For Immediate Release: March 30, 2006
MEDIA CONTACTS: Sarah Spitz (310) 314-4627; Debbie Adler (310) 314-4625

Two New Daily Podcasts from KCRW
Todays Top Tune and The Buzz

Los Angeles public radio station KCRW led the pack of broadcast media outlets by offering over 20 podcasts on March 1, 2005. The audio and video of select live sessions from Morning Becomes Eclectic, its signature music program hosted by tastemaker DJ Nic Harcourt, followed. Now the trendsetting station announces two new podcasts: Today's Top Tune and The Buzz. Both will be available from KCRWmusic.com, iTunes and AOL.

Beginning Monday, April 3, KCRWmusic.com launches Today's Top Tune -- a song a day that represents a cross section of KCRW's eclectic format. Tracks selected are chosen from recent and upcoming releases as well as songs performed live on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Each song will be available to download and podcast for 24 hours.

Date      Artist             Song                             Album

April 3   Alexi Murdoch      Dream About Flying               Time Without Consequence
April 4   The Chalets        Nightrocker                      Check In
April 5   Devics             Distant Radio                    Push the Heart
April 6   The Duke Spirit    Cuts Across the Land             Cuts Across the Land
April 7   The Walls          To the Bright and Shining Sun    New Dawn Breaking

Schedule continues below.

The Buzz is a daily four-minute commentary featuring a line-up of music critics and pop culture observers who will talk about the latest music industry news, trends and new releases as well as some entertaining personal reflections. On Mondays, music industry veteran Celia Hirschman considers the changes and trends happening in the music business in On The Beat. On Tuesdays, KCRW's Music Librarian Eric J. Lawrence scours the stacks for new or forgotten releases, including a look at what's in stores that week. Each Wednesday, KCRW commentator and TV writer/producer Rob Long adds his hilarious observations on the entertainment industry in Martini Shot. Thursdays welcome a new voice to KCRW as music writer Brian Raftery comments on music trends and pop culture from his home base of New York City. Each Friday, freelance music writer Nancy Miller considers the personal and humorous side of music and life.

Each week listeners tune in to over 450,000 hours of streaming and archived audio content on KCRW.com, KCRWmusic.com, and KCRWworldnews.com, including upwards of 100,000 hours of video-on-demand and an additional 700,000 podcasts.

Today's Top Tune schedule continued:

April 10  Magnet             Hold On (Metronomy remix)        Hold On Tour EP
April 11  Jenny Lewis and    The Big Guns                     Rabbit Fur Coat
            the Watson Twins
April 12  Andrea Echeverri   Amortiguador                     Andrea Echeverri
April 13  Of Montreal        Wraith Pinned to the Mist        The Sunlandic Twins
                               and Other Games
April 14  Mike Andrews       Orange Meet Lemon                Hand On String
April 17  Stephen Fretwell   Emily                            Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic
April 18  Brandi Carlisle    What Can I Say                   Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic
April 19  Bitman & Roban     Tatita                           Bitman & Roban
April 20  Plastilina Mosh    Baretta 89                       Sounds Eclectico (KCRW)
April 21  Gang of 4          Natural's Not In It              Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW-FM, licensed to Santa Monica College, is National Public Radio's flagship station for Southern California. The 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 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 107.1 FM, the Santa Paula, Moorpark, and Fillmore areas at 102.3 FM, Ojai at 102.1 FM, and Lemon Grove/Spring Valley in San Diego County at 89.9 FM. Every week, more than 500,000 listeners tune to the station for its eclectic and innovative non-commercial program schedule. KCRW can be found on the World Wide Web at KCRW.com, streaming 3 channels and now podcasting all KCRW-produced talk programs.

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