2011 was a milestone year for FRISKY. It marked our 10-Year Anniversary and was our biggest year yet in terms of shows, listeners and reach. Stats on our website and the actual radio stream tend to be very different as most of our audience goes directly to the audio stream by ways of links from other sites, bookmarks etc. But lets look at some stats about you, the listener:

Overall, you came from 194 different regions from across the globe. The Top 5 countries are:
1. United States
2. Germany
3. Greece
4. Hungary
5. Russia

We even had visits from far away places like Fiji, Bhutan, even Greenland!

From inside the USA, the majority of you came from California. This isnt surprising as FRISKY was founded in San Francisco one fine morning (or night, we cant remember) in May 2001. So it remains strong in San Francisco and indeed California. Rounding up the Top 5 states in the US are:
1. California
2. New York
3. Florida
4. Texas
5. Illinois

As for cities, our top visitors came from the following cities:
1. Athens
2. Budapest
3. Moscow
4. Istanbul
5. Buenos Aires

Our TTSL, or Total Time Spent Listening, in 2011 totaled 2,665,989. That means that in 2011, you spent over of 2.6 million hours listening to FRISKY. Thats more than 306 years in total. We’d say thats time well spent!

So there you have it. Thats you, the FRISKY fan and listener, in 2011. We cant thank you enough for investing so much of your time and energy with us! We hope to continue to improve in 2012! More on that later.

In the next few days, I’ll be doing another post that tallies up some stats from the content and shows point of view soon: which shows were successful, which need some improvement and the all-important end of year Top 20 shows of 2011!

Rock on!
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Well well whadayaknow - the charts are back!

Here are the Top 10 mixes on friskyRadio in May 2011, based on listener tune in data and the friskyRadio Subscription download trends:

01. 16 Bit Lolitas - Bits n Pieces - May 2011
02. Frangellico - TRIPPIN - May 2011
03. Federico Epis - Sensations - May 2011
04. Nick Warren - Sound Garden - May 2011
05. Lemon 8 - 8 Track Mind - May 2011
06. Fernando Ferreyra - Dreamers - May 2011
07. Eelke Kleijn - Outside the Box - May 2011
08. FRISKY Loves Hungary - May 2011
09. INCEPTION - Marcelo Vasami - May 2010
10. Faskil - Silly Waffles - May 2011

Congrats to all the DJs that made it to the friskyTop 10 and thanks to the fans and listeners that tune in each day, every day!

You can download these shows, in addition to more than 8,000 other exclusive shows that you can not get anywhere else on the friskyRadio Subscription.

Our friskyRobots were bored and instead of keeping the servers running, they made some new colourful stickers. And we’re giving them away for free!* Here’s what you need to do to get your hands on one of these stickers:

1. Send a Self Address Stamped Envelope (SASE or SAE) to:
Faisal Sultan
770 Broadway
4th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Please make sure you put enough postage on the envelope to cover postage costs from New York City to your destination. We are no responsible for non-delivery of stickers due to incorrect postage.
2. Camp out in front or your mail box, waiting for the stickers to arrive.
3. Stick them everywhere! May we suggest they look great on your laptop:

*While supplies last. First come first served. SASE is the only way to get these stickers. You agree to give up rights to your first born in exchange for these stickers.**

** No you dont.

Nick Warren’s In Search of Silver (link) continues to burn up the charts and played all over the world by the hottest DJs. Last week, during the November edition of Sound Garden we ran a contest for two lucky winners to win copies of the single and Way Out West T-Shirts. Many many many many of you sent in the correct answers and we let the friskyRobots decide who the winners are by random lottery selection.

And the winners are:

Diyan Harizanov from Bulgaria & Mateo Naranjo from Ecuador!

Diyan and Mateo each will recieve:
* 1 copy of In Search Of silver as a Bedrock 12” - signed by Nick Warren
* 1 Way Out West T shirt - signed by Nick Warren

Congrats Diyan and Mateo!!! And dont worry if you did not win this time around, we will continue to do contests like these for our fans moving forward!

Our number 1 show, Sound Garden hosted by Nick Warren is closing out its debut year with a very special episode this Thursday at 07AM Los Angeles | 10AM New York | 1500 London. And as a way to thank the fans for their tremendous support they have given the show from over 100 countries around the world, Nick is giving away signed copies of his chart hit single In Search of Silver and Way Out West T-Shirt to two lucky winners during the show. So dont forget to tune in during the show on Thursday for your chance to win this fabulous prize!

2 Lucky Winners will win:
1 copy of In Search Of silver as a Bedrock 12” - signed by Nick Warren
1 Way Out West T shirt - signed by Nick Warren

Here’s How to Win:
Simply answer this question:
Q. Nick’s next single “Flowers” is to be released on Danny Howells label.
What is the name of that label?

Email your answers to faisal@friskyradio.com.

Check out In Search of Silver on Beatport now.

Contest Rules and Details:
1. No purchase necessary - contest is open to all except friskyRadio or Bedrock staff
2. Contest ends November 16 2010
3. In the case of multiple correct entries, two winners will be chosen at random
4. Contest subject to change including the prizes or timing

Thank you to all the many many many responses that we received for the King Unique Artist of the Week CD Giveaway. We asked you what track of Underworld did King Unique remix. The correct answer of course was Two Months Off - Underworld.. Almost all the entries got the answer right - you guys are a smart bunch.

