Category Archives: Fall Membership Drive

The Final Countdown... of the Last 40 Years on KEXP

By KEXP | Published: October 6, 2012

Thank you so much to everyone who supported KEXP in our successful Fall Fundraising Drive! You all truly power KEXP and allow us to continue to foster music discovery by listeners all over the world! As you heard last week, we counted down the top albums of the past 40 years -- since the stationRead more...

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Friday On My Mind: 1972

By John Richards | Published: October 5, 2012

It’s time again for Friday on My Mind our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. Today as the 2012 Fall Fundraising Drive draws to a close, we are also wrapping up our countdown of the greatest albumsRead more...

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Countdown Predictions: Local Music

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 5, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Fall Fundraising Drive: Live Music Matters

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 4, 2012

What a whirlwind of special programming this week has been! I’m still humming classic songs from last night’s 1972 flashback edition of “The Roadhouse” (damn you, Greg Vandy, for getting “Stuck In The Middle With You” wedged in my noggin!), and I’ve been closely monitoring our countdown of the top albums of the past 40Read more...

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Countdown Predictions: Americana

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 4, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Countdown Predictions: Classic Rock

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 3, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Fall Fundraising: Radio Free Antarctica

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 2, 2012

One of my favorite things about the KEXP fundraising drives is hearing from our donors via phone and e-mail why they choose to power KEXP. This note we received the other morning is one of my new favorites. Longtime listener Joel L. relies on KEXP podcasts to keep his toes tapping and frostbite-free when he’s stationed inRead more...

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Countdown Predictions: Post Punk

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 2, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Countdown Predictions: Hip hop

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 1, 2012

Wondering where a certain record might land in KEXP’s countdown of the top albums of the last 40 years? You’re not the only one. KEXP reached out to some of our favorite Seattle music writers and asked them to predict what records they anticipated seeing in the voter final results. These aren’t personal Top TenRead more...

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Fall Fundraising Drive: Riz Wants You...

By DJ El Toro | Published: October 1, 2012

...to Power KEXP during its Fall Fundraising Drive! Digging in the vaults, I unearthed this print ad for a September 1992 issue of The Rocket, featuring our own DJ Riz! Back then, Riz was responsible for the drive time shift on weekday afternoons. What might you have heard? Well, I couldn’t find a playlist for SeptemberRead more...

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