Bay Area music radio sucks. To a certain extent, most music radio sucks these days, but when you…read morecompare the Bay Area's selection of stations (corporate, college, NPR, etc.) to, say, what you can hear in L.A. County, it's not even close--L.A. wins every time. I grew up and went to college in L.A. County, and I spent way more time driving and, thus, listening to the radio in the 1990s and very early 2000s than I do in the Bay Area. Put another way, when I lived in Southern California, I had radio presets on my car. I've lived in San Francisco since 2003 and have had three cars over that time, and I've never bothered with radio presets, because aside from KQED, KALW, and KPFA (none of which are really music stations), it's generally not worth listening to the radio for music here. Until 2024, that is. I was running errands for an upcoming weekend trip, and I happened upon 92.7 FM, which is technically KEXC but which is just a repeater of 90.3 KEXP in Seattle. Whatever show I caught was really cool and eclectic, a combination of a college-radio station and Santa Monica's KCRW. The music was familiar and new at the same time, and the DJ sounded like a very polished college DJ. Over the next few months, I continued to listen to KEXP whenever I drove, and then, when I wasn't driving as much, I started streaming it. It's an amazing station with a long, interesting history in Seattle. Its current iteration is nonprofit, but it's not an NPR affiliate, as far as I can tell, and while it is still somehow connected to the University of Washington, it's not purely owned by the university. If they play anything other than music, I've never heard it. Not all the shows are the same, and some DJs are more interesting than others, but it's generally worth listening to at any time of the day. They have some Bay Area sponsors and ads as well, and while I generally abhor ads, most of them are for small businesses both here and in Seattle, so it feels like real community radio.

Came to KEXP just to get a Caffe Vita Del Sol and walked into a space that did not exist the last…read moretime I was around. It's gorgeous/huge and people are actually using it. I'm genuinely glad it's here. Brazil vs. Japan is on FIFA, my coffee is perfect, I grabbed a new Sub Pop tee because my old one is basically a thread, and my friend and I somehow scored the good leather seats. I walked straight into bliss and found myself in one of Seattle's best places to just exist for a minute.

From a performer's perspective: King FM Live is such an enjoyable experience…read more Love the thousands of CDs on the wall.. and although the recording room is rather small, they made great use of the space for our group. Our show: Evenings with Sean MacLean. He was uber-professional, calm (especially for such a quick set-up, warm-up, and run-through of how the program would proceed) and had a great voice!! Then - BOOM: "30 seconds to air!" Well damn... guess no going to the bathroom for the next hour.. Sean was great on the fly working with all the interviews and promoting other programs on our show. He made me want to listen to the station more often. Don't forget: no burping (so ex-nay on the Diet Coke beforehand) and turn your pages silently! :)

It is unusual these days to have a classical music station. So Seattle is lucky to have…read morecommercial-free 98.1 KING. Now, there are some big problems. The announcers often babble on inanely and on occasion make major blunders in their comments. And the station has fallen prey to being less concerned about the quality of the music and more concerned about the identity of the composer. The "The Classical KING FM Commitment to Diversity" page shows the station is in a self-defeating identity crisis. Finally, KING has no programming even close in quality to something like Karl Haas "Adventures in Good Music". In comparison, KING is superficial and chatty. Despite the big flaws, the station is commercial-free classical music, with good reception, hence the positive rating.

Are you serious?!! With no warning you just switch your programming? What did you offer your…read moreadvertisers - free air time if they'd stick with you in promoting your new lame music program? At least play something interesting - how about latin jazz, brasilian bossa nova, or the real TRUE golden oldies...sammy davis, the inkspots etc? And on top of that you take Coast to Coast off the air....I won't be tuning in at all. Let's see, you got rid of 'conservative' talk show hosts, kept your advertiser spots for filler "talk" programming weekends and midnight. Seems to me you must have gotten a pretty hefty sum to to shift in another direction. Wow, don't let the people listen or choose NOT to. Instead, just erase any vestiges of talk media from the airwaves. Guess that's how you roll.

Frankly... don't care what format KVI chooses to embrace...I just hope they…read more.. [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ Bring back Coast to Coast AM!!! ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

When flipping through the radio stations on my daily morning commute 102.5 is in the rotation. Get…read moremy classic rock on. Like pretty much every station they have some good hits that are awesome, and then a bunch in the rotation that play too often. I get a little worn out with Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird since it plays so often and definitely Stone Temple Pilots and Nirvana. Don't get me wrong. I love those bands! They just get play a lot, same songs too. Love it when they get some Guns N Roses or Ozzy going to wake me up in the traffic. The main thing that gets me tuned in is BJ Shea and Sarah. They're a good duo. My sizzling Hot take - Danny Bonaduce stepping down was a good move. I liked him, he was funny, and his "hot take" segments were funny, but his Life coach segment was ill advised. He'd often advise guys who had a friend cheating on their spouse to say nothing and even help them cover it up if need be. Like dude, that is not bro code. So, BJ Shea has taken it over and it's an improvement. Sorry Danny! Rock on KZOK.

