Ruth Seymour, the strong-willed woman who turned two-bit Santa Monica junior college radio station KCRW into LA's dominant non-commercial radio station, an early and persistent presence in web streaming, radio home of Harry Shearer and the musical seal of approval to hipsters and would-be hipsters in southern California and around the world, is retiring in February from the general manager position after 32 years with the station:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-seymour19-2009nov19,0,3136773.story The article, after mentioning that KCRW was the first station outside Chicago to carry Ira Glass' "This American Life," says that Seymour came up with the title, saying she hated the original "Your Radio Playhouse" title (now you know why Glass begins every segment with the "Act 1," "Act 2," etc. and perhaps why the LA TheatreWorks radio drama folks moved their show to the other LA NPR station KPCC from KCRW). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
