KCRW

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KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. The station boasts one of the nation's largest arrays of locally produced, nationally distributed talk program content. KCRW.com extends the station's profile globally, with three streams featuring web-exclusive content: all music, all news and the live station simulcast, as well as an extensive list of podcasts. The non-commercial broadcast signal reaches 550,000 listeners weekly and is supported by 55,000 member/subscribers.

The terrestrial station serves Los Angeles and Orange Counties at 89.9 FM, Ventura County at 89.1 FM on KCRU/Oxnard-Ventura, the greater Palm Springs area at 89.3 FM on KCRI/Indio-Palm Springs and Kern, and Northern LA Counties at 88.1 FM on KCRY/Mojave/Antelope Valley. KCRW can now be heard in Santa Barbara at 106.9. Other translators carry the signal to Borrego Springs, CA, at 92.9 and the Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley areas at 90.7 FM, Gorman at 89.7 FM, Banning at 90.9 FM, the Ridgecrest area at 101.1 FM, the Thousand Oaks and Conejo Valley areas at 102.3 FM, Ojai at 102.1 FM, and Lemon Grove/Spring Valley in San Diego County at 89.9 FM.

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KCRW Presents Zocalo Public Square 
6 Pieces

KCRW partners with Zócalo Public Square on a series of talks about healthcare. Zócalo Public Square connects people to ideas and to each other in an open, accessible, non-partisan and broad-minded spirit.

  • From: KCRW
  • Updated: May 29, 2012
Caption: Raul Campos, Credit: Marc Goldstein
KCRW's "Nocturna" 
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Deep rhythms and urban soul with a Latin twist.

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  • Updated: Apr 05, 2011
Caption: Michael Silverblatt, Credit: Marc Goldstein
KCRW's Bookworm 
1 Piece

A glorious half-hour for the serious reader!

  • From: KCRW
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2011
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KCRW's Guest DJ Project 
77 Pieces

KCRW's DJs invite an array of cultural personalities to share and discuss songs that have inspired and moved them.

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  • Updated: Nov 01, 2012
Caption: Harry Shearer, Credit: Marc Goldstein
KCRW's Le Show 
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A weekly, hour-long romp of music and satire from Harry Shearer.

  • From: KCRW
  • Updated: Apr 05, 2011
Caption: Matt Miller, Arianna Huffington,<br/> Tony Blankley and Robert Scheer<br/>, Credit: Marc Goldstein
KCRW's Left, Right & Center 
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Public radio's only political roundtable! This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features four of the most insightful news analysts anywhere: Matt Miller, Arianna Huffington, Tony Blankley and Robert Scheer.

  • From: KCRW
  • Updated: Apr 05, 2011
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KCRW's Private Playlist 
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KCRW's Private Playlist is a listening session with Southern California’s most notable musical figures in their private creative environments.

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  • Updated: Apr 17, 2020
Caption: "The Treatment" host Elvis Mitchell, Credit: Marc Goldstein
KCRW's The Treatment 
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On "The Treatment," film critic Elvis Mitchell talks to the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment today.

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  • Updated: Apr 12, 2011
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Mean Streets USA: A Collection of Short Crime Fiction 
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Classic and contemporary detective noir fiction, read by actors

  • From: KCRW
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2006
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UnFictional 
33 Pieces

UnFictional is a program of storytellers and documentaries that will suck you in and stick in your head like a memory.

  • From: KCRW
  • Updated: Nov 02, 2012

Latest Pieces

Joe Frank 2: Thief
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Another new story from broadcasting legend Joe Frank.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFCF FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 10
UnFictional: Moms Gone Wild
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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In the 1970's, Minneapolis was Funky Town. One night, Joanna's mom met a disco guy with a body-sized freezer who took her on the worst date she eve...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, WFMU, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
UnFictional: Me and the Holy See
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Imagine having all the power and moral authority of the Catholic Church focused on one person… you.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
UnFictional: The Mark of a Man
From: KCRW
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While one guy tries make his mark as a man, another tries to erase the mark that represents a life of mistakes and regret, most of it spent in prison.

Bought by KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
UnFictional: Women's Work
From: KCRW
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A woman arms herself before leaving for work; an 18 year old girl spends three months in an Alaskan cannery; and that woman on the phone is not who...

Bought by KUAC, XRAY.fm, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 6
UnFictional: Cracking the Love Code
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about people looking for love using modern day strategies.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
When Elvis Met Nixon
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Richard Nixon, Sonny West, Jerry Schilling and Elvis Presley, Credit: Photo courtesy of Jerry Schilling
The story of Elvis Presley's visit to the Nixon White House in 1970, told by a man who was there, Elvis' confidante Jerry Schilling.

Bought by PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
  • Purchases: 4
Guest DJ Project Nick Offerman
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
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Actor Nick Offerman has created an iconic character with Ron Swanson, the no-nonsense public servant he plays on NBC’s “Parks And Recreation.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WABE


  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Guest DJ Project Rita Wilson
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
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From Broadway to Hollywood and her work behind the scenes as a producer, Rita Wilson has made her mark all over the entertainment business.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 11:09
Guest DJ Project Michael Voltaggio
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
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Chef Michael Voltaggio is known for pushing boundaries with his cooking, which helped him win Season 6 of Top Chef.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 10:58

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Staff of KCRW

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Mike Newport (Admin)
Operations
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Ariana Morgenstern
Sounds Eclectic
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Michael Silverblatt
Bookworm
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Elvis Mitchell
The Treatment
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Anayansi Diaz-Cortes
Associate Producer, Radio Diaries
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Ray Guarna (Admin)
production
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Bob Carlson (Admin)
Host and Producer of KCRW's UnFictional
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mario saavedra
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Michael Stark (Admin)
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Natalie Kyriakoudis (Admin)
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Arnie Seipel (Admin)
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Mike Grimmer (Admin)
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Anastasia Elmstedt