GM of KCRW called me a "free loader"??

My favorite radio station in Los Angeles in the NPR affiliate, KCRW 89.9FM. Their seemingly unending winter pledge drive (it seems like their pledge drives are 12 times a year when I believe they're quarterly) ends today. Whew. But I was in my Saturday and was absolutely floored when KCRW General Manager Ruth Seymour was doing her bit for the pledge drive and told "me" ('cause public radio really is "my radio station"), "don't be a freeloader...donate to KCRW and NPR today." And she did it twice.

I realize that public radio would not be around without donations from it's listeners. But Ruth Seymour (a Jew - what...she is AND she called me a name first) calling me a "freeloader" ain't gonna make Jeffrey James Francis Ircink dig into his pockets with a donation, especially during these harsh economic times. I don't care how much I listen to and love a particular radio station.

And I don't like being called a "freeloader" by anyone - Jew, black, Asian, my friends - anyone. Except perhaps my brother. And he's never said that.

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Nic Harcourt saying "bye, bye" to KCRW in Los Angeles.

Music Director Nic Harcourt is departing KCRW in Santa Monica after Thanksgiving to "greener pastures" sort to say. The British-born Harcourt has hosted the daily Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show since 1998, featuring his picks for the best new music spanning a wide range of genres. A weekly version of the show called Sounds Eclectic, launched in 2000, is broadcast on a number of other stations in cooperation with PRI and Harcourt will continue to host that show on Sundays.

Great on-air presence. I started listening to Morning Become Eclectic - check the site out here - about 2 years ago, I think. Thankfully, because it's my only source of "new" music. Good luck, Nic.

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