And now… without further ado… The winner is….*drum roll*:
Vernon McCarthy from Wellington, New Zealand. Vernon has won himself the following kick ass prizes:

Bedrock 12 CD compiled by John Digweed ( Signed by John Digweed & King Unique )
Bedrock 12 - 12″ vinyl with King Unique - Spikes
Bedrock 12 - 12″ vinyl with King Unique & Anthony Pappa - Vamoosh
A friskyRadio T-Shirt
Some friskyRadio stickers

Congrats Vernon - you will be receiving a friskyPackage shortly. Enjoy your new prizes.

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A mental view or outlook. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view.

We’re welcoming Darin Epsilon on board the wild ride we call the friskyTrain (also known as friskyRadio) with his hit show Perspectives exclusively on friskyRadio. Darin has been impressing the frisky crew and audience with his consistency in programming and top-notch guest talent that ranges from the world superstar to the next-big-thing on his radio show for a few years now and we’re happy to welcome his show and talent to the friskyRadio airwaves beginning September 15 at 01PM Los Angeles (04PM New York City | 2100 London).

Whats more, Darin is also launching Perspectives Digital, a record label based on the radio show brand and already he’s got Cid Inc. and Niko Fantin signed to the label, to name a few. He recently sat down with friskyRecords’ Head Honcho Ira Heinichen to discuss the show and the new label on Fresh Produce, which you can listen to here.

Fall of 2010 is looking rather busy for Darin, and we expect great things from him in the future. Join us in welcoming Darin to frisky! Read more about Darin Epsilon and Perspectives here.

Hey there everyone. Its Faisal here with a quick update on our Pakistan Relief EP Download & Donate drive.

The donation drive officially ended today and we raised a total of $1727.41 from the generous donations from all of you. friskyRadio will be chipping in $273 from their own funds to make the total an even $2000 that we have raised in just one week! To give you all an idea of what a huge achievement that is, consider this fact: $30 can feed a flood-affected family of 6 for an entire month in Pakistan.

On behalf of everyone involved, Id like to thank everyone that donated, helped out, promoted the donation drive, changed their social profiles to raise awareness and/or otherwise helped out with this. Please know that we appreciate each and every little thing you did over the course of the past week to help us get to this point. Thank you!

Next steps: We will be buying tents, medical supplies and water purification tablets with this money and ship them out to people in Pakistan where it will be immediately used by people in desperate need. We plan to keep you updated throughout the process so that you know where your kind donation money is going.

The situation in Pakistan continues to be challenging. Chris Anderson (of TED Talk fame) has a great blog of personal stories from the ground in Pakistan that is well worth a read if you’d like to get a sense of the scale of this tragedy. Please continue to tell your friends and colleagues about this disaster and ask them to keep the poor and destitute in their hearts and minds everyday.

Thank you!
-Faisal on behalf of the friskyRadio crew & artists involved.

friskyRadio is excited to welcome a true pioneer among its ranks with a monthly exclusive show. Dave Seaman, an industry veteran and all-round rock star in every sense of the word launches Radio Therapy every month exclusively on the world’s premier online radio for dance music: friskyRadio.

There aren’t many artists who’s sound tracked the birth of dance music and are still leading its development more than two decades later. Dave Seaman is one of the few that still leads in this regard and sells out everywhere he plays around the world at any given weekend. Radio Therapy in Dave’s own words:

“If I had a grain of rice for every time I’ve been approached to do a radio show over the years I’d probably be able to make you a risotto”, said Dave “but it’s never really felt right until now. Finally I think we’re in a position to deliver a consistently exciting and relevant programme that will cover a broad selection of electronic club music. Needless to say, I’m very excited.”

Dave’s in good company at friskyRadio. With industry leaders like Nick Warren & HYBRID already hosting monthly residencies, Dave Seaman is sure to continue to rock audiences all over the world that tune into friskyRadio each and every day.

Please join us in welcoming Dave to friskyRadio and catch the debut broadcast of Radio Therapy Tuesday August 17 starting at 01PM Los Angeles (04PM New York | 2100 London | Click for world time).

Inundated with thousands of new releases each week? Dont have time to sift thru the current tunes that are blowing up the dance floors in clubs all around the world to fill up your DJ record bag? Let us do the filtering for you! Presenting the Release Promo Hype Chart Essentials - a 2 hour spotlight of that months strongest and most in demand tracks from the promo pool.

Release Promo is a digital dance music promotion service which consists of DJs and other key industry figures who provide feedback on promotional releases. Based on those reactions, record labels can judge the strength of upcoming releases. Feedback from promo pool members is compiled in a top 50 chart and is updated in real time on the website. The top 50 charts play a major role in what other DJs and music buyers play & ultimately purchase. The Release Promo Newsletter is mailed out weekly to a large database of electronic music buyers and features that weeks overall Hype Chart, Essential Purchases, Label and Artist Spotlights, Interviews, Twitter Updates and Youtube Uploads. The Release Promo Hype Chart Essentials Show on frisky Radio is a 2 hour spotlight of that months strongest and most in demand tracks from the promo pool all mixed by Ibiza legend Lenny Ibizarre.

Dont miss the debut show Wednesday July 7 2010 at 05PM Los Angeles / 08PM New York / 01AM London.