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By: Andy Gensler
(Larry Hirshowitz for KCRW)
Novena Carmel, a longtime Angeleno, club booker and musicians, just began as co-host of KCRW’s flagship morning music program Morning Becomes Eclectic.
For many Angelenos, radio is not just a casual listening experience, but a way of daily life, one that helps make the endless car times and now the homebound tedium far more bearable. KCRW, one of L.A.’s two NPR stations, is a treasure trove of talk, news and especially quality music programming. When Jason Bentley, host of the station’s flagship morning program “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” stepped down in 2019 after a decade it was unclear who would fill the void. Anne Litt, the station’s beloved Program Director of Music stepped in and ably got us through the past year. Then, finally, on Feb. 2, for the first time in the show’s history, two co-hosts hit the air: lauded longtime KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez and Novena Carmel, a re