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Sounds Eclectic is a weekly public radio program hosted by Nic Harcourt that plays a variety of music, often by emerging artists. A number of well known bands, such as Coldplay, Norah Jones, Dido, Sigur Rós and David Gray were featured on the show before they achieved widespread fame. It is produced at KCRW in Santa Monica, California and is distributed by Public Radio International. Nic Harcourt and KCRW also produce two shows that are not syndicated: Morning Becomes Eclectic and Weekend Becomes Eclectic, aired on weekdays and weekends, respectively. Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Distionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples... Jump to: navigation, search Coldplay is a post-Britpop/alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom well known for their rock melodies and introspective lyrics. ... Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979; she changed her name officially to Norah Jones at age 16) is an American multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and singer-songwriter whose career was launched with her successful 2002 debut album Come Away with Me, a... In Greek and Roman sources Elissa or Dido appears as the founder and first Queen of Carthage in Tunisia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with shoegazing and minimalist elements. ... David Gray can refer to: David Gray (mass murderer); see Aramoana massacre David Gray (poet) (1838-1861) David Gray (musician) David Gray (snooker player) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search KCRW (89. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ... Public Radio International, or PRI, is a not-for-profit corporation based in the United States founded in 1983 to develop non-commercial audio programming for public radio and other audio venues. ...


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Morning Becomes Eclectic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (219 words)
Morning Becomes Eclectic is a three-hour music radio program broadcast every weekday from Village Recorders in Santa Monica, California on KCRW.
Sounds Eclectic, a two-hour mix of the week's MBE output, is broadcast by KCRW on Sundays and syndicated on other public radio stations.
The show is described by Joan Didion as "a sedate morning show" in her National Book Award winning memoir The Year of Magical Thinking.
Various Artists: KCRW-Morning Becomes Eclectic ---Ink Blot Magazine (438 words)
Santa Monica college station KCRW is the home of "Morning Becomes Eclectic," arguably one of the most influential radio programs in America.
Begun by then music director Tom Schnabel, MBE made its name mixing world music with more traditional college fare; under Schnabel's successor Chris Douridas, the show came to national prominence as an industry taste-maker, even featuring Beck as a guest before he was signed.
"Morning Becomes Eclectic" is slowly becoming one of the most revered radio programs in the entire United States.
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