KCRW-FM
Coordinates: 34 ° 1 ′ 10 " N , 118 ° 29 ′ 28" W.
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| Program type | Music & NPR |
| reception | VHF 89.9 MHz terrestrial, live stream |
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Santa Monica , California United States
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| Start of transmission | 1945 |
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KCRW-FM (also Public Radio for Southern California ) is a US -American Public radio stations from Santa Monica in the US state of California . KCRW-FM broadcasts on the VHF frequency 89.9 M Hz and is operated by Santa Monica College .
The station is known for its association with the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) music and film festival in Austin . The station released several CD releases of the festival.
KCRW operates the all-music channel (all music) Eclectic 24 and the all-news channel KCRW's News24 .
In 2017, KCRW took over the frequency from NPR Berlin UKW 104.1 MHz ( Schöneberg ) and has been broadcasting its KCRW Berlin program there since then, with a mix of essential NPR programs, KCRW takeovers and in-house productions.
history
KCRW was founded in 1945 on the campus of Santa Monica College to train former military personnel in the then innovative industry as "radio servicemen". CRW stood for College Radio Workshop .
In addition to the main frequency of 89.9 MHz, the program is also broadcast via filling stations in Twentynine Palms (K207FA) on 89.3 MHz with 10 watts and in Goleta (K295AH) on 106.9 MHz with 10 watts each.
program
KCRW produces various music programs that are distributed over the NPR network. The Morning Becomes Eclectic show has been aired since 1977. The station has its own showcase at the SXSW in Austin. In 2016, the KCRW headliner Future Islands won SXSW's Grulke Prize for US Developing Act . The Santa Monica program is also being taken over by KCRY .
KCRW Berlin
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| Program type | Shares from KCRW Berlin, KCRW & NPR |
| reception | FM 104.1 MHz terrestrial |
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Berlin Germany
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| Start of transmission | 2017 |
| Broadcaster | KCRW |
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Since mid-October 2017, KCRW Berlin has been broadcast terrestrially on the FM frequency 104.1 MHz via the Berlin-Schöneberg transmitter . A program is broadcast with a mixture of programs produced locally in Berlin, as well as the classic shows from NPR from Washington and KCRW from Los Angeles. Los Angeles has been a twin city of Berlin since 1967 . Former US ambassador to Germany John Kornblum is one of the supporters of the KCRW Berlin project .
The Media Council of the Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (MAAB) decided in the meeting on September 13, 2017, in accordance with the State Treaty on Cooperation between Berlin and Brandenburg in the field of the media (MStV), that KCRW in Berlin would operate VHF for a period of seven years -Frequency 104.1 MHz is allocated. Until then, NPR Berlin was broadcasting on FM 104.1 MHz . NPR had given back the license for the frequency due to internal restructuring. In addition to KCRW, eleven other providers applied for the frequency; including BHeins, Capital Radio Berlin , lulu.fm, MAXX fm, pure fm, Radio Paloma Berlin, Radio Potsdam, Sunshine live and others. a. KCRW Berlin started broadcasting on October 16, 2017.
A number of sponsors of the project are named in the program, classic radio advertising is not broadcast.
Awards
- Peabody Award
- Radio & Television News Directors Association Awards
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards
- LA Press Club's Southern California Journalism Awards
- Best Bit of Everything award given by the monthly magazine Details
- Trendsetting Radio Station Award, presented by the New York Times
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 10 Public Radio Stations You Wish Were in Your Town. Retrieved September 15, 2016 .
- ↑ These are the 10 best radio stations you can stream online . In: Digital Trends . September 1, 2016 ( digitaltrends.com [accessed November 29, 2016]).
- ↑ KCRW-FM 89.9 MHz - Santa Monica, CA. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (English).
- ↑ https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendung/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2017/npr_berlin.html
- ↑ 40 years city partnership between Berlin and Los Angeles - 1967 - 2007. November 20, 2014, accessed on December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ a b New voice from the USA - integration via radio . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed December 27, 2017]).
- ↑ KCRW starts KCRW Berlin. LandesPressePortal, October 2, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.radiowoche.de/kcrw-berlin-sendet-ab-herbst-2017-auf-berliner-ukw-frequenz-1041-mhz/
- ↑ A Final Note From NPR Berlin. NPR Berlin, September 29, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.kcrw.com/about/about-kcrw