On Thursday as the show was beginning, Bentley posted a note to his Instagram page that acknowledged the news. fantastic at the morning show, wish him the best.
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The station will conduct a nationwide search to replace departing "Morning Becomes Eclectic" host Jason Bentley, who also doubled as station music director. After launching a line of “WAP” apparel, rapper Cardi B reportedly wants to trademark the acronym inspired by her and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit collaboration. Key takeaways from the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden. That’s life,” he said. Randall Roberts is a staff writer covering music and pens the weekly California Sounds column for the Los Angeles Times. In addition to his work at the station Bentley worked side gigs in the music industry as an A&R representative, live music promoter, and music supervisor for film. Tom Schnabel hosted the show from 1979 to 1990.
For the last decade, fans of indie rock, left-of-center electronic music and experimental pop have soundtracked their mornings with DJ Jason Bentley. But running a music department and hosting an influential daily program require different skill sets, Ferro said. Find our latest recaps and our full archive here.
Jason Bentley, whose tenure at KCRW-FM/89.9 stretches back to 1988 when he was a teenage volunteer, will depart the influential public radio station where he’s served as host of Morning Becomes Eclectic and music director for the last 10 years, the station announced on Thursday. will continue to host a Sunday night show on the station. On Wednesday, Bentley said he didn’t really have a master plan for his post-KCRW life.
Though the shift wasn’t drastic, Bentley didn’t hide the role that his formative years playing to dance floors had on his aesthetic. Fact-checking the first Trump-Biden presidential debate. KCRW Sounds Eclectico is a compilation album featuring live performances by leading Latin alternative artists on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Nic was Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. The DJ, who has spun continuously on Los Angeles airwaves since the birth of the Southern California rave scene nearly three decades ago, celebrated his 10th anniversary in the dual role late last year. “It’s very tough to find one person who can excel at both. He grew up, in order, in California, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon. On Thursday morning, the longtime host of KCRW-FM’s flagship show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” announced his retirement from both his daily three-hour 9 a.m. slot and as the Santa Monica-based public radio station’s music director. Bentley, who started at KCRW as a volunteer in 1988, and joined its staff as an employee in 1992, will turn off his mic for the last time on Morning Becomes Eclectic on Aug. 30. Bentley, 48, told The Times in March that his days running the music department and hosting “Morning Becomes Eclectic” were numbered. “At the movie theater we’ve got a new ‘Spiderman,’ we got new ‘Men in Black’ and now we’ve got a new host of ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic.’”, Historically, the program’s host has been the face of KCRW. Mac Davis wrote two classic Elvis hits, ‘In the Ghetto’ and ‘A Little Less Conversation,’ and was a pop and country music star in the ‘70s and ‘80s. KCRW, the Santa Monica, Calif., public radio station. KCRW, the Santa Monica, Calif., public radio station, has named Jason Bentley its new music director and host of its influential “Morning Becomes Eclectic” program, effective And a dog named Buddy. Mr. Harcourt is resigning to pursue other projects, but Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more. Never forget the dog.
KCRW President Jennifer Ferro said that Bentley’s job is too much for one person, so she plans to create two different positions.
Behind the scenes, Bentley has also guided the station’s sound.
He’ll continue spinning electronic dance music on his Saturday night KCRW show “Metropolis.”, “I just feel like it’s time,” Bentley told The Times on Wednesday, adding that the position “requires 150% from somebody who is really able to take on that responsibility.”. Among the most notable moments during his time at “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” which has long featured in-studio performances by rising and established artists, were buzz-generating early sets by pop singer Adele, singer-rapper-producer Anderson .Paak, singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, Grammy-winning country artist Brandi Carlile and country rock band Dawes. peace. “The audience recognizes that nobody stays in one place forever. Along with news of Bentley’s retirement, the station announced that it will commence a national search for the next host of “Morning Becomes Eclectic.” In a first, the station will also undertake a separate search for a new music director. Helen Reddy, the Australian-born singer who scored an enduring hit with her feminist anthem “I Am Woman,” has died at 78 in Los Angeles. Longtime indie curator Jason Bentley is stepping down as KCRW's music director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic.
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Bentley will host his final show on Aug. 30, he said during Thursday’s broadcast. Email: randall.roberts@latimes.com.
A replacement has not been named. Writing that he will be “forever grateful to KCRW for the dream job of a lifetime,” he added that for the past 27 years he’s been producing 10 to 17 hours of music programming each week. The switch comes a few months after the station departed its longtime broadcast home in the basement of Santa Monica College’s campus cafeteria for a new $38-million compound called the KCRW Media Center. “Every music director at KCRW has made their lasting mark on KCRW and Jason is no different,” said KCRW President Jennifer Ferro in the written statement. Bad Bunny drops glow-in-the-dark Crocs, featuring a ‘zona de perreo’ charm. With his camera-friendly appearance and calm, reserved on-air demeanor, Bentley thrived as that ambassador. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to begin allowing schools to apply for waivers to open campuses to students in grades TK-2. From its new $38-million home, can radio tastemaker KCRW adapt to a podcast world?
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Fact-checking the debate: President Trump unleashed a blizzard of falsehoods; Joe Biden hewed closer to the truth, but strayed at times. Mr. Bentley, who has worked for KCRW in various capacities (including as a phone volunteer while still in college) has also worked as a music producer and record executive, and as the music
“There’s a lot of ways to go, and every one of them has a positive and a negative.” Among the options: moving a KCRW show host from the current roster, which includes DJs Garth Trinidad, Liza Richardson, Raul Campos, Mario Cotto, Eric J. Lawrence, Anthony Valadez and others, into the “Morning Becomes Eclectic” position.
Dec. 1, the station said.
“It’s been the honor of a lifetime to serve this community, working closely with musicians and local arts institutions, and helping shape the sound of the greatest radio station on Earth,” Bentley said in a statement released by the station based at Santa Monica Community College.
He found the "downtown" of the airwaves in KCRW over 20 years ago. KCRW DJ and music director Jason Bentley, shown hosting “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” says he’ll leave the position at the end of August. We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. Or, contact our editors by emailing moderator@scng.com.
KCRW's flagship program is Morning Becomes Eclectic, a three-hour daily music program that has aired for more than 30 years. Bentley is the fourth regular host of the long-running morning show.
On Thursday morning, the longtime host of KCRW-FM’s flagship show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” announced his retirement from both his daily three-hour 9 … Though KCRW’s programmers have freedom to define their own playlists, Bentley has asked that most — Henry Rollins being the notable exception — also play some selections from recently released records of his choosing. Lo and Maluma’s new song, ‘Pa Ti,’ sparks a viral dance challenge to raise money, which Lopez recently discussed on ‘Good Morning America.’.
‘I Am Woman’ singer Helen Reddy, ’70s hitmaker, dies at 78.