KCRW
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| City | Santa Monica, California |
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| Broadcast area |
Southern California Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Slogan | For The Curious |
| Frequency | 89.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 89.9 HD-2 for Eclectic-24 |
| Repeater(s) |
KCRI 89.3 Indio KCRU 89.1 Oxnard KCRY 88.1 Mojave KDRW 88.7 Santa Barbara KERW 101.3 Los Osos-Baywood Park plus 9 low-power translators |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format | News/Talk (Public Radio)/Eclectic Music |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 1.4  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 6,900 watts |
| HAAT | 338 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 59086 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°7′8″N 118°23′30″W / 34.11889°N 118.39167°WCoordinates: 34°7′8″N 118°23′30″W / 34.11889°N 118.39167°W |
| Callsign meaning | College Radio Workshop |
| Affiliations |
NPR PRI American Public Media BBC |
| Owner | Santa Monica Community College District |
| Webcast |
Live on-air Flash Live on-air PLS Music - Flash Music - PLS News - Flash News - PLS |
| Website | www.kcrw.com |
KCRW (89.9 MHz FM) is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programming from NPR and other affiliates. A network of repeaters and broadcast translators, as well as internet radio, allows the station to serve the Greater Los Angeles area and other communities in Southern California. The station's main transmitter is located in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon district and broadcasts in the HD radio format.
KCRW was founded in 1945 to train servicemen returning from World War II in the then-new technology, FM broadcasting—hence its call letters, which stand for College Radio Workshop. It was a charter member of NPR in 1970, making Santa Monica College the second community college to own a public radio or television station. Ruth Hirschman, who changed her name to Ruth Seymour, became General Manager in 1978 and developed a mix of music, news, and other spoken-word programming that now attracts over 500,000 listeners each week. Seymour retired in February 2010. The new General Manager is Jennifer Ferro.
Ferro is also the President of the KCRW Foundation. The KCRW Foundation provides financial support and other resources to ensure that KCRW can maintain and expand its mission consistent with economic, social and technological developments. The KCRW Foundation Board of Directors is composed of business and community leaders; Michael Fleming, Executive Director of the David Bohnett Foundation serves as Chairman.
The station airs programs from NPR, Public Radio International (PRI), American Public Media, and the BBC, a range of music programs and live in-studio performances, and locally produced news and culture programs. KCRW also airs programming created through their Independent Producer Project, a project KCRW created to "[support] the work of independent contributors," which includes programs like Strangers, UnFictional, and SoundsLA. The station has three live program streams, "On Air," "Eclectic 24" and "News 24" and on-demand listening through the KCRW apps and podcasts
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