OCTOBER and KINGDOMS RISE and KINGDOMS FALL

Hope you enjoyed Punk Rock Weekend.  Listening time increased 13% in the past month!  You pushed the play button over 800 times and spent close to 3 thousand hours with KJRW.  Thanks for checking us out in the U.S., Germany, Canada, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Australia, Ecuador, and Slovenia.

KJRW takes you Under the Covers once again on the weekend of the 20th.  It will be a weekend full of punk rock cover songs.

We're also sprinkling in some spooky songs leading up to Halloween.

All Request Fall continues on KJRW....


....for as long as Radionomy keeps us online.  They dropped us an email saying the ax will fall on the 28th if listening does not keep rising.  So, keep pressing that play button and tell your friends to do the same!

UNDERCOVER REPRISE

Your favorite feature is back this weekend.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW.  It's the only time you will hear songs made famous by Nancy Sinatra, Sister Sledge, The Animals, Britney Spears, Prince, Pink Floyd, and John Lennon - because they're covered by Punk/Alternative artists.  Listen this weekend!

There are less than 7 weeks until our day of reckoning with our web host, Radionomy.  At the end of October, they will decide if KJRW has enough listening time to stay online.  We are currently at 58% of the goal.

All Request Fall is underway.  KJRW plays all your song suggestions.  Comment with yours now.

NEW SONG

Hey, so we got some news from Radionomy that we would like to share:  
"In order to promote a wide international community of independent artists and young talents, Radionomy joins its sister company Jamendo Licensing to provide the Producers of radio stations Radionomy with musical streams regularly updated in more than 20 different music genres such as Pop Rock, Classical, World, Britpop and many more.
From now on, you'll be able at your convenience to select tracks among these various streams...  and add them into your own music... Using Radionomy Streams is optional, however, from May 15, 2018, in order to promote emergent artists and reduce a little bit the broadcasting costs, Radionomy will inject in your planning one of these Jamendo tracks, selected in the music genre of your station, every 3 hours (either approximately 2% of your playlist), only if none of these tracks has been scheduled in the planning for three hours."

What does this mean?  Our interpretation is that Radionomy will somehow offset some of their costs by forcing every station on their site to play music from their sister company.  It's true that most of the music KJRW plays was created decades ago, but we are not unwilling to play new songs.  In fact, it is inspiring to hear new alternative/punk rock.  We enjoy playing new tracks from indie artists, and encourage new bands to send us their music.  Just the other day, a band from Portland, OR, Riot AF sent their new single to kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com.  We are happy to add it to our playlist.  However, the idea of some random song popping up every few hours is not appealing.  
Check out Radionomy's list of categories of music:

One punk song.  ONE.  And we listened to it.  It's not very punk rock.  What exactly is Drone Music?  Will some Gangsta Rap suddenly emerge from your speaker while listening to KJRW?  Tune in this week to find out.

Better yet, listen this weekend for a KJRW Punk Rock Weekend!  Nothing but Punk Rock all weekend long on KJRW --- well ya know, except for the occasional Jazz track Radionomy inserts.

GUESS WHO'S BACK

Get Under the Covers with us again!  KJRW returns to Radionomy for a limited time only!

How limited?  One month? Three months?  Nine months?  Longer?
That depends completely upon YOU.  If you listen long time, we'll stick around.

DJ Spinster is back, playing songs from The Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Green Day, Black Flag, Rancid, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Bad Religion, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, and many more.

KJRW has a new promotions director, Bass Master Nate.  He's in charge of getting the word out about the station.  Please give him a warm welcome, and help him by telling your friends about KJRW.

Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and now Instagram!

Comment with a song request.

Tune in THIS THURSDAY, February 1st for the return of the prodigal radio station. 

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

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

One week into March, listening has increased 8%.  Let's keep it going!  If we stay at this pace, Radionomy will keep KJRW online at the end of the month.

Those rascals at Radionomy have mislabeled a Ramones song in our playlist.  The first listener that discovers this mistake and emails us at kjrwwestseattle@yahoo.com with the correct title and what it was changed to will win a crisp one hundred dollar bill!

KJRW goes green this St. Patrick's Day, playing a Green Day song every hour!  Listen for all the hits, deeper cuts, mashups, and covers from Green Day on the 17th.

