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    KXLU 88.9 FM - Early to bed, early to rise for Rev. Dan's Music For Nimrods

    KXLU 88.9 FM

    4.5(47 reviews)
    5.4 miWestchester

    I LOVE Alma Del Barrio. I listen every chance I get, Sat & Sun, in the car or…read more streaming on my computer at home - especially when either cooking or cleaning ;) Every time I listen, I hear a different song I've never heard before. Will continue to tune in!

    It's no big problem that my vintage, but solid-state TEAC stereo receiver in the bedroom has just…read moresix FM memory presets available to program. I can only find five listenable L.A. commercial radio stations including, grudgingly, easy-listening 94.7 The Wave, in case of a miracle. But memory button #1 is set at 88.9, public radio from Loyola Marymount University in Westchester. To me, a sporadic indie-music listener, almost everything KXLU plays is uncommon, refreshing, and a hopeful note for music's present and future. Some of the DJs are noticeably underripe, but it's fun to hear young broadcasters as they develop their air personas. The station streams live on kxlu.com, and could broaden one's tastes with its variety of specialty programs, some including "noise music" (Oh, how I wish a radio station would have played that back in the homework days). TIME-WARP DIALOG...Mom: "What's that NOISE you're listening to?" Young KXLU Listener: "Noise, mom." International music consists of mostly Latin titles as played on its durable weekend fixture, "Alma del Barrio," bringing to mind loitering over empty pitchers of sangria at Venice Boulevard's Versailles Cuban restaurant. After a lengthy listening hiatus, it was a delight to find an old favorite, Reverend Dan, still hosting "Music for Nimrods," a program in the spirit of '70s phenoms Frazer Smith, Rodney Bingenheimer (both on KROQ) and Dr. Demento (KPPC, KMET); a bonanza of old, new, rare and novelty tracks, and DJ patter nimbly fitted to end with his production-music backing tune. It's a great segue into a Saturday hangover (3-6 a.m.). My recent return to KXLU, due to disgust at blocks of radio commercials with occasional rock-music interruptions, has me hoping it won't be necessary to again work the TEAC remote's memory buttons--except for maybe #3, The Wave.

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    National Public Radio West - Entrance

    National Public Radio West

    4.1(9 reviews)
    3.4 mi

    NPR West is an awesome asset for our community. They connect us in the West with the rest of the…read morenation with honest journalism. Do we even understand how much we rely on NPR and how critical it will be for us for the next four years?! Keep up the good work, NPR, and please do NOT fall into the trap of false equivalency!

    I should've guessed a few tinfoil hat folk would come out on a Yelp page for NPR, but seriously,…read morewhat's not to like about rigorous, around-the-clock journalism that you can turn on whenever you drive? I'm a big fan of NPR and its local stations, KCRW and KPCC, which are both in constant rotation in my car. I visited NPR West last month to record an interview for All Things Considered, which aired on October 30. My new book had just come out, and it was an absolute dream to talk to Ailsa Chang about it and hear the interview air on my commute a week later. A life experience I will never forget. The offices were cool, though most of my time was spent alone in a recording booth. It seems like someone on this page was disappointed there was nothing in place to cater to NPR fans and tourists, but that didn't surprise me. This seemed more like a place for L.A. area employees and guests, to facilitate programming from a hub in a large West Coast city. I had guest parking with my name on it in the lot, and I geekily took a picture that I will treasure for all time. It was an honor and a pleasure to visit NPR West. I'm a regular listener and supporter, and I'd be at least 10% stupider if it weren't for public radio.

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