Well in January 2025 I won tickets to the Billy Idol and Joan Jett concert from this radio station…read moreand they never sent me the tickets or information and I tried calling and calling and emailing texting nothing got through so I missed the concert that I was so looking forward to going to so these guys suck in my opinion I tried contacting the sales and marketing department the studio line no one replied to anything for months bad bad business and chance of a lifetime for me that I missed

95.7 The Jet! Probably my favorite radio station right next to KEXP. Seattle's Feel-Good Variety of…read morethe 80's and more. They deliver with tunes with lots of 80's pop, rock, hip-hop, soul, ballads and more. Plenty of artists... Huey Lewis & the news, Van Morrison, Madonna, Run DMC, Sade, Billy Paul...I think they do a good job mixing it up overall. I know there's complaints of repeated songs, but 95.7 is way better than the other stations I listen to. The Jet's morning show with Jodi and Bender is without a doubt the best of all the stations I tune into during my morning commute. I love playing along and laughing at the 'Puget Sound Showdown' - a quiz game where two random callers compete with one another (and Jodi or Bender who take turns) the other will be the question asker. First person to 5 correct answers wins - usually tickets to a show, bragging rights and move on to play again for the title. Listening in and playing along usually results in a laugh to get my day started which is always good. Jodi and Bender also do is a string of songs within a segment called "three songs we don't normally play, but probably should". The Listener chooses a song, Jodi chooses one, and Bender chooses one. Often times the listener chooses something uncommon like a random Tom Petty song, but still occasionally gets played but Jodi and Bender pull some random, and I mean random stuff out sometimes. I was listening one morning, and Jodi put on freakin' The Never-ending Story theme song by Limahl. I don't think it gets any more random and 80's than that. Yeah 95.7 The Jet is awesome. Tune in (can be done on their website too)

5 Minutes of commercials, 2 minutes of talk. Not for me, this station sucks…read moreMillen is great but just can't stand it

Local Freeform, DIY, FM and online radio station from Seattle, volunteer run and listener powered,…read moreopen to all ages! Old school radio with DJs and hosts that create and picked playlist to share with real people. A community space open to everybody. Volunteer with H.E.R. has been a an amazing learning experience.

In terms of a venue, this place is great. I've seen a lot of great local and out-of-town bands at…read morethis spot. It's quaint, and has a cool ambience. In terms of a radio station, it's awesome that they are playing eclectic music on FM. There is a wide array of content, from all walks of life. The owner is awesome, and should be commended for his efforts and making this place a reality. In terms of a volunteer organization, it absolutely fails. I volunteered there for several years, and found it to be very cliquey. Aside from one or two people, volunteers with more seniority make zero attempt to make you feel welcome, resulting in a high turnover of enthusiastic new members who stop coming after a few times. No one introduces themselves. Countless times I'd walk in to the station to be un-greeted, and looked over with apathy and indifference. It was so palpable at times, that it killed my enthusiasm and made me leave. Most of the contact between volunteers is done through email and Slack, a cloud-based collaboration tool. All of the regulars are quick to respond to one another, pat themselves on the back, and quick to tell you when you're doing something wrong, but if you have a question, they literally never, ever get back to you, unless they need something from you. That's the reason new people don't stick around, and that's the reason I left. Actual face-to-face meetings felt like a cool kids table. If you are a self-motivated, DIY kinda person who wants to have a radio show, you are certainly given the tools to get you there. If you want to feel like you a part of a community, you are ranked based on age, melanin, and genitalia. There's a lot of younger volunteers who pollute the meetings seeming to care nothing about music, professionalism, egalitarianism, and instead want to wear a provocative t-shirt and push their political agendas and SJW ideologies. Literally, the biggest safe space banner you will ever see hangs on the wall as a constant reminder that you're only welcome in this spot, if you fit the criteria. People went out of their way to make me feel unwelcome. A few times I was working in the station during a new member orientation, listening to the organizer with ill-fitted attire and a water bottle with an Antifa sticker say "like" every other word, and repeatedly making it clear that they don't want "bands with like, all white guys, like, playing shows here". No one is there to reprimand this unprofessional behavior, resulting in less than 1/10 of the new volunteers each meeting sticking around more than a few weeks. I suppose in defense of H.E.R., you're only as good as your volunteer base. I hope some fresh faces with outgoing personalities really clean up the place, but you'll, like, have the cards, like, stacked against you.

content is weak, hosts ramble and never get to the point. station just seems stale, stuck in the…read moreearly 2000s

One my favorite Seattle sports stations to listen to (Minus the 10am Elise Woodward show,) I love…read morelocal radio, much better then listening to national talk shows. Softy Mohler in the afternoon and Mitch in the Morning are very good sports shows! Love all the contest they do as well.

LOVE KJAQ 96.5 PM... When you need some old school jams from the 80's & 90's. From I've hit my…read morepreset dial so it's easy to locate. Also I can play on phone with my iHeartRadio app... At the moment I'm jamming out to Montell Jordon cause this is how we do it!

Iam very upset,I won 2 tickets to the concert Lynard Skynrd at the Puyallup fair grounds during the…read morefair the last day to be exact. I filled out the paper they requested and sent in the information and signed electronically online.I didn't hear anything from them ,I tried several more times to find out how or where should I get my tickets. Well needless to say I never received them .My daughter who drove over two hours one way and I we're all ready for a great concert and all we could hear was a little bit outside bummer be sure to be clear ,if you win something .What to do I'm still seeing-if they're going Make this right from now.we are just hoping. So I'll save my rating until then. Michele