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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2012 might be the year that the world ends but its hardly a reason not to chill and take it easy… First - tune into FRISKY all day and night on December 31 2011 as we party like the world is about to end.

Then, starting around 12PM noon CET we loosen up those party muscles and play the best #ChilloutSundays yet - simply the best #ChilloutSundays sets ever - and they are all-new! Yep - no repeats or previous sets here. So tune in all day New Year’s Day, Jan 1 2012 as we bring in the doomsday year in style.

We love Greece. Thats not news to anyone that has been a FRISKY fan for a while. We have done several specials celebrating Greek DJs over the years like friskyRadio Loves Greece, friskyGreeks and various other specials over the years…

But we have never loved Greece more than we love it this week. Get a load of the following shows this week, all by Greek artists: FREEZE w/ Michel Zola, Deep My Way w/ Bobby Deep, Back 2 Basics w/ Jorge Dept, and Nocturne w/ George Marvel!

Oh you thought we were done right?! Nope. This Saturday is another one of our ground-breaking series FRISKY LOVES… series. And guess where we are headed? You guessed it! GREECE! FRISKY LOVES GREECE - nonstop beats from Greece, all day all night, starting at 09AM New York / 04PM Athens on Saturday 26 November 2011.

Break out the ouzo, put those togas and sunglasses on… we’re headed to the cradle of western civilization!

SOUND GARDEN - the exclusive show by Nick Warren returns to FRISKY next Tuesday, August 30 2011! This time around, the show features a first-ever live session! A new concept where Nick will for the first hour of the show be playing live as well as djing using keyboards, samples and softsynths to produce one-off sets. Again he will be concentrating on the more eclectic side of electronic music in the first part but adding sounds, textures, loops and effects. The second hour of the show will be squarely on the dancefloor as usual. Nick has been working on the new concept for a few weeks now, rehearsing and collecting the material and says, “I am really excited about this, pushing the boundaries of a DJ set especially in the more ambient field is very rewarding.”

WHEN : Tuesday August 30 2011 @ 09AM Los Angeles / 12PM New York / 05PM London (world times here)
WHERE :FRISKY!

More details on the Facebook event page here.

The Charts are BAACK!!! Here are the Top 10 mixes on friskyRadio in March 2011, based on listener tune in data and the friskyRadio Subscription download trends:

01. Martin Garcia - Artist of the Week - March 2011
02. Deepsense - Voyager - March 2011
03. Jody Wisternoff - Intensifed - March 2011
04. Dynamic Illusion & Retroid - Mindfields - March 2011
05. Sound Process - Still Deeper - March 2011
06. Tim Benjamin - encore - March 2011
07. Federico Epis - Sensations - March 2011
08. El Reyalto - Tech Coast Tribal - March 18 2010
09. Mariano Favre - TRIPPIN - March 2011
10. Max Gueli - New Ground - March 2011

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.

We traveled to India last June… Now comes our latest destination: SERBIA. Tune in Saturday September 25 starting at 10AM New York \ 1600 Belgrade for friskyRadio Loves Serbia. [Time zone converter]

At frisky we know some of our most passionate fans are from Serbia. Indeed, Serbia represents one of the biggest countries from which we get tune-ins to friskyRadio on a daily basis. So what better way to show our love for the Serbian nation, fans and Djs then to dedicate an entire day to you! Working with recent Artist of the Week N-Tcbl we over 17 hours of kick ass music from Serbian Djs, featuring:

DJ Straw (Digital Harmony, NULa Project)
Fakir (Noise Destruction)
DeeZeeJay (SySteM eRRoR)
Sinus (Strong&Deep)
Stefan Djordjevic (iFACE Agency)
Marko Nikolic (iFACE Agency, Indigo Records, Dub Records)
DJ Alexandar (iFACE Agency)
N-tchbl (iFACE Agency)
Eastbound (Pulseone)
Andrey
Robbie M
Ascaloon (iFACE Agency, Progressive Passion)
Igor Antic (Dynamic Youth)
Chrono (Progressive Passion)
John Deere (iFACE Agency, Armada, Baroque, Plusquam)
Ana Nikolic b2b DJ Witchy (Girly Nights)

A special thanks to N-Tcbl at the iFACE Agency for making this show possible.

