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.

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 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.

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

I listen to this radio 2 or 3 times a week so this makes me a customer…read more I listen to music selections in morning. I love Delilah's voice.

No longer country music. Still has good music, Hut I only listened cause it had only country.read more

Since Linda Thomas is gone, time for update review, Still dont like the Ron and Don show- they are…read morejust AWFUL and cant understand why they are still on KIRO (Specially when KIRO has gotten rid of better talent) Dave Ross is still pretty good, although I disagree with his views 95% of the time lol. The John and Tom show following Dave is great and love the two together! And then there is Dori Monson- love listening to him After Dori is off, I switch stations since i cant handle listening to Ron and Don for more then 5 minutes.

Right wing slop. Tom Curley sucks. The afternoon show sucks. Ursula's takes are super cringe. I'm…read moretired of listening to a bunch of boomers and wealthy radio personalities complain about the world their generation built. CBS=hot garbage. Gee is legit - but can't figure out why he sticks it out other than his paycheck.

Hot 103.7 is in my rotation and best I can tell is the only Hip/hop, R&B and soul station. It's…read morepretty much like Hot 97.1 back east NNJ/NYC, even has Ed Lover popping on for station related adverts and talking the Ed Lover Experience which I'm pretty sure are mostly prerecorded. Tiffany Warner is whom I usually hear during my morning commute. She's good, but nothing particularly special. No morning show, unless I miss it, just music and commercials. Always hoping to catch a string of songs and not commercials. If it's not commercials, sadly Hot 103.7 is either Hot or cold with their tracks. when they're hot like this morning where they hit a string some classics/throwbacks of all lady MC's - Lauryn Hill, Eve, Aaliyah and of course Missy Elliott since she's coming to town in a few weeks. This is where it gets cold. If anyone is coming to town they play their stuff, CONSTANTLY, and it's not even varying their library. If I hear "Work It" one more time.... Even when it's not that I place bets with myself before tuning to 103.7 that I'll most likely hear 50 Cent, Nelly or DMX. I feel like 7/10 times It's one of their songs being played. Or of course Sir Mix Alot/Macklemore for obvious reasons. Despite my issues, Hot 103 is ok.

Repetition of music making your station boring. We have so many hiphop songs but you guys plays…read moresame music everyday too boring

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.

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

Hear all the latest songs from ten years ago!…read more Wow what an UN-kickass radio station! Go Clear Channel! I am un-fortunately forced to listen to this worthless station far too much during my work day. They don't have a DJ but I have to say I am a far bigger fan of DJ's than computer controlled randomizers. Listening to this station can be done in almost every major city, that's right the exact same station is in over 50 markets. If you enjoy a mix of music from the 80's and 90's music that's not particularly any good, or in any sort of well strung together fashion, all the while enjoying NOT supporting your local music, or anything local for that matter than this is the station for you!

This station has been so many things. For a long time it was oldies then it became K-rock which was…read morea cheap KISW 99.9 imitation. Now they are the jack. They need to make up their minds. Now instead of a cheap KISW copy they are a cheap copy of 92.5 They need to be original when creating a new station or go back to being an oldies station. Copying others fails because you aren't doing anything new and exiting, you are just being a thief of ideas when you really think about it.