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what a day! new station coming on-air

Yesterday morning (Wed) I started this post about how The Colorado Sound Live365 works … I did not have time to finish.  Had to take the dog to vet for her checkup .. then had to take car to mechanic to have something fixed in order to sell it.  At 11:30 I met one of the nicest human beings … just been in Denver a week, stationed with the Navy at Buckley.  Drives a bad-ass Camero SS.  He needed a second car.  We hung out nearly all day as we were doing the deal, and talking about the world.

I came home to find that beginning May 7 folks in SW Colorado will be able to hear The Colorado Sound on the following frequencies thanks to KSUT (Durango).  The show will initially air on Thursday nights from 10-midnight with the possibility of moving it to a “more prominent time” later in the summer according to the email I received.

90.1 FM – Durango & La Plata County
89.3 FM – Central Durango
88.1 FM – Farmington & northwest New Mexico
88.1 FM – Pagosa Springs
100.1 FM – Cortez, Mancos & Montezuma County
91.9 FM – Dolores
91.1 FM – Silverton

Online at www.ksut.org and on iTunes Radio.

So beginning MAY 7 these are the FM frequencies that folks can dial into where they can hear The Colorado Sound.  Some carry both hours, some carry only Hour 2, bringing the total frequency-hours broadcast to 56 per week.  Now THAT’s some coverage.

  1. Aspen 88.3
  2. Basalt / Redstone 88.5
  3. Boulder 102.7
  4. Breckenridge 90.7
  5. Buena Vista 89.9
  6. Carbondale / Glenwood 88.1
  7. Central Durango 89.3
  8. Cortez, Mancos & Montezuma County 100.1
  9. Denver/Golden 91.7
  10. Dillon 88.1
  11. Dolores – 91.9
  12. Down Valley 5
  13. Durango & La Plata County – 90.1
  14. Eagle Valley 99.7
  15. Estes Park 90.7
  16. Farmington & northwest New Mexico 88.1
  17. Front Range (Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont) 91.5
  18. Grand County 91.9
  19. Haxtun/Holyoke 90.5
  20. Julesburg/Ovid 89.1
  21. Leadville 91.7
  22. Leadville 93.5
  23. Morgan County 96.7
  24. North Park 90.7
  25. Northern Colorado (Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland) 88.9
  26. Northern Colorado (Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland) 94.9
  27. Norwood 89.5
  28. Pagosa Springs 88.1
  29. Salida 89.9
  30. Silverton 91.1
  31. Steamboat Springs 88.5
  32. Sterling 90.3
  33. Telluride/Orphir 89.3/91.7
  34. Thomasville 94.9
  35. Vail 90.9
  36. Westcliffe/Wet Mountain Valley 95.9
  37. Wray 93.5
  38. Yuma 88.3

Oh yeah, these are the top 15 songs heard in the past month on The Colorado Sound Live365 … in case you’ve been missing it lately.  List is alpha.

Acoustic Junction – Every Heart – Strange Days
Calder’s Revolvers – I Gotta Know – Sunday Morning
Drew Schofield – Break It Down – 150 Million (-1) – EP
Fierce Bad Rabbit – Crystal Ball – Living Asleep
Gregory Alan Isakov – Saint Valentine – The Weatherman
Lionel Young Band – Somethin’ ‘Bout A Rumba – On Our Way To Memphis
Motet – 123 – Motet
Nathaniel Rateliff – Nothing to Show For – Falling Faster Than You Can Run
Pandas & People – Out To Sea – SpokesBUZZ Volume V: Band Together
P-Nuckle – The System – The System
Richie Furay – We Were the Dreamers – Hand in Hand
The Apples In Stereo – Nobody But You – Travellers In Space And Time
The Informants – Salvation – Crime Scene Queen
The Samples – Close To The Fires – The Samples
Yo, Flaco! – Nice Guys – The Skinny
Yonder Mountain String Band – Criminal – The Show

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NEWS NOTES and SPINS – MARCH 1 2015

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RADIO NEWS and NOTES

kgnu logoYou’ve only got a couple of days left to get in on this job opening … KGNU Community Radio, broadcast from Boulder and Denver, Colorado, and streamed online, seeks a full-time Station Manager to lead their nonprofit broadcast and online media organization. See http://kgnu.org/StationManagerSearch for required and desired qualifications. Please email your application to job@kgnu.org by March 5, 2015. No phone calls, please. KGNU is an EEOC employer.

logo-openairOpen Air 1340 is now Open Air 102.3FM.  And if you haven’t listened, and you’re under 40 and/or you’re into music that you probably have never heard of before, this is a remarkable addition to the FM dial in the Denver metro – extending up just north of Longmont.

