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kcrw at a glance
    KCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, provides more than 450,000 listeners each week with an eclectic schedule of news, locally and nationally produced music, public affairs, political analysis and cultural programs. The station broadcasts throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties on its primary frequency 89.9 FM, and provides service to the greater Palm Springs area at 89.3 FM on KCRI/Indio-Palm Springs, and Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties at 89.1 FM on KCRU/Oxnard-Ventura, and to Mojave, California City and the Antelope Valley at 88.1 FM on KCRY/Mojave-Antelope Valley. Translators also carry the signals to Gorman at 89.7 FM, Santa Paula/Moorpark at 102.3 FM, Ojai at 102.1 FM, Banning at 90.9 FM, Twenty-nine Palms and Yucca Valley at 90.7 FM and Lemon Grove and Spring Valley at 89.9FM. Our newest translator carries KCRW to Santa Barbara at 106.9 FM, and our new frequency in Ridgecrest is 100.1 FM. As a member-supported, non-commercial station, its 50,000 subscribers provide KCRW with the largest single source of financial support. In turn, KCRW and other member stations provide National Public Radio (NPR) with more than half of its operating budget.

kcrw programming...
    KCRW's programming reflects the diversity of the community it serves. National Public Radio's Southern California flagship station, KCRW airs more news programming from National Public Radio than any station in the Southland. KCRW also produces award-winning literary and drama programs within its studios.
    Named "Best Bit of Everything" radio station by Details magazine, KCRW's innovative and acclaimed programming has been recognized with significant press coverage in Los Angeles and around the country and the world. In recent years, the station's local cultural and public affairs programs have won The George Foster Peabody Award, Ohio Awards, the Cindy, the Major Armstrong, The Radio and Television News Directors Association and Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards. The station was twice named "Nation's Best Non-Commercial Station" at the College Media Journal's New Music Awards, and in 1994, was the first public radio station ever to be honored with a Crystal Eagle Award from the Coro Foundation for meritorious community service.

news and public affairs:
Which Way, L.A.? with Warren Olney; NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered; PRI's Marketplace and The World; To the Point from KCRW and PRI; plus other locally produced interview, talk and public affairs shows and specials.

music:
The station's eclectic mix combines world beat, pop, jazz, rap, hip-hop, reggae, African, new wave, classical and new music with numerous live in-studio interviews and performances. The station's signature music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, has spawned a new nationally-distributed weekly show called Sounds Eclectic.

radio drama:
Innovative productions of classic and contemporary literary works--including Ten By Maugham, Jewish Stories, Ross MacDonald's The Zebra-Striped Hearse, and Walter Mosley's Black Betty--highlight an award-winning roster of productions.

arts & culture
The Politics of Culture and daily arts and lifestyle reviews highlight KCRW's locally produced programs.