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

Hello and welcome to February!  It's been a month since our forced "relaunch" of KJRW on Radionomy.  We are happy to announce that we met our listening goal for January.  Folks spent time with the station in the U.S., Germany, France, Canada, U.K., Poland, Spain, Hungary, Australia, and Mexico.  KJRW was heard in 37 of the 50 United States.

It's a new month with a new listening goal.  We are currently at 40% of our ultimate goal.  Our personal goal is to get halfway there by the end of February.  All you have to do is listen.  No subscription necessary.  It doesn't cost you a dime.

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

Spring is just around the corner.  What would you like to hear on KJRW?

Listen for LOVE songs on the 14th!  

Get Under the Covers with KJRW now!

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

KJRW is on whenever you want to listen.  And it is FREE.  No registration necessary.

WHAT'S GOING ON (At the Beginning of our 7th Year)

KJRW CELEBRATES 3 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

AS WE BEGIN OUR 7TH YEAR ONLINE

Keep KJRW online by listening.  Radionomy asks us for 40 more hours a day of listening in order for us to stay on.

A week into December, KJRW has gone undercover.  The Clash and Dead Kennedys both cover I Fought the Law.  A Perfect Circle covers John Lennon.  Cage the Elephant covers the Talking Heads.  Devo covers the Rolling Stones.  Foo Fighters cover Prince.  Green Day covers the Kinks.  Nirvana covers Bowie.  The Offspring cover the Ramones.  Rage Against the Machine covers Bob Dylan.  Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Stevie Wonder.  Smashing Pumpkins cover Fleetwood Mac.  Stone Temple Pilots cover Led Zeppelin.  All this and more, all winter long.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW.

And this Monday, KJRW declares war on Christmas!  Listen for punk rock holiday themed songs sprinkled into the mix through the 25th.

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

We're a couple weeks into New Wave Summer on KJRW.  Lots of Bowie, B-52's, Depeche Mode, The Cure and more mixed in with the Alternative and Punk Rock.

This weekend, take advantage of the Had A Dad's Day Sale at the KJRW Corner Store.  Get up to 30% off clothing with code APPAREL30.

And as always, KJRW brings you the music round of the Shadowland Pub Quiz the Last Monday of the Month.  This time (June 27th) we will be there LIVE and IN PERSON!  Join us at the corner of Oregon and California in West Seattle.  Enjoy happy hour food specials throughout the quiz and happy hour drink specials starting at 10 p.m.  Win free drinks and crap from our studio.  Come Out and Play at 8.

KJRW GOES GREEN

Top o' the mornin' to ya!  KJRW has gone green for St. Patty's Day.  Tune in today to hear a Green Day song every hour.  According to our extremely scientific Twitter poll, your favorite is When I Come Around, so we'll be sure to be giving that a spin.

Speaking of Twitter, we've picked up more followers.  And it's not creepy at all.  The more the merrier! 

Also, the more listening hours we have, the longer we stay online.  You can help by making sure you listen in every day and by sharing KJRW with your friends.

While the cabbage is boiling on the front burner, we have something cooking on the back burner for April Fool's Day that we think you're sure to enjoy...

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

The first couple of weeks on Radionomy has gone well for KJRW.  
Hope you enjoyed the love songs over the weekend.  We're back Under the Covers now and for the rest of the month.  
We've picked up more followers on Twitter and amassed new likes for the Facebook page.  
Our audience has expanded from the U.S., Canada, Russia, Brazil and Mexico to France, Japan, U.K., Germany and Finland.  
Over a thousand streams have been launched in the last couple weeks!  And we want more!  Please share KJRW with your friends.  
We can now also be heard on TuneIn.

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 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.