KUNC 2Congrats to former Fort Collins Coloradoan reporter Stacy Nick who got laid off at one gig to land another equally impressive role as Culture Arts & Music reporter for 91.5FM KUNC.  On Feb 26th, she posted, “Attn Colorado bands headed to ‪#‎SXSW2015‬: If you haven’t sent in a copy of your latest CD to KUNC yet, do so now. We’re going to be highlighting a bunch of you in the coming weeks. KUNC, 1901 56th Ave. Suite 200, Greeley, CO 80634 ‪#‎COMusic‬”

support local culture logoArtists Wanted for Support Local Culture Support Local Culture is a joint venture between KRFC 88.9 FM and Noosa Yoghurt. The program provides Northern Colorado arts and culture nonprofit organizations and individual artists with an opportunity to promote themselves through KRFC.  MORE

VIDEO PICKS – FEBRUARY

TOP 40 Spins February 2015

Our TOP 3 this month are exceptional in the number of stations and frequencies cuts from the release were heard on.  Of the 15 stations surveyed, the top 3 appeared on 8, 9, and 7 stations respectively.  No other titles this month appeared on more than 4 stations surveyed.  Of the 15 station/shows surveyed, 8 did not have even the minimum 10 titles necessary to be reflected in the STATION by STATION breakouts.

235 titles tracked – 8 TOP 40 DEBUTS / 16 Adds to tracking
Titles tracked = released between Sept 2013 and Feb 2015
109 (47%) titles identified as played at least once in the reporting period
Stations/shows surveyed: 15
(CC) = Colorado Connection
(D) = album/ep/single debut on chart
(R) = re-enter
[date] = Date added to reporting list

bill frisell_guitar in the space age(1) 1. Bill Frisell – Guitar In the Space Age(Okeh Records) Instrumental [18-Nov-14]
(3) 2. Hot Rize – When I’m Free(Thirty Tigers) Bluegrass [6-Sep-14]
(15) 3. Chris Daniels & the Kings – Funky To the Bone (Moon Voyage) Blues / r&b / funk [15-Jan-15]
(11) 4. Brothers Keeper – Todd Meadows (8150 Records) Rock [20-Dec-14]
(8) 5. Jeff Austin – The Simple Truth (Yep Roc) Rock / bluegrass [1-Jan-15]
(18) 6. Land Lines – The Natural World (self) Indie/New Alternative [31-Jan-15]
(2) 7.  Leftover Salmon –High Country (LoS) Rock / country-rock / bluegrass [8-Nov-14]
(5) 8. Various – SpokesBUZZ Compilation V: Band Together (SpokesBUZZ) Variety [20-Dec-14]
(4) 9. Ark Life– The Dream of You & Me (Greater Than Collective) Rock / folk [28-Jun-14]
(23) 10. Reed Foehl – Lost in the West  (NeverFoehl Records) Folk / singer-songwriter [13-Sep-14]
(10) 11. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head (SCI Fidelity) Rock / jamband [12-Apr-14]
(27) 12. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey  (self) Indie/New Alternative [26-Apr-14]
(D) 13. Paul Mullikin – Time Is Now (self) Jazz/Instrumental [1-Feb-15]
(D) 14. Selasee & the Fafa Family – Time for Peace (self) World / reggae [30-Jan-15]
(33) 15. Ben Markley-Clint Ashlock Quintet – The Return (Dazzle Jazz) Jazz/Instrumental [22-Nov-14]
(12) 16. Euforquestra – Fire (self) Funk / jamband [22-Feb-14]
(D) 17. Nathaniel Rateliff – Closer EP (Mod y Vi Records) Indie/ Folk [28-Jan-15]
(13) 17. Strange Americans – That Kind of Luster(self) Rock [23-Aug-14]
(7) 18. Tennis – Ritual in Repeat (Communion Records) Indie/New Alternative [14-Aug-14]
(R) 19. Young Ancients – Y/A (self) Americana [22-Feb-14]
(21) 20. The Motet– The Motet (self) Urban Contemporary /  funk [4-Jan-14]
(D) 21. Rose Quartz – Axis of Love (self) Pop / electronic [1-Feb-15]
(R) 22. Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Black Beehive (Shout! Factory) Rock / blues [25-Jan-14]
(R) 23. Dianne Reeves – Beautiful Life (Concord) Urban Contemporary / jazz / soul [11-Feb-14]
(R) 24. Blake Brown & American Dust Choir – “3” (self) Rock [23-Aug-14]
(D) 25. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – The Drawing Back of Curtains (Youngest Daughter Records) Folk [13-Jan-15]
(R) 25. Nathaniel Rateliff – Falling Faster Than You Can Run (Mod y Vi Records) Indie / New Alternative / Folk [1-Sep-13]
(D) 26. Gerald Albright – Slam Dunk (Heads Up Music) Jazz/Instrumental [1-Sep-14]
(D) 26. Gipsy Moon – Autumn’s Retreat (self) Folk [1-Feb-15]
(28) 27. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters (self) Bluegrass [1-Oct-13]
(R) 28. Musketeer Gripweed – Floods and Fires (self) Rock / jamband [29-Mar-14]
(R) 29. Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner (Remington Road Records) Americana / folk [21-Dec-13]
(9) 30. Todd Adelman – Highways & Lowways (Porch Lantern Music) Rock / country-rock [8-Jan-15]
(R) 31. John Oates – Good Road to Follow (PS Records) Pop / adult contemporary [18-Mar-14]
(R) 31. Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls (Marion-Lorraine) Pop / adult contemporary [26-Apr-14]
(19) 31. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake –Totem (self) Indie/New Alternative [8-Nov-14]
(D) 32. AMZY – We Don’t Walk, We Dance (self) Pop / rock [21-Feb-15]
(20) 32.  Calder’s Revolvers – Sunday Morning (self) Rock / R&B [13-Jun-14]
(R) 32. The Seers – Deaf in June (self) Rock [27-Sep-14]
(25) 33. Fierce Bad Rabbit – Living Asleep (self) Rock / pop [19-Jul-14]

