Radio Station Guide

 

 

 

 Hollow Earth Radio - hollowearthradio.com

 

Hollow Earth Radio

PO BOX 70147

Seattle, WA 98127

 

Phone: 206.905.1250 (Leave tour stories, paranormal encounters, upcoming events, dreams, prank calls)

 

Hollow Earth Radio is a community-run online radio station that presents a forum for music, sounds and perspectives commonly under-represented by the media. They broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year and 366 on a leap year. 

Here is who they are, straight from the source:

"We support the local music community in the Pacific Northwest by exposing works that have yet to be unearthed or have long been dormant. We acknowledge and celebrate raw talent (i.e. bedroom recordings) and imperfections. We talk to the musicians, reveal the stories behind the artists, and learn about the actual people involved. We highlight human experience with an emphasis on found sound and field recordings within American Culture. We encourage community participation in adding to our archives. As a nonprofit radio station, we offer the local community access to training and knowledge on how to run an online radio station."

 

Your favorite band is playing and you simply cannot make it do not fret, Hollow Earth may just be there recording and streaming it live so tune in, all the time!

KBCS 91.3 – kbcs.fm

 

 

This is the Bellevue Community College radio station. It’s an odd creature, because it’s a pretty lefty station at a right-wing school (GW did public speaking dates there TWICE in 2000). This station is volunteer run and teaches classes on how to do radio programming. This is where to go to get the good informational shows like…

 

Democracy Now! - Weekdays Live 6-7 am and at 5-6 pm

 

Between the Lines - Monday 6:30-7 pm

 

CounterSpin - Tuesday 6:30-7 pm

 

Free Speech Radio News - Monday, Tuesday & Friday 6-6:30 pm

 

There are some other decent info radio shows – visit their website for more info.

 

Also good is their avant-jazz show: Straight, No Chaser - Mondays 9-11 p.m.

 

 

 

KEXP 90.3 – kexp.org

 

KEXP is a public radio station that is mostly standard indie-rock fare. It’s college radio technically, but it has no affiliation with UW other than being licensed by them.

 

The best show they have to offer is Sonic Reducer (Saturday 9pm-midnight) and plays all punk and hardcore. Also good is Audioasis, the local show, and that goes from 6pm-9pm on Saturdays.

 

 

 

KUOW 94.9 – kuow.org

 

The local public radio station that plays nothing but National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio International programs. Some of our personal favorites are On The Media (Sunday 6pm), Tavis Smiley Show (Sunday 7-9), and This American Life (Friday 7pm, Saturday 11am)

 

 

 

KPLU 88.5 – kplu.org

 

Before 3pm is when they play the good jazz. From 3-7 Mon-Fri, and Saturday mornings, they play NPR, PRI, and APM programs. Beware the occasional smooth jazz. Seattle is the home of Kenny G, afterall.

 

 

 

KGRG 89.9 – kgrg.com

 

KGRG is legit college radio, complete with awkward and poorly trained DJs, and an overabundance of pop-punk and metal. There’s a punk and hardcore show (Dead Air, Wednesday 7-10pm). There used to be some really great shows over the years, like a riotgrrl radio show, and my old favorite punk show, “For The Kids.” Sometimes KGRG doesn’t come in very well in Seattle, as it’s stationed in Auburn. This is a good station to get your band’s music played without too much trouble.

 

 

 

Pirate Radio!

 

 

 Pirate Radio is unfortunately highly illegal due to regulation of the airwaves by the FCC. Pirate radio does indeed exist in Seattle, but we won't advertise or inform anyone about it so as not to endanger the people doing it.