THE TOP 115 OF 2015

It's the end of the year, so there has to be a countdown, right?  Newcomer Big Data tops the list of songs you gave the thumbs up.  The Clash, Ramones and Social Distortion are in a three way tie for most songs in the countdown.  Here is the Top 115 of 2015:

1. Dangerous – Big Data
2. Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
3. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Change the World – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
5. Woman – Wolfmother
6. Know Your Rights – Clash
7. Violet – Hole
8. Human Fly – Cramps
9. Strangelove – Depeche Mode
10.  Song 2 – Blur
11.  I Was Wrong – Social Distortion
12. Porch – Pearl Jam
13. Nearly Lost You – Screaming Trees
14.  Incinerate – Sonic Youth
15.  Suspect Device – Stiff Little Fingers
16.  Maxwell Murder – Rancid
17.  Communist Eyes – Germs
18.  Cannonball – Breeders
19.  Drug Train – Social Distortion
20.  Merchandise – Fugazi
21.  Got the Time – Anthrax
22.  Seether – Veruca Salt
23.  Fall Behind Me – Donnas
24.  I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are – Runaways
25.  Teen Age Riot – Sonic Youth
26.  Celebrity Skin – Hole
27.  Breathe – Prodigy
28.  Bittersweet Symphony – Verve
29.  Ring of Fire – Social Distortion
30.  Rockaway Beach – Ramones
31.  God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols
32.  All Apologies – Nirvana
33.  Look Back and Laugh – Minor Threat
34.  Bad Reputation – Joan Jett
35.  American Idiot – Green Day
36.  The Passenger – Iggy Pop
37.  Blood Sugar Sex Magic – Red Hot Chili Peppers
38.  Self Esteem – Offspring
39.  Clampdown – Clash
40.  Suburban Home – Descendents
41.  Los Angeles – X
42.  Tighten Up – Black Keys
43.  Love In Plaster – Hives
44.  Corona – Minutemen
45.  We Are the One – Avengers
46.  1 2 X U – Wire
47.  Halloween II – Misfits
48.  Waiting Room – Fugazi
49.  Questioning My Sanity – L7
50.  My Hero – Foo Fighters
51.  Empty Head – Screaming Females
52.  Henrietta – Fratellis
53.  Let’s Dance – David Bowie
54.  Quitter – Rhones
55.  It Haunts You Now – Go Betty Go
56.  If You Could Only See – Tonic
57.  Paul Revere – Beastie Boys
58.  Indecent – Spunk Lads
59.  Radio – New Hell Republic
60.  Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little Fingers
61.  Pronoia – Strange Wilds
62.  Underground – Sneaker Pimps
63.  House of the Rising Sun – Adolescents
64.  Straight To Hell – Clash
65.  Radar Love – Ministry
66.  Bodies – Sex Pistols
67.  Repeater – Fugazi
68.  Sappy – Nirvana
69.  Kids In America – Kim Wilde
70.  I Hate Myself For Loving You – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
71.  Natural One – Folk Imposion
72.  Howlin’ For You – Black Keys
73.  My Generation – Green Day
74.  I Just Wanna Have Something To Do – Ramones
75.  New Wind – 7 Seconds
76.  The Hardest Button To Button – White Stripes
77.  What Love Is – Dead Boys
78.  Kiss Them For Me – Siouxsie and the Banshees
79.  Friction – Television
80.  Wild Thing – X
81.  Lexicon Devil - Germs
82.  Wendy – Descendents
83.  Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
84.  Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
85.  Ven Cerca – Girl In A Coma
86.  Nazi Punks Fuck Off – Dead Kennedys
87.  Spoonman – Soundgarden
88.  Rise – Public Image Ltd.
89.  Closer – Nine Inch Nails
90.  One Way Or Another – Blondie
91.  Straight Ahead – Pennywise
92.  Stranger Than Fiction – Bad Religion
93.  Rocket – Smashing Pumpkins
94.  Prisoner of Society – Living End
95.  What Do I Get? – Buzzcocks
96.  We Care A Lot – Faith No More
97.  Crimson Wave – Tacocat
98.  Queer – Garbage
99.  Search and Destroy – Iggy and the Stooges
100. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
101. Two of a Kind – Beat Dolls
102. Precious – Pretenders
103. Pigs In Zen – Jane’s Addiction
104. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes
105. Sweet Jane – Velvet Underground
106. Give It Away – Red Hot Chili Peppers
107. Just Like Heaven – The Cure
108. Jocko Homo – Devo
109. Wild in the Street – Circle Jerks
110. Kick Me to the Curb – Dollyrots
111. When You Find Out – Nerves
112. Kick Out the Jams – Bad Brains with Henry Rollins
113. Plowed – Sponge
114. Scoff – Nirvana
115. Ghost Town – Specials

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

We're a week into December and KJRW has been Under the Covers.  There were 500 visits to the station page this week.  There are back-to-back Joan Jett songs on your favorite song list this week, which makes our Jetthead Program Director happy.  There are also a couple cover songs.  Maybe there will be more next time.

1. Scoff - Nirvana
2. Plowed - Sponge
3. Porch - Pearl Jam
4. Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers
5. I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are - Runaways
6. Change the World - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
7. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Wild Thing - X
9. 1 2 X U - Wire
10. Fell in Love with a Girl - White Stripes

KJRW Declares War on Christmas later this month!  

Get Under the Covers with KJRW all winter long!

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

There are only a couple weeks left of ALL Request FALL on KJRW.  Here are the current most requested songs:

1. Halloween II - Misfits
2. My Hero - Foo Fighters
3. Celebrity Skin - Hole
4. Porch - Pearl Jam
5. Howlin' For You - Black Keys
6. Waiting Room - Fugazi
7. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
8. I Wanna Be Where the Boys Are - Runaways
9. Breathe - Prodigy
10. Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers

Remember to join us the last Monday of the month (November 30th) at the Shadowland Pub Quiz.   The trivia questions and Happy Hour food specials start at 8 p.m.  Win FREE drinks and more, where Oregon meets California in West Seattle.  There's NO ENTRY FEE, so Come Out and Play!

KJRW's 5th year online ends in a couple weeks.  You can help keep us online with a donation.  We begin our 6th year with your favorite feature, Under the Covers!  Punk Rock versions of Pop songs.  Punk Rock versions of Classic Rock songs.  Punk Rock versions of -- Punk Rock songs.  Get Under the Covers with KJRW this December and all winter long!

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.

TOP TEN TRACKS

A week (or so) into August, these are your favorite songs playing on KJRW:

1. Maxwell Murder - Rancid
2. Shout - Tears For Fears
3. Know Your Rights - Clash
4. New Wind - 7 Seconds
5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols
6. Rockaway Beach - Ramones
7. Pronoia - Strange Wilds
8. Got the Time - Anthrax
9. Ring of Fire - Social Distortion
10. Strangelove - Depeche Mode

We just uploaded about 40 more tunes.  If you like a song, click the thumb or arrow up while it's playing on KJRW, and you may see it in the next posted list.

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

New Wave Summer is in full swing on KJRW.  We've been enjoying songs from INXS, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Split Enz and more.  Listeners have made us a favorite station 700 times.  Your most liked tunes overall right now are:

1. Communist Eyes - The Germs
2. Los Angeles - X
3. Kids In America - Kim Wilde
4. American Idiot - Green Day
5. Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Dead Kennedys
6. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
7. Sappy - Nirvana
8. I Will Buy You A New Life - Everclear
9. It Haunts You Now - Go Betty Go
10. Questioning My Sanity - L7

KJRW will once again be hosting trivia in West Seattle. Watch this space for details.

TOP TRACKS (APRIL)

The Top Tracks for April were:

1. Woman - Wolfmother
2. Shut Your Face - Bratmobile
3. Human Fly - The Cramps
4. Dangerous - Big Data
5. Precious - The Pretenders
6. Queer - Garbage
7. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
8. Cannonball - The Breeders
9. Oh Come On - The Julie Ruin
10. Wendy - The Descendents
11. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
12. Why Can't I - Big Eyes
13. Search and Destroy - Iggy & the Stooges
14. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
15. Fall Behind Me - The Donnas

Click the thumbs up icon when your favorite song is playing on KJRW to see it make the list.

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

KJRW celebrated the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in April. More streams were launched than in March and February. There were the most visits to the station page since last June.
However, people spent slightly less time listening, so our rank dropped a bit. They were listening to KJRW the most in the U.S., Belarus, Spain, Canada, Hungary, New Zealand, Italy, Venezuela, Slovak Republic and Germany. Tops in listening inside the U.S. were:  Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Denver, CO; New York and Albany, NY; El Paso, TX; Chicago, IL; Grand Rapids, MI and Atlanta, GA.

New Wave Summer is right around the corner.  Listen to KJRW now: KJRW-West Seattle-Alternative & Punk Rock.