FELL OUT OF TOP 40 FEB
6. Dana Landry Trio – Memphis Skyline
14. Elephant Revival- These Changing Skies
16. Pandas & People – S/T
17. Safe Boating is No Accident – Bonus Features
17. The Longest Day of the Year – Carapace
18. Born to Wander – S/T
22. Rob Drabkin – Little Steps EP
24. Eef & the Blues Express – All Rivers Run to the Sea
26. Fruition & Grant Farm – Meeting On the Mountain
29. Esme Patterson – Woman to Woman
30.  Kyle Hollingsworth – Speed of Life
30. The Sound and Color – S/T
31. Kate LeRoux – Phoenix
31. Richard Dean – Accidental Human
31. Sofie Reed – Red Hen
32. Ben Gallagher – Heart Shaped Rocks
32. J. Miller Band – One More High, One More Low

ADDED TO TRACKING FEBRUARY 2015
All Indians, No Chiefs – The Danger Mission EP
AMZY – We Don’t Walk, We Dance
Chemistry Club – Copia 1 – The Electric Hush EP
Clouds & Mountains – Slumber
CRL CRRLL – Good Influence
Dearling – Do You Love Me [single]
Dirty Few – Party or Don’t
Gipsy Moon – Autumn’s Retreat
H2 Big Band – It Could Happen
Juno What?! – Stranger
Land Lines – The Natural World
Patrick Lee – Remixes Vol 1
Paul Mullikin – Time Is Now
Peter Sommer – Narrando Historias
Plum – Hello Miss Yellow [single]
Rose Quartz – Axix of Love

STATION BY STATION

[XX] = number of reported current year (Sept 2013-Feb 2015) titles
Stations monitored for spins = KAFM, KBUT, KDUR, KGNU, KOTO, KRCC, KRFC, KRZA, KSJD, KSUT, KUNC, KVNF, OPENAIR 1340, Radio 94.9 Colorado,  The Colorado Sound radio show and The Colorado Sound LIVE365

bill frisell_guitar in the space ageKAFM (Grand Junction) [17]
1. Bill Frisell – Guitar In the Space Age
2. Paa Kow – Ask
3. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
4. Chris Daniels & the Kings – Funky To the Bone
4. Quemando – Paradise

Hot Rize_When I'm FreeKDUR (Durango) [20]
1. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
2. Leftover Salmon – High Country
3. Born to Wander – S/T
4. Chain Station – Dancin’ With the Law
4. The String Cheese Incident – Song in My Head

Hot Rize_When I'm FreeKGNU (Boulder) [15]
1. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
2. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Totem
3. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – The Drawing Back of Curtains
3. The Railsplitters – The Railsplitters
4. Ark Life – The Dream of You and Me

cary morin tiny townKRFC (Fort Collins) [+80]
1. Cary Morin – Tiny Town
2. Jeff Austin – The Simple Truth
3. Chris Daniels & the Kings – Funky To the Bone
4. Danielle Ate the Sandwich – The Drawing Back of Curtains
5. Bill Frisell – Guitar In the Space Age

jeff austin simple truthKUNC (Greeley) [17]
1. Jeff Austin – The Simple Truth
2. Ark Life – The Dream of You and Me
2. Chris Daniels & the Kings – Funky To the Bone
2. Hot Rize – When I’m Free
2. You, Me and Apollo – Sweet Honey

land lines the natural worldOPEN AIR 102.3 FM (Denver) [40]
1. Land Lines – The Natural World
2. Dirty Few – Party or Don’t
3. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake – Totem
4. Ark Life – The Dream of You and Me
5. Plum – Hello Miss Yellow (single)

BROTHERSKEEPERThe Colorado Sound [40]
1. Brothers Keeper – Todd Meadows
2. Various – SpokesBUZZ Compilation V
3. Land Lines – The Natural World
4. Ben Markley~Clint Ashlock Quintet – The Return
4. Chris Daniels & the Kings – Funky to the Bone

Job opening: KGNU seeks a Station Manager

kgnu logoKGNU Community Radio, broadcast from Boulder and Denver, Colorado, and streamed online, seeks a full-time Station Manager to lead their nonprofit broadcast and online media organization. See http://kgnu.org/StationManagerSearch for required and desired qualifications. Please email your application to job@kgnu.org by March 5, 2015. No phone calls, please. KGNU is an EEOC employer.