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Nic Harcourt (born September 23, 1957) is the Music Director for Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. He was born in Birmingham, England and lived in Lichfield, England. He then moved to Australia for many years before coming to the United States. Before KCRW, for 8 years he worked as News Director and then Music Director at the very well respected WDST in Woodstock, New York.
Since 1998, he has hosted the daily Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show which features 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. The shows, recorded from LA's The Village Studios, often include live performances by bands both popular and obscure.
Many artists, including Dido and Travis, have credited Harcourt for putting them on air and helping them achieve stardom. Harcourt is also credited with helping to launch Coldplay's career as well as those of Norah Jones, Pete Yorn, and David Gray.
He played a demo CD by Jem which launched her singing career, and was the first DJ in America to play Franz Ferdinand. He has been described by music writer Mark Weingarten as "the most influential DJ in America."
Harcourt recently published Music Lust, a book of "recommended listening for every mood, moment and reason." He has also worked as music consultant/supervisor for several television shows and movies, including: Gone Baby Gone, Love Monkey, The Dukes of Hazzard movie, Life As We Know It, and Igby Goes Down. Harcourt is also the American national voice of the current Land Rover advertising campaign.
On November 10th, 2008, Nic announced on the air that he would no longer be doing Morning Becomes Eclectic and is resigning as music director for the station as of November 30th.12 Nic also said he would keep his Sunday show at KCRW. His replacement on both Eclectic and as music director will be Jason Bentley.3
Notes
- ^ "KCRW's Harcourt To Step Down", FMQB magazine, November 10, 2008
- ^ Roberts, Randall, "Nic Harcourt Leaving KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, Resigning as Music Director", LA Weekly, November 10, 2008
- ^ KCRW names Jason Bentley music director, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' host
References
- "KCRW — A Tradition of Excellence", Santa Monica College, Profiles, 2002, cover story. Cf. part on Nic Harcourt and Morning Becomes Eclectic.
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