For the last decade, fans of indie rock, left-of-center electronic music and experimental pop have soundtracked their mornings with DJ Jason Bentley. That ritual is coming to an end.
nearly three decades ago, celebrated his 10th anniversary in the dual role late last year. He said then that he considered himself to be “at the tail end” of his tenure.
“It’s going to be intense,” Ferro said of the pending search. “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.
Citing podcasts such as KCRW’s music-focused “Lost Notes,” Ferro noted “the countless other ways that you can touch people with music without them listening to your radio show.” The central question: “What form does that take?” Bentley is the fourth regular host of the long-running morning show. “Eclectic’s” first permanent DJ was Tom Schnabel, who joined the show in 1979. Chris Douridas succeeded him in 1990 and helped transform the show into a national brand. After Douridas’ departure eight years later, British expat Nic Harcourt, whose arrival from a Woodstock, N.Y., radio station was the result of a national search, carried on until just before Bentley’s reign began.
Bentley nudged the station toward electronic dance music just as the genre was experiencing a resurgence in the United States. Though the shift wasn’t drastic, Bentley didn’t hide the role that his formative years playing to dance floors had on his aesthetic. Historically, the program’s host has been the face of KCRW. With his camera-friendly appearance and calm, reserved on-air demeanor, Bentley thrived as that ambassador. He has been a frequent DJ at the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and as a music supervisor he has worked on films including"The Matrix" trilogy and"Tron: Legacy."
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