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Japan Jukebox blog: the debut!

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Welcome to the brand new Japan Jukebox blog!

I've been meaning to create something like this for a long time. I think it will provide a nice place for us to connect with our listeners in a more laid-back way.

A quick recap for anyone who isn’t familiar with us:

Japan Jukebox is a weekly radio show broadcasted on KRVS 88.7FM. It’s a station based in Lafayette, Louisiana. KRVS also broadcasts us online to a worldwide audience, as well as hosts our shows on-demand. Our show airs every Monday at 11PM (US central time) with encore broadcasts airing Saturday at 3AM. 

We started the show back in 2013. At first, the show started with myself and my brother, Cody. As time went on, and the task of creating an interesting playlist every week became a bit daunting, we had several of our friends help us by creating “guest playlists”. Our most frequent contributor was our friend Zack from Houston, who became a regular DJ on the show and the third member of Japan Jukebox.

So, what to expect from this blog? Well, basically I want to give the members of Japan Jukebox a place to share their latest Japanese music finds, recommendations, or other interesting things.

It should be fun. We’ll see how it goes.


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