Tom Schnabel

Thomas Daniel Schnabel (born February 5, 1947 in Los Angeles) is a music consultant and DJ. Based in Los Angeles, he was formerly the music director at KCRW.

Tom Schnabel attended USC, The Sorbonne, and UCLA. He later taught high school and college level English and literature courses in Los Angeles, and later ESL in Paris. Schnabel began producing radio for station KCRW in 1977. During his tenure as music director of KCRW (1979–90), KCRW grew from an obscure college station to become one of the most influential public stations in the United States. He developed the eclectic music format, hosting the daily three-hour Morning Becomes Eclectic show, and introduced World Music to public radio.During this time KCRW twice won CMJ's "Best Noncommercial Station" award (1986, 89). Schnabel left KCRW as Music Director in 1990 to broaden his career as a record producer, music consultant, and teacher.

Schnabel has taught World Music and other courses at UCLA Extension and the Southern California Institute of Architecture. He consults on World Music with the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as well as producing World Music CDs: Trance Planet, 5 volumes (Triloka Records) and Quango World: Voices (Quango/Island). He has consulted for the Palm Pictures/National Geographic series, Palm World Voices. Schnabel has also consulted for various films including "Groundhog Day," "O Quatrilho", "Dinosaur" and was music supervisor of John Sayles' Spanish-language feature film Men with Guns.

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