So in addition to Serbia, we have now visited the following countries:
Egypt
Sweden
Cyprus
New York City
Argentina
Finland
Hungary
Tunisia
Russia
Turkey
Greece
Kosovo
Japan
Canada
Lebanon
France
The Baltic States
Holland
Germany
Poland
Bulgaria

Stay tuned for an extra special world tour we are launching at the end of the year that will take us to new locations on a more regular basis and revisit some old ones that we have not visited for years. friskyRadio Loves you.

India’s premier Electronic Dance Music artist and promotion agency - SUBMERGE - joins friskyRadio with an exclusive show! The show, hosted by “Shubs” launches on Wednesday, September 22 at 08AM New York City / 1730 Mumbai [Time Zone Converter] and marks the first time friskyRadio is expanding into such a deep partnership with with an artist promotion agency in the Indian sub-continent.

The Indian music scene has undergone a huge metamorphosis in the past decade, giving way to world class electronic music. What started as an underground alternative movement is breaking free today and capturing fans all over the world. Indeed, the world’s top DJs regularly do gigs in cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore - making India a regular spot on the International Dance Music scene. Submerge Says Dance, hosted by DJ Shubs, is all about bringing the Indian dance scene to all you friskyFreaks out there!

Catch the debut show on Wednesday, September 22 at 08AM New York City / 1730 Mumbai [Time Zone Converter] with featured guests DJ Sailen Ghosh and Azhar Meer. For more information check out the Submerge show page.

More about SUBMERGE:
Submerge is a breakthrough concept, and has revolutionized the music and clubbing scene in India. The brainchild of Nikhil Chinapa, DJ Pearl and Hermit Sethi - Submerge was essentially born out of frustration. When we first began in 2003, it was because there was no alternative to the mainstream. No matter where you went, you got the same old music and the same tired experience. So, we created a night that we could play the music that we wanted to hear, that we wanted to move to. We wanted to play the latest tracks from the global club scene because that’s we were into. It wasn’t about catering to the masses; it was about being on the cutting-edge of music, listening to the best in House and trance music.

d-phrag’s Immersed show is one of the oldest and most popular shows on friskyRadio, and its turning 5-years old this month. Ever wanted a 48+ hour marathon show featuring over 32 of the world’s best DJs? Well, get hydrated, take your bathroom breaks and get something to eat now and get ready for the Immersed 5-Year Anniversary Show!

It all starts Friday July 30 and goes on until… well we dont know when it ends but it will keep going until the last DJ is left standing. This… is… MASSIVE!

Check out this thread in the forums for the lineup and estimated times for each DJ. We’ll see you on the dancefloor (or your living rooms… we dont judge.)

A brand new episode of Nick Warren’s exclusive show on friskyRadio is Thursday July 15. See times below for your time zone!

What is Sound Garden?

Nick Warren’s exclusive show on friskyRadio - Sound Garden: Two hours of some of Nick’s favorite electronic music, with a few gems from the past thrown in. First hour consists of an eclectic mix of tunes, with a DJ mix to close out the second hour. Tune into the Sound Garden with Nick Warren, only on friskyRadio.

New episode of Sound Garden airs Thursday July 15 at 09AM Los Angeles / 12PM New York / 1700 London. Click here for time of show in your timezone.

You can download previous episodes of Sound Garden here.

Top 10 mixes on friskyRadio in June 2010, based on listener data and the friskyRadio Subscription:

01. Vogelmann - LIGHTWORKS - June 2010
02. 16 Bit Lolitas - Bits n Pieces - June 2010
04. Russell G - Artist of the Week - June 01 2010
05. Outside the Box - Eelke Kleijn - June 2010
06. Faskil - Silly Waffles - June 2010
07. 2 Damn Cheeky - 2DC+1 - June 2010
08. Deepsense - The Voyager - June 2010
09. Fernando Ferreyra - Dreamers - June 2010
10. Fady Ferraye - World Cup Fever

You can download these shows, in addition to more than 6,000 other exclusive shows that you can not get anywhere else on the friskyRadio Subscription.