Butthole Surfers
3. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
4. The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
5. Sliver - Nirvana
6. Take Me To Your, Leader - The Pudz
7. State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam
8. Somebody Else's Baby - Murder City Devils
9. One Way Or Another - Blondie
10. Prison Bound - Social Distortion

Just added tracks from the Adicts, Screaming Females, Black Wine and more!

Comment here if there is a song you would like to hear.

If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for trivia at the West Seattle Brewing